Join WestEd and partners at the annual National Association for Bilingual Education Conference (NABE). The conference will be held February 7–10, 2022, at the New York Hilton Midtown. This year’s theme focuses on “Building a Globally Diverse Multilingual Society.”
Presenters from Quality Teaching for English Learners and the National Research and Development Center to Improve Education for Secondary English Learners will discuss topics such as instructional leadership and writing development. A featured presentation by Senior Research Scientist and Center Director Aída Walqui will explore multilingual learners in a global society.
Learn more about our presentations below and be sure to visit our booths in the exhibit hall.
Engage with us on social media with these Twitter handles and hashtags: @NABEorg, @WestEd, #NABE2022, #NABEChat.
Book Signing at the WestEd Exhibit Booth: Meet Aída Walqui, co-author of the highly acclaimed book, Scaffolding the Academic Success of Adolescent English Language Learners, and co-editor of the books, Amplifying the Curriculum and Reconceptualizing the Role of Critical Dialogue in American Classrooms: Promoting Equity through Dialogic Education
WestEd Exhibit Booth Time & Location: Wednesday, February 9 at 8–8:30 AM Eastern, Exhibit Hall Booth #111.
Presentations
Tuesday, February 8
Presentation: Designing Quality Interactions in the Spanish Classroom for Grades K–5
Presenters: Kathia Romo and Elsa Billings
Time: 1:05 PM – 1:50 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 4th Floor – New York
Presentation: Affordances in the development of multiliteracies with English Learners in secondary schools
Presenters: Aída Walqui
Time: 1:05 PM – 1:50 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 2nd Floor – Sutton Center
Featured Presentation: Building Quality and Equity for Multilingual Learners in a Global Society: An Ecological Perspective
Presenter: Aída Walqui
Time: 3:20 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 3rd Floor – Grand Ballroom
Description: How do we create systems that support with quality and equity the development of the immense talents Multilingual Learners take to school? This presentation addresses the urgent need to look at the multiple systems involved in the education we offer English Learners in ecological, interrelated, and coherent ways. While enacting changes in one part of the system may yield situated results, greater progress can be made if the educational programs and supports offered to Multilingual Learners are reconceptualized to support and enrich each other.
Presentation: Scaffolding Understanding: Preparing Secondary English Learners to Engage with Complex Texts
Presenter: Mary Schmida
Time: 3:20 PM – 4:05 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 2nd Floor – Clinton
Presentation: Serving Multilingual Learners with Equity and Quality: Building the Professional Expertise of All District Educators
Presenters: Aída Walqui and Alexandra Estrella (Superintendent, Norwalk School District)
Time: 4:15 PM – 5:00 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 2nd Floor – Regent
Wednesday, February 9
Presentation: Supporting English Learners by Placing Teacher Professional Development at the Center of Instructional Leadership
Presenters: Mary Schmida and Annette Gregg
Time: 8:30 AM – 9:15 AM Eastern
Meeting Room: 4th Floor – Green Room
Thursday, February 10
Presentation: Educational Leadership: Supporting Quality Learning for English Learners and their Teachers in Dual Language Programs
Presenters: Pia Castilleja and Annette Gregg
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM Eastern
Meeting Room: Concourse A – Lower Level
Presentation: Human Migration in Today’s World
Presenter: Nicholas Catechis
Time: 8:00 AM – 9:20 AM Eastern
Meeting Room: 4th Floor – Green Room
Presentation: Accelerating Writing Development for English Learners in Elementary Classrooms
Presenter: Ruth Sebastian
Time: 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: 4th Floor – Green Room
Presentation: From Theory to Practice in Dual Language: Quality Education in Spanish for Secondary English Learners
Presenters: Pia Castilleja and Kathia Romo
Time: 10:40 AM – 12:00 PM Eastern
Meeting Room: Concourse A – Lower Level