Friday November 17th

8:00 am

9:00 am  – KEYNOTE SPEAKER

Keynote Speaker: Tan Huynh

Tan Huynh –  Creating the Conditions for Long-Term Success Tan Huynh will stay in the Grand Ballroom to answer your questions until 11:00

Let’s shift beyond the limits of the long-term English learner (LTEL) label and embrace a new way of honoring secondary multilinguals’ valuable life experiences and academic potential. By focusing on experienced multilinguals’ strengths and what teachers can do, we will create the conditions for long-term success. In this keynote, Tan will share the conditions where experienced multilinguals can thrive. While the examples will be from secondary schools, these conditions are applicable to elementary school MLs as well. The goal of this keynote is to affirm what participants are already doing to serve their MLs and to offer additional approaches.

Meeting Room Grand Ballroom

10:15 am

Lorna Larson
Early Learning Standing Committee Meeting…
Meeting Room 15

11:15 am

Wes Nemenz
Because, But, So: Writing Strategies…
Meeting Room 4
Tan Huynh
Effective Speaking and Writing Instruction…
Meeting Room 10-11

12:15 pm

1:45 pm

Angie Lawrence
Engaging English Learners with Environmental…
Meeting Room 4
Laura Byard
Twice Exceptional: District Supports for…
Meeting Room 5
Tan Huynh
Small Co-Planning Decisions, Big Co-Teaching…
Meeting Room 10-11

3:15 pm

3:30 pm

4:45 pm

Saturday November 18th

8:45 am

9:00 am  – KEYNOTE SPEAKERS

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Kevin Lindsey & Dr. Michael Favor

Our Cultures, Our Assets

The United States is going through dramatic change that will not only fundamentally transform our nation’s racial and ethnic demographics for those alive today but also for the next two generations.  In 2025, 1 in 4 public school students will be an English Language Learner (EL). Presently, 10% of students, with more than 300 home languages, are EL students in Minnesota. As we approach this strategic inflection point in our society, educators and educational systems that can create new paradigms to see, value, and celebrate students are posed to not only be successful in Minnesota but also among the very best in the United States.

Join Minnesota Humanities Center CEO Kevin Lindsey, ISD 917 Superintendent Dr. Michael Favor, and a panel of past and current EL students for an engaging session on what is working well for EL students, what we can do together to improve EL education, and how EL can rightfully assume leadership in changing the landscape of education.

Meeting Room Grand Ballroom

10:15 am

Jen Vanek
Digital Skills Glossary: Teacher-Created Resrouces…
Meeting Room 5
Emika Ozawa
Designing Tasks with Global Topics:…
Meeting Room 12

11:15 am

12:45 pm

Eden Bart
MHC Learning From Place STUDENT…
Meeting Room 2-3
Sarah Egberg
Integrating Academic Discourse and Talk…
Meeting Room 4
Cynthia Maldona
Dual Language/Immersion and Multilingual Learners:…
Meeting Room 7
Kendra Katnik
Centering Student Voice: Multilingual Learners’…
Meeting Room 8-9
Emika Ozawa
Vocabulary Journal Impact on Academic…
Meeting Room 12

2:00 pm

Ann Gehrt
“Story-Asking” in the Adult ESL…
Meeting Room 5
Amy Young
The Science of Reading and…
Meeting Room 12

2:45 pm

3:00 pm

4:30 pm