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Saturday, April 25
 

8:00am PDT

Be GLAD! (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Strategies for Language Development and Academic Success (Sponsored Session)
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention Center
Award-winning GLAD strategies promote language acquisition, high academic achievement, and 21st-century skills with phenomenal proven results. Participants will experience a handful of research-based teaching techniques to support MLs across disciplines. Come reignite the excitement of teaching, as we show you how to empower yourself and your students to succeed!
Speakers
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Cassandra Clark

Multilingual Learner Specialist, Lake Stevens School District
Cassandra Clark is an experienced educator with a background as a classroom and special education teacher, Multilingual Learner specialist, and reading interventionist. She holds a master’s degree in English Language Learning and currently serves as an ML specialist, supporting... Read More →
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Kristin Odegaard

Multilingual Learner Specialist, Lake Stevens School District
Kristin Odegaard is a Multilingual Learner Specialist for the Lake Stevens School District and a BeGLAD Certified Agency Trainer (CAT). She brings three decades of experience supporting linguistically diverse students across the educational spectrum. Kristin began her career with... Read More →
7HPT 2020 English pdf
7HPT 2020 Spanish pdf
7HPT 2020 Traditional Chinese pdf
7HPT 2020 Simplified Chinese pdf
Awareness Packet 2025 full resolution pdf
One Page Be GLAD Training Options upd. 8.2025 pdf
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention Center
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8:00am PDT

Collaboration in Action: High‑Impact Co‑Teaching for Multilingual Learners
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention Center
When ELD specialists and classroom teachers plan with intention around high impact strategies, language learning shifts from routine to action! This session dives into the core moves of high‑impact co‑teaching, offering a clear look at how each co-teachers’ strategic role accelerates language development. Using a thoughtful planning guide and language‑rich strategies in three clear unit phases, co-teachers provide language learners what they need to achieve unit outcomes. The model culminates with all students producing high‑level language and literacy tied to a social‑justice‑focused action plan—affirming that for multilingual learners language is action.
Speakers
avatar for Lara Smith

Lara Smith

High Level Trainings
Lara Smith is an educator with over 25 years of experience as a language teacher, school principal, and currently a high school vice principal. Throughout her career, she has championed effective instruction for multilingual learners and has trained countless educators in sheltered... Read More →
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Jody Bader

Next Steps with Project GLAD
Jody Bader is an educator with over 25 years of experience as a classroom teacher, ELD specialist, instructional coach, education researcher, and one of the Northwest’s leading OCDE Project GLAD® trainers. She began her career as a teacher and ESL trainer in a culturally and socio-economically... Read More →
Collaboration in Action Handout pdf
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention Center
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8:00am PDT

English Learners for a Transformed World (2nd Edition): A Guide to Collaborative Professional Learning (Sponsored by DLeNM)
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom J, Yakima Convention Center
Our interactive session offers the participants an opportunity to co-create communities of voice, power, and purpose via collaboration structures that serve to empower multilingual learners. Anchored to the new, 2nd edition of the Collier, Thomas, & Lachance book, Educating English Learners for a Transformed World, we share applicable tools to co-create and grow collaboration practices in DLBE settings. Specifically, we'll do some deep dives into several of the chapter topics such as Full Gap Closure, Program Effectiveness, Enrichment Programs, Testing, and Future Action Recommendations. Come join us!
Speakers
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Dr. Joan Lachance

Associate professor at UNC Charlotte and the Co-Director of EMMA (Educators for a Multilingual and Multicultural America), UNC Charlotte/EMMA
Dr. Joan Lachance is an associate professor at UNC Charlotte and the Co-Director of EMMA (Educators for a Multilingual and Multicultural America) under the auspices of Dual Language Education of New Mexico. She is the co-author of the National Dual Language Education Teacher Preparation... Read More →
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom J, Yakima Convention Center
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8:00am PDT

Looking for Clues for KLUs
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom I, Yakima Convention Center
Join Katelynn Brown, a Professional Development Specialist in the world of Multilingual Education, in this practical, high-leverage session. Katelynn will guide participants through deconstructing the WIDA Standards to identify the “hidden language clues”—the specific grammatical features, cohesive devices, text structures, and disciplinary vocabulary—that underpin each Key Language Uses in rigorous academic text.

Speakers
avatar for Katelynn Brown

Katelynn Brown

WABE Board Member, Vancouver School District
Eastern Washington University (International Affairs; German)
TESOL experience - Prague, The Czech Republic
TESOL experience - Jeon Ju City, Korea
TESOL experience - Tapei, Taiwan
Whitworth University (Masters in Teaching, ELL endorsement)
General Education Experience (Battle Ground S... Read More →
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom I, Yakima Convention Center
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8:00am PDT

Puentes de Confianza: Building Trust With Spanish-Speaking Families in Challenging Times
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention Center
Presentation highlights the work of a Spanish Family Liaison in the Evergreen School District and the intentional strategies used to engage, support, and advocate for families during challenging times.
Speakers
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Adriana Ramirez Reyes

BILINGUAL FAMILY LIAISON, EVERGREEN PUBLIC SCHOOLS
I am an immigrant from Mexico who came to the U.S. at age 10. My experiences navigating the school system shaped my path, and I now work as a family liaison empowering parents to support their children’s academic success.
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention Center
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8:00am PDT

Supporting Mathematical Sensemaking in Word Problems
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom G1 & G2, Yakima Convention Center
If you have seven pencils and I have 14 apples, how many chickens will fit on the roof? Mathematical word problems can feel nonsensical, especially for multilingual learners! Learners thrive when given appropriate language scaffolding rather than decontextualized or over-simplified problems. This workshop supports educators in identifying and implementing language supports to promote mathematical literacy and sensemaking.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Beth Dillard

Dr. Beth Dillard

Director, Multilingual Education Community Programs, Renton & Everett, Western Washington University
Dr. Beth Dillard is an Associate Professor in the Woodring College of Education at Western Washington University. She is the Director of Multilingual Education Community Programs. She has a PhD in Second Languages Education from the University of Minnesota (2016). Prior, she was a... Read More →
avatar for Dr. Saraswati Noel

Dr. Saraswati Noel

Assistant Professor in Multilingual Education, Western Washington University
Dr. Saraswati Noel is an Assistant Professor in Multilingual Education at Western. Her current work focuses on supporting multilingual learners in mathematics. She previously was a middle school and high school math teacher at a school centered on supporting recent immigrants and... Read More →
Experiential Responses pdf
Saturday April 25, 2026 8:00am - 9:00am PDT
Ballroom G1 & G2, Yakima Convention Center
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11:00am PDT

A Través De Mis Ojos: Leading with Story to Empower Multilingual Learners and Advance Equity
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 400, Yakima Convention Center
Through storytelling and reflection, this session invites leaders to explore identity, equity, and advocacy for multilingual learners. Participants will learn strategies to reduce barriers without lowering expectations, amplify student voice, and lead with cultural humility. Discover how personal narrative can inspire inclusive leadership and empower the next generation.
Speakers
avatar for Marlene Perez

Marlene Perez

Multilingual Learner Program Supervisor, Walla Walla Public Schools
Marlene Perez serves as the Multilingual Learner Program Supervisor in the Equity and Dual Programs Department for Walla Walla Public Schools. With over two decades of experience as a bilingual paraeducator, teacher, interventionist, and administrator, she has dedicated her career... Read More →
A Través De Mis Ojos Participant Reflection Worksheet pdf
WABE 2026 presentation pdf
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 400, Yakima Convention Center
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11:00am PDT

Elevating Equitable Opportunities for Academic Discourse for MLLs Using Talk Moves and ELD Strategies
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention Center
This highly collaborative, interactive session will revisit frameworks for supporting our multilingual learners’ (MLLs) language development and the continuum of Second Language acquisition, begin to unpack basic “talk moves” and other ELD strategies and understand how integrating these routines into our classrooms and schools can scaffold and support equitable opportunities for academic discourse for every student, specifically our MLLs and complex learners.
Speakers
avatar for Sally A. Baer

Sally A. Baer

PhD Student & Multilingual Learner Specialist, Seattle Pacific University and Renton School District
Sally is a dedicated instructional leader, educational advocate and researcher, and has over 20 years of teaching experience as an elementary teacher, reading interventionist and most recently, a multilingual learning (MLL) specialist. Sally also does contract work for WEA, OSPI and... Read More →
2026 WABE Slide Deck Sally Baer pptx
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 100, Yakima Convention Center
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11:00am PDT

Increasing Linguistic and Academic Success in Every Lesson
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom G1 & G2, Yakima Convention Center
Looking for powerful, practical ways to support language development and deepen content learning? This interactive session introduces high-impact instructional strategies that every teacher, regardless of grade level or subject, can use to amplify student language and promote academic growth. These strategies are designed to activate all domains of language, including listening, speaking, reading, and writing, in meaningful and integrated ways. Participants will explore how to create rich opportunities for student talk, scaffold academic vocabulary, and design tasks that support both language and content mastery.
Speakers
avatar for Dr. Valentina Gonzalez

Dr. Valentina Gonzalez

Founder, Rooted Linguistics LLC
Dr. Valentina Gonzalez is the founder of Rooted Linguistics LLC and an international multilingual learner consultant working with educators across the nation to support multilingual learners and their families. Her personal experiences as an immigrant and second language learner fuel... Read More →
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom G1 & G2, Yakima Convention Center
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11:00am PDT

Supporting Multilingual Families: What We Need from You!
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention Center
The OSPI Multilingual Family Advisory Committee is a group of parents and educators who provide leadership on family engagement at the state level. In this panel presentation, you will hear directly from these culturally and linguistically diverse family members about what they need to help their multilingual children succeed!
Speakers
avatar for Kristin Percy Calaff

Kristin Percy Calaff

Director of Multilingual Education, Office of Homeless Youth
Dr. Kristin Percy Calaff is the Director of Multilingual Education for the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction. She has over 35 years of experience as a dual language teacher, principal, district administrator, and state leader. Kristin holds a Ph.D. in Multilingual/Multicultural... Read More →
avatar for Teresa Mendoza-Casby

Teresa Mendoza-Casby

Dual Language Program Supervisor, OSPI
Teresa Mendoza-Casby serves as the Dual Language Program Supervisor at the Washington State Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI).
Educated in Mexico and holding advanced degrees from U.S. institutions, Teresa brings over 20 years of experience in education, teachi... Read More →
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Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 200, Yakima Convention Center
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11:00am PDT

Using WIDA MARCO DALE to promote Mathematical Discourse in Dual Language Spanish Classrooms
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention Center
In math, multilingual learners must comprehend mathematics’ disciplinary literacy, a complex system that includes proficiency, practices, and discourse (Moschkovich, 2015a) . Come learn how to use the WIDA MARCO DALE in Spanish to plan discourse rich instruction that moves students beyond vocabulary to also develop sentence and discourse rich mathematical grade level language, enhancing all students’ linguistic knowledge and mathematical reasoning.
Speakers
avatar for Patricia Venegas-Weber

Patricia Venegas-Weber

Dual Language Program Supervisor, Office of Superintendent of Public Instriction
Dr. Patricia Venegas-Weber is originally from Chile and holds a Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction from the University of Wisconsin–Madison, specializing in the development of bilingual education teachers’ professional identity. She has more than 20 years of experience in bilingual... Read More →
avatar for Erica Bailey Ramos

Erica Bailey Ramos

Dual Language Program Specialist, Edmonds School District
Erica Ramos' commitment to dual language education is both professional and personal. A former dual language student and proud Latina, she works out of a deep dedication to her community and a belief in the brilliance of multilingual learners. Currently a Dual Language Program Specialist... Read More →
Saturday April 25, 2026 11:00am - 12:00pm PDT
Ballroom 300, Yakima Convention Center
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