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WABE 2026 Annual Conference

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11:15am PDT

Building Academic Vocabulary: Strategies that Work Ballroom G2, Yakima Convention CenterKristin Odegaard Design with the End in Mind: Backwards Planning for ELD with WIDA Key Language Uses. Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention CenterMegan Anderson-Riley Designing for Understanding: The Art of Equitable Teaching Ballroom G1, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Adeyemi Stembridge Developing Systems for Multilingual Learner Success Ballroom 400, Yakima Convention CenterVirginia Morales • Kristin Percy Calaff Family Engagement That Works — Centering Parent Voices Ballroom H, Yakima Convention CenterCecilia Tamayo • Teresa Mendoza-Casby From Strategy to System: Growing Inclusive Instruction Districtwide with GLAD Ballroom I, Yakima Convention CenterCassandra Clark Increase Reclassification: Supporting Multilingual Learners for WIDA success (Sponsored by Teacher Created Materials) Ballroom J, Yakima Convention CenterNicole Downer Number Talks and Mathematical Discourse for the Dual Language Classroom Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Terri L. Stockberger Positively Passionate ABOUT Prepositions Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Beth Dillard • Dr. Caleb Zilmer • Dr. Jennifer Green

1:45pm PDT

Co-creating Collaborative Professional Learning: Tools and Resources for Community Engagement Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention CenterYvonne Oronoz-Williams • Dr. Joan Lachance Effective Literacy Design for Multilingual Learners: From Comprehensible Input to Academic Output Through Successful Family Engagement Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention CenterKatie Sperling • Kad El-Atwani Game Changing Dual Language Leadership and Implementation (Sponsored by Ensemble Learning) Ballroom I, Yakima Convention CenterJulie Lara • Aracely Suarez High-Impact Strategies for Equitable Student Engagement in the Science Classroom Ballroom 400, Yakima Convention CenterLuke Matlack • Lorianne Donovan-Hermann • Cari Haug • Dr. Anatasia Sanchez I want ___________ because________: Improving the Sentence Frame Scaffold Ballroom G2, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Beth Dillard • Dr. Jennifer Green • Dr. Cory Mathieu Native American Inclusion and ML Engagement Ballroom H, Yakima Convention CenterMike Frederickson • Taylor Heersink Schoolwide Progress Monitoring: Communicating Multilingual Learner Growth to Empower Families Ballroom G1, Yakima Convention CenterCat D'Avignon • Brianna Pimentel • Ashleigh Moe • Jordan Lee Writing with Multilingual Learners Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention CenterEmma Sandoval

3:15pm PDT

Finding Their Math Voice: Open Tasks that Build Agency and Access for Multilingual Learners (Sponsored by Savvas Learning) Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention CenterRicardo Sinclair From Confusion to Conversation: Improving Home Language Survey Practices Ballroom H, Yakima Convention CenterBethany Martinez Launching Successful Co- Planning and Co- Teaching Systems Ballroom G2, Yakima Convention CenterKarina Vanderbilt • Rebekah Small • Ann Modarelli Practical considerations for secondary dual language education programs: What, how, and why Ballroom 400, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Cory Mathieu Semillas: Plant Seeds to Empower and Engage Families of Multilingual Learners Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention CenterYvonne Oronoz-Williams Small Shifts, BIG IMPACT: Breaking the Box to Spark Student Ownership Ballroom I, Yakima Convention CenterDr. Jamie Lee • Camille Empey Teaching Metalinguistics Across Disciplines; What Every Teacher Can Do to Amplify Language Learning Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention CenterChristine Champie Unifying for Literacy: A District’s Journey to Multilingual Learner Success (Sponsored by Summit K12) Ballroom J, Yakima Convention CenterAmelia Larson • Lucy Estrada Widening WIDA Speaking Opportunities Ballroom G1, Yakima Convention CenterGreg Davis