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SUMMARY:General Session & Welcome
DESCRIPTION:Location: School Auditorium&nbsp\;\nSchurz High School - 3601 N. Milwaukee Avenue Chicago\, IL 60641
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SUMMARY:Keynote Session
DESCRIPTION:Keynote Speaker: Dr. Rocio del Castillo\nLocation: School Auditorium&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Biliteracy Key Practices in Practice: The Skyline ALE Approach to Biliteracy
DESCRIPTION:In this session\, we will cover the 6 research-backed guiding practices that are at the core of our work in Biliteracy in CPS: oracy\, cross-linguistic connections\, cognates\, metalinguistic awareness\, culturally and linguistically sustaining resources\, and authentic Spanish language development. Our participants will have an opportunity to learn about Biliteracy Key Practices (Prácticas clave de biliteracidad)\, and experience a curricular immersion through Skyline Artes de Lenguaje en Español (ALE).\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Bridging Languages in Special Education: Linguistic Connections for Bilingual Learners Using the Biliteracy Framework
DESCRIPTION:This session will explore how to implement linguistic bridges in a dual language education classroom\, with a focus on supporting the language development of diverse bilingual learners through the Teaching for Biliteracy framework developed by Karen Beeman and Cheryl Urow.\nLed by teacher-author Milagros Otero and dual language teacher Mayralejandra Salazar\, this workshop highlights how Spanish-language texts can be leveraged to strengthen language development\, literacy\, and cross-linguistic transfer for students with learning differences.\nParticipants will engage with a structured biliteracy unit adapted for diverse learners\, explore specific bridging strategies\, and leave with practical tools to support emergent bilingual students receiving special education services.\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrade Levels: K–2\, 3–5\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cómo las escuelas pueden activar a las familias para el éxito académico
DESCRIPTION:La participación familiar es uno de los factores más poderosos—y menos aprovechados—para el éxito académico de los estudiantes. Esta sesión brinda a docentes y líderes escolares estrategias prácticas y fáciles de implementar para involucrar a las familias multilingües de manera significativa. A partir de la experiencia en Chicago Public Schools\, los participantes aprenderán a transformar la participación tradicional en una alianza activa entre escuela y hogar. Se explorará qué impulsa el éxito académico y cómo el “family engagement” influye directamente en él\, junto con las principales barreras que limitan la participación de los padres. Además\, se presentarán cambios concretos que docentes y directivos pueden implementar para aumentar la participación\, fortalecer la confianza y construir un sistema de apoyo más consistente\, con ideas claras listas para aplicar de inmediato.
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SUMMARY:Creating a Classroom Where Every Child Belongs—From Day One
DESCRIPTION:This session explores how intentional classroom environments and daily routines can foster equity and a strong sense of belonging for multilingual learners in preschool and kindergarten. Participants will examine practical strategies such as multilingual labels and signage\, inclusive classroom norms\, and identity-affirming practices that honor children’s languages\, cultures\, and lived experiences.\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrade Levels: Pre-K\, K–2\n\n
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SUMMARY:Cross‑Language Phonology in Dual Language Programs: Understanding Early Literacy Through Two Sound Systems
DESCRIPTION:In dual language programs\, students learn to read through the combined influence of both of their languages. Children acquire the phonemes and sound patterns of their home language(s) first\, and these established systems shape how new sounds in English and Spanish are perceived\, distinguished\, and produced — a predictable process of cross‑linguistic transfer. Because Spanish and English have different vowel inventories\, consonant contrasts\, and levels of orthographic depth\, students naturally draw on familiar sound patterns as they decode in either language. These are not errors but linguistically logical developmental patterns. This session equips dual language educators to use cross‑language comparisons to interpret early literacy assessments more accurately\, identify skills that transfer automatically across languages\, and target explicit instruction where phonemes diverge — strengthening equity‑focused decisions that honor the full bilingual reading process.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;Pre-K\, K-2
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SUMMARY:Defining the What\, Designing the How: Writing en dos idiomas
DESCRIPTION:Writing is more than just a school requirement\; it is a powerful lever for equity and a primary vehicle for multilingual learners (MLs) to express their identity and agency. In this session\, participants will explore how to design strengths-based writing instruction using the WIDA and Marco DALE Key Language Uses (Narrate\, Inform\, Explain\, Argue) and Proficiency Level Descriptors. By clearly defining what students need to do and focusing on how to support them\, educators will leave with practical tools and actionable strategies to help dual language learners grow into confident\, proficient writers.\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8
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SUMMARY:Del error al éxito: el Dictado Ideal como práctica de alfabetización basada en investigación
DESCRIPTION:¿Y si el dictado fuera una práctica que garantiza el éxito del estudiante en lugar de exponer sus errores? El dictado ideal propone una transformación profunda: pasar de la corrección a la construcción intencionada de la escritura ortográfica\, mediante una metodología estructurada\, visual y metalingüística alineada a los Estándares de Artes del Lenguaje del Español. &nbsp\;Fundamentada en principios académicos\, cognitivos y pedagógicos\, esta metodología ofrece una vía flexible y eficaz —desde Kinder hasta educación superior— para promover el desarrollo sistemático de la correcta escritura en español.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Juegos tradicionales y populares hispanos para introducir la competencia sociocultural en el aula II
DESCRIPTION:Esta sesión ofrece una continuación de la exploración de juegos tradicionales y populares del mundo hispano como vehículos para el desarrollo de la competencia sociocultural. Diseñado tanto para participantes que han asistido previamente y desean ampliar su repertorio como para nuevos educadores\, este taller presenta una colección inédita de juegos listos para su integración inmediata en el aula.\nMás allá del juego recreativo\, se demostrará cómo estas actividades pueden servir como andamios dinámicos para el aprendizaje en Matemáticas\, Artes del Lenguaje y Ciencias. Los participantes experimentarán de manera práctica nuevas dinámicas y aprenderán a transformar la herencia cultural en herramientas de instrucción que impulsen el compromiso académico.\nAl finalizar\, los participantes contarán con un conjunto de estrategias y recursos diseñados para honrar las tradiciones lingüísticas y culturales de los estudiantes mientras fomentan una comunidad escolar inclusiva\, participativa y culturalmente relevante.\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrades: Pre-K\, K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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SUMMARY:Let's Talk About Meaning Negotiation: Helping Students to Use Mediation as an Interpretation Skill
DESCRIPTION:This session explores how meaning negotiation and mediation can strengthen students’ interpretive skills in dual language classrooms. Participants will examine how learners co‑construct understanding by clarifying\, questioning\, and reformulating messages across languages. Through interactive demonstrations and classroom‑based examples\, attendees will see how mediation strategies help students bridge linguistic gaps\, make sense of complex input\, and support peers in collaborative meaning‑making. The session highlights practical teacher moves\, task designs\, and scaffolds that promote active interpretation while maintaining a low‑stress\, communication‑rich environment. Educators will leave with concrete techniques to help students use mediation as a powerful tool for deeper comprehension.\n\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrades: Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Stronger Together: Integrating Dual Language and Special Education Services for Multilingual Learners/ELs with Disabilities
DESCRIPTION:English Learners with disabilities are one of the most underserved student groups in our schools\, often experiencing fragmented services that separate language development from specialized instruction. This session addresses a critical systems gap: ensuring that multilingual learners/English Learners with IEPs receive both Dual Language (bilingual) and Special Education services in an integrated\, equitable manner.\n\nParticipants will explore the legal\, instructional\, and equity foundations that require dual service delivery\, including key implications from Lau v. Nichols\, IDEA\, and Title VI. Through real-world scenarios and data trends\, the session will highlight how lack of collaboration between Dual Language and Special Education teams contributes to lower academic outcomes\, stalled language development\, and increased rates of Long-Term English Learners (LTELs).
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SUMMARY:Translanguaging: creando puentes comunicativos y cultivando el multilingüísmo
DESCRIPTION:The session will focus on translanguaging curriculum and instructional practices that help build and expand students’ linguistic repertoires in heritage and bilingual classrooms across grade levels while maintaining culturally relevant and rigorous learning experiences. The presenter will share examples of how translanguaging opportunities are intentionally embedded into instruction to support student engagement and empower students to take an active role in leading their own learning.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;6-8\, 9-12\nLanguage of Session: Bilingual (Spanish/English)&nbsp\;
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SUMMARY:Using Generative AI in the Multilingual Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Generative AI tools have the potential to transform how educators plan\, teach\, and engage students in language learning. In this session\, participants will explore practical ways to integrate CPS-approved AI tools in the multilingual classroom to support lesson planning\, generate comprehensible input\, and create differentiated instructional materials.\nParticipants will also examine ethical considerations and strategies for responsibly leveraging AI to save time while enriching the learning experience for multilingual learners.\nPlease bring a fully charged laptop to participate in the hands-on exploration.\nLanguage: English\nGrade Levels: Pre-K\, K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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SUMMARY:What Does It Mean to Teach Reading in Spanish with Clarity\, Coherence\, and Care?
DESCRIPTION:This session explores what it means to teach reading in Spanish in ways that are aligned to both research and the structure of the language itself. Grounded in the Science of Reading and the Simple View of Reading\, we will examine how decoding and language comprehension develop in Spanish\, and what this asks of instruction in bilingual and dual language classrooms. Participants will consider how clarity in scope and sequence\, coherence in instructional design\, and care in language and student experience come together to support strong\, confident readers. Through practical examples\, we will explore how to design instruction that reflects the logic of Spanish and creates meaningful access to reading for all students.
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SUMMARY:"From Data to Biliteracy: Using Language Proficiency to Drive Achievement in DL Programs
DESCRIPTION:In this presentation\, we will discuss the growing need for DL programs to have BOTH Achievement Data and Language Proficiency Data. This session serves as the missing variable in understanding student success in DL programs. Participants will explore how integrating English and Spanish-language proficiency data with achievement metrics provides a HOLISTIC view of student performance.
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SUMMARY:Beyond One Language: Bridging the Science of Reading and Biliteracy.
DESCRIPTION:This presentation explores the alignment of the Science of Reading and multilingual pedagogy\, moving beyond monolingual frameworks to empower multilingual learners. We examine how foundational skills—specifically phonology\, orthography\, and morphology—function as interconnected systems\, leveraging the skills mastered in a student’s first language (L1) as a primary asset for acquiring new content in their second language (L2).\nBy strategically utilizing cross-linguistic transfer\, educators will bridge "the code" with meaning-making through semantics\, syntax\, grammar\, and pragmatics. We move past rote instruction to show how a student’s home language serves as the structural foundation for communicative competence. Attendees will gain evidence-based strategies to transform the Science of Reading into a culturally responsive biliteracy lens\, ensuring academic excellence across languages.\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Dual Language is not a separate program: creating program cohesion
DESCRIPTION:A panel with 4 diverse group of DL administrators (Elementary\, HS\, Middle School\, Early Childhood) will come together to share expertise around DL program design and sustainablity. This session is ideal for admin interested in learning more about DL education from a leadership perspective. Incorporate that DL is not an add on\, it is systems-wide and on the ground. Leaders are required to have a holistic understanding of program structures to protect the integrity of DL education particularly for EL.&nbsp\;\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Dual Language Takeoff: Your Flight Plan for a Successful Program Launch
DESCRIPTION:This session provides a comprehensive blueprint for launching a high-quality Dual Language Education (DLE) program. We will navigate the critical phases of preparation\, focusing on research-based practices for sustainability and impact. Key topics include establishing a robust instructional framework grounded in the Science of Reading for Multilingual Learners (MLs)\, building staff metalinguistic awareness\, and ensuring vertical alignment from Pre-K through Grade 3. Participants will gain actionable strategies for recruitment\, curriculum mapping\, and creating consistent\, asset-based learning environments where early biliteracy and academic excellence can soar. Get ready to secure your program’s successful journey!\n\nLanguage: English\nGrades: Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8
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SUMMARY:Educational and Cultural Interventions in Response to the Venezuelan ImmigrationCrisis in Illinois
DESCRIPTION:The Illinois Venezuelan Alliance (IVA) developed educational and cultural initiatives toease the feelings of isolation and abandonment faced by Venezuelan immigrants duringtheir acculturative process since arriving. The workshop emphasizes quick integration\,bridging large cultural and experiential differences\, and offering trauma-informedsupport. Major activities included educational sessions on U.S. workforce culture\,school-based assistance for migrant children\, emotional health support for migrantwomen\, traditional musical expressions\, and community-driven cultural integrationprograms. Participants will engage in activities that empower immigrant children withskills for their new school environments. These interventions aim to shift from a crisis-management approach to successfully navigating a democratic\, service-orientedsociety.
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SUMMARY:Language Profiles as Power: Embracing students' leadership journeys.
DESCRIPTION:This session explores how cultural identity\, academic trajectories\, and lived experiences intersect to open pathways to global opportunities for multilingual communities and the next generation of bilingual educators. Participants will learn how to develop and use counterstories to challenge dominant narratives and empower themselves and their students to envision and pursue their future goals.\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrade Levels: 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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SUMMARY:Languaging\, Transculturalism\, and Identity in Dual Language Education
DESCRIPTION:How do we leverage students' full linguistic repertoires to deepen content learning and strengthen their biliteracy trajectory? This session examines classroom scenarios where intentional languaging practices support language development\, metalinguistic awareness and transculturalism. Designed for dual language teachers\, coaches\, and administrators\, this session directly addresses the three pillars of dual language education in CAL's Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education.&nbsp\;\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8
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SUMMARY:Los 4 Superpoderes del Bilingüismo: From Identity to Academic Excellence
DESCRIPTION:This session shares a four-part schoolwide initiative that positions bilingualism as a superpower. Through a developmental sequence of assemblies\, students cultivate linguistic courage\, cultural ambassadorship\, social consciousness\, and academic perseverance. Each “superpower” aligns with the core pillars of dual language education: biliteracy\, sociocultural competence\, critical consciousness\, and high academic achievement.\nParticipants will explore how identity-driven programming can strengthen student voice\, support academic outcomes\, and foster a cohesive schoolwide culture that builds community and social capital.\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrade Levels: Pre-K\, K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\n\n
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SUMMARY:Making Aspen ACCESS Reports Meaningful
DESCRIPTION:This session will guide participants in transforming ACCESS reports in Aspen into meaningful\, actionable data that supports instructional decision-making. Participants will learn how to use Google Sheets functions to clean and organize ACCESS data\, identify trends\, and group students for targeted language support aligned with WIDA Can-Do Descriptors.\nThrough practical examples\, educators will explore strategies for using processed data to inform differentiated instruction and curricular planning for multilingual learners across grade levels.\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrade Levels: Pre-K\, K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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SUMMARY:MTSS in Dual Language Schools
DESCRIPTION:This session introduces a targeted framework for identifying root causes in dual language learners. We will move through the PSP and review various data points to analyze student performance through three specific lenses: Linguistic\, Academic\, &nbsp\;and SEL. \nParticipants will practice identifying these drivers and documenting findings within BrM. The goal is to provide a consistent\, data-driven workflow that ensures interventions support the whole bilingual child. You will leave with a simplified protocol for more accurate and collaborative record-keeping.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8
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SUMMARY:Reversing Long-Term English Learner Trends: A Systems Approach Through a Middle School LTEL Pilot
DESCRIPTION:Long-Term English Learners (LTELs) represent one of the most persistent equity challenges in our schools. This session highlights a middle school LTEL Pilot designed to accelerate language development through intentional systems\, instructional shifts\, and data-driven collaboration. Participants will explore how schools used WIDA-aligned practices\, Grade-Level Meetings (GLMs)\, and student goal-setting to improve outcomes related to Oracy development. &nbsp\;Attendees will leave with practical tools and a replicable framework to implement in their own contexts.\n\n
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SUMMARY:The Knowledge Investment: Funding Brighter Futures
DESCRIPTION:Now more than ever\, it is essential to identify funding sources beyond state\, local\, and federal allocations to sustain and expand educational programs. In this session\, participants will hear from Imagine Learning’s Senior Director of Grants and Funding Initiatives about the rapidly evolving funding landscape. The session will explore philanthropic investments in K–12 education and offer practical guidance on identifying potential donors\, cultivating partnerships\, and researching and applying for aligned competitive grants.\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrade Levels: 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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SUMMARY:Understanding Biliteracy Trajectories: A Holistic Framework for Dual Language Growth
DESCRIPTION:Biliteracy trajectories offer educators a way to understand literacy development in Spanish and English as interconnected systems\, rather than two parallel monolingual paths. Large‑scale research with more than 13\,000 dual language students demonstrates that there is no single bilingual trajectory\, and that each language contributes differently to literacy development because of its unique linguistic structure. The study also confirms that biliteracy development takes time\, with students in dual language programs acquiring literacy skills in their home language at a modestly higher rate than monolingual peers\, while gradually strengthening their second language over multiple years. This session introduces biliteracy trajectories as an asset‑based\, bilingual interpretive framework\, helping educators analyze data more accurately\, avoid misinterpretation\, and design instruction that leverages the full linguistic repertoire of multilingual learners.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8
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SUMMARY:Unlocking Language and Learning: High-Impact Practices for Dual Language Classrooms
DESCRIPTION:What does high-quality instruction look like in a dual language classroom where language development and content learning occur simultaneously? This interactive session explores high-leverage instructional practices that support multilingual learners while maintaining rigorous and engaging Tier 1 instruction.\nParticipants will examine practical strategies such as intentional language objectives\, structured student discourse\, scaffolding for comprehension and production\, and inclusive co-teaching models that promote access for all learners. Through real classroom examples and collaborative reflection\, educators will identify ways to strengthen instruction that honors students’ linguistic assets and fosters academic success in both languages.\nAttendees will leave with actionable tools and strategies that can be immediately applied to enhance instruction in dual language settings.\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrade Levels: K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\, 9–12\n\n
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/ffaf27d78a6891e80181b790a930cbd4
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
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SUMMARY:Using Data to Drive Coaching Conversations
DESCRIPTION:In this interactive session\, participants will explore how to move toward precision coaching by utilizing diverse data sets. We will demonstrate how to triangulate student work\, linguistic output\, and classroom discourse data to anchor coaching cycles in objective evidence. Attendees will leave with a clear framework for facilitating coaching conversations that increase teacher buy-in and accelerate biliteracy outcomes for Multilingual Learners (MLs).\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/dcb5ad17d67162a39f2529f481a6b073
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
DTSTART:20260605T180000Z
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SUMMARY:What Happens When Instructional Coaching Is Grounded in Adult Learning?
DESCRIPTION:This session explores instructional coaching through the lens of adult learning\, with a focus on how educators grow\, refine practice\, and sustain change over time. Grounded in research on adult learning and effective professional development\, participants will examine what it means to support teachers with clarity\, coherence\, and care. We will consider how coaching can move beyond compliance and isolated feedback toward ongoing\, job-embedded learning that is responsive to teachers’ contexts and builds collective capacity. Through examples and reflection\, participants will explore how to design and facilitate coaching that strengthens instructional practice\, supports implementation of high-quality materials\, and creates meaningful opportunities for teacher learning.
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/4eb55866ecc81f0b8f457eb3abc77f52
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
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SUMMARY:Biliteracy Structures in Middle School
DESCRIPTION:At Volta our instructional middle school framework employs a two-teacher model in conjunction with a planned allocation model. This balanced approach ensures students are immersed in a dynamic and comprehensive learning environment. This carefully designed model is fundamentally rooted in affirming the students' individual and collective identities\, celebrating their linguistic and cultural assets as essential components of their educational journey. Our primary goal is the comprehensive enhancement of students' literacy skills across all four foundational domains of language: reading\, writing\, listening\, and speaking. Using the Skyline curriculum instruction extends beyond basic communication skills to include the critical development of socio-cultural competence. The overall design fosters high academic achievement while simultaneously promoting biculturalism and biliteracy.\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: 6-8
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
DTSTART:20260605T204000Z
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SUMMARY:Bringing Content and Language Together
DESCRIPTION:This session examines how integrating content and language instruction enhances literacy for multilingual learners. Participants will explore the link between content and language learning\, discover strategies that merge literacy and academic language\, and learn how this integration fosters engagement\, equity\, and achievement for diverse students.\n\nLanguage: English\nGrades: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/787fbb009f9477e88b04028bad7321d1
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
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SUMMARY:De las comas a las historias: estrategias para desarrollar el español académico con recursos abiertos de la UNAM
DESCRIPTION:Desarrollar el español académico requiere oportunidades para interactuar con textos auténticos y explorar cómo el lenguaje construye significado. Esta sesión presenta estrategias prácticas para integrar literatura\, audio y análisis textual mediante recursos educativos abiertos de la UNAM dirigidos a estudiantes heritage speakers y bilingües de los grados 9–12. Los participantes explorarán dos actividades interactivas alineadas con el Marco DALE de WIDA\, que promueve el desarrollo del lenguaje a través de interacción\, análisis textual y multiliteracidades. La primera utiliza el cuento “Bondades y peligros de la coma” de Carmen Villoro\, disponible en la plataforma Descarga Cultura\, para explorar cómo la puntuación influye en el significado y el ritmo narrativo mediante escucha activa y una dinámica colaborativa\, mostrando cómo enseñarla a través de la literatura fortalece el desarrollo del lenguaje académico en contexto. La segunda utiliza una Unidad de Apoyo para el Aprendizaje (UAPA) para analizar la estructura narrativa y apoyar la comprensión y producción de textos narrativos en español.\n\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrades: ALL&nbsp\;
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DTSTAMP:20260521T043506Z
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SUMMARY:Growing Bilingual Brains: A First-Year Perspective
DESCRIPTION:Two first year Dual Language Teachers will share their successes and challenges as a first year Dual Language Teacher. This will be tied into curriculum alignment (planning and teaching in two languages)\, Dual Language instructional strategies\, managing different proficiency levels\, time management\, and building classroom culture across both languages. Lastly\, the Dual Language Coordinator and Assistant principal will speak about their approach to supporting first year Dual Language teachers. &nbsp\;\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: 3-5
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/e8f9f1230ac7b3bc214c729b22e99ef6
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SUMMARY:Lexicos Variables "Mi palabra\, mi mundo: Validando la identidad a través de los léxicos variables\, sociales y geográficos"
DESCRIPTION:Determinar o aclarar el significado de palabras y frases desconocidas y de múltiples significados\, basándose en la lectura y el contenido de tercer grado\; reconocer que las palabras pueden variar según la región o el país de origen (variación lingüística).\n\nLanguage: Spanish\nGrades: 3-5
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/5e86e428f3ba2e798ca0c6e43a5686b1
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SUMMARY:One School. One Vision. Creating Coherence Across Dual Language and Traditional Programs
DESCRIPTION:At Jeffrey’s Grove Elementary (N.C.)\, educators use the theme La Media Naranja\, two halves forming a perfect whole\, to unite Dual Language and traditional programs under one shared global vision. Like many DLI schools\, they saw strong bilingualism and biliteracy outcomes. But they recognized that the true finish line was broader: a school where all students see themselves as prepared\, valued\, and connected to the wider world.Achieving that vision required intentionally aligning student voice\, belonging\, and leadership across every program and classroom—not just within Dual Language. In this session\, learn the practical structures and leadership moves that helped build schoolwide coherence\, strengthen collaboration\, and connect language learning to real-world global learning and long-term readiness for every student.\n\nLanguage: English\nGrades: K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Strengthening Biliteracy Through Cross-Linguistic Connections
DESCRIPTION:This session will deepen teachers' understanding of Cross-Linguistic Connections (CLC) as a core biliteracy key practice within Dual Language Education. Teachers will examine how intentional connections between languages strengthen metalinguistic awareness\, vocabulary development\, and academic language transfer without compromising language allocation. &nbsp\;Through guided analysis of curricular materials\, teachers will identify authentic opportunities for CLC within instruction and practice embedding structured discourse and reflection routines into daily lessons. &nbsp\;By the end of the session\, participants will leave with actionable strategies to integrate CLC into their units in ways that sustain academic rigor and promote biliteracy development.\n\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrades: Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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SUMMARY:Creciendo en Dos Idiomas: Cómo se Desarrolla la Lectura en Niños Bilingües
DESCRIPTION:Cuando los niños aprenden en dos idiomas\, su progreso lector no siempre ocurre al mismo ritmo en español e inglés\, y eso es completamente normal. En esta sesión\, las familias aprenderán cómo crece la lectura en ambos idiomas y por qué ver solo un idioma puede dar la impresión equivocada de que un niño “está atrasado”\, cuando en realidad sigue un desarrollo bilingüe saludable. Explicaremos la transferencia: lo que un niño aprende en español apoya el inglés\, y viceversa\, desde palabras hasta estrategias de comprensión. También compartiremos formas simples de apoyar la biliteracidad en casa\, como leer en el idioma del hogar\, conversar sobre historias y valorar el bilingüismo como una fortaleza para el futuro.
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SUMMARY:Designing for Biliteracy: Skyline ALE Spanish Language Arts and Biliteracy Foundational Skills
DESCRIPTION:This session explores how the Skyline ALE Spanish Language Arts curriculum provides a coherent\, standards-aligned framework for native language instruction and supports biliteracy development in bilingual programs. Participants will also learn how the Biliteracy Foundational Skills curriculum aligns the Skyline ELA and ALE word study scopes and sequences\, leveraging intentional cross-linguistic connections that reinforce literacy development in both Spanish and English.\nThrough an interactive analysis of curriculum materials and sample tasks\, participants will gain practical strategies for delivering biliteracy-aligned instruction that elevates students’ linguistic assets and ensures access to grade-level learning across languages.\nLanguage: Bilingual (Spanish/English)\nGrade Levels: K–2\, 3–5\, 6–8\n\n
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SUMMARY:How Do We Center Language\, Instruction\, and Equity in School Leadership?
DESCRIPTION:This session invites school and district leaders to reflect on the shift from managing systems to leading for instruction in multilingual learning environments. Grounded in research on effective leadership and multilingual education\, participants will examine how leaders create the conditions for strong\, coherent literacy instruction across classrooms. We will explore what it means to center language\, instruction\, and equity in decision-making\, and how leaders can support teachers through aligned systems\, professional learning\, and a clear instructional vision. Through reflection and practical examples\, participants will consider how to move beyond compliance-driven leadership toward practices that build collective responsibility\, strengthen instruction\, and improve outcomes for multilingual learners.
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URL:http://cpsduallanguage2026.sched.com/event/e8ab6a46fbcd514bf5032f6d23eaff0e
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SUMMARY:Lo Que No Nos Enseñaron: What Second-Generation Latina Mothers’ Narratives Teach Us About Dual Language Education
DESCRIPTION:Decades of research show that many Latinx families desire schooling that supports both English development and the maintenance of Spanish. As part of a language education collective at the University of Illinois Chicago\, a group of Latina scholars\, mothers\, and students began organizing in spring 2022 to examine the Spanish linguistic landscape of Chicago and how access to Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) programs has shaped Latinx families’ ability to sustain cultural and linguistic practices. While existing research often centers immigrant parents’ efforts to support English development alongside home language maintenance\, this session highlights the experiences of second-generation Latina mothers who had limited access to Spanish-language education in their own schooling and are now navigating dual language programs through their children. Drawing on their narratives\, participants will explore implications for culturally sustaining curriculum\, family–school partnerships\, and parent engagement strategies that strengthen collaboration with a diverse range of Latinx families and support more responsive dual language curricula.\n\nGrade Levels:&nbsp\;Pre-K\, K-2\, 3-5\, 6-8\, 9-12
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