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STUDENT LESSONS
2007 MINNESOTA ESL,
BILINGUAL &
MIGRANT EDUCATION CONFERENCE
Thursday, May 3rd
8:00 am
On-Site Registration Opens
9:00 am - Noon ELL Coordinators Meeting
12:00 - 1:00 pm ELL Coordinators Luncheon
GENERAL CONFERENCE
Noon On-Site
Registration open
1:00 - 2:00 pm Keynote address - Mary Díaz
2:15 - 4:15 pm Concurrent Session I
4:15 - 5:30 pm Networking Time
Friday, May 4th
7:15 am Conference
Registration Opens
8:00 am Exhibits Open
8:30 - 9:00 am Welcome
9:00 - 10:15 am Keynote address - Diane August
10:15 - 10:45 am Exhibit Break
10:45 - 11:45 am Concurrent Session II
Noon -1:00 pm Lunch
1:00 - 2:00 pm Concurrent Session III
2:00 - 2:30 pm Exhibit Break
2:30 - 3:30 pm Concurrent Session IV
3:30 pm Closing Remarks, Door Prizes
*Content of the conference program is subject to change
Thursday Program
Overview
Concurrent Breakout Sessions
2:15-4:15 pm
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Room 1 |
Tools and Techniques for Creating Intercultural Classrooms Holly Emert and Laurene Christensen |
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Room 2 |
The Alliance for Economic Inclusion: Learning the Language of Money Cathy Davis and Susan Tulashie |
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Room 3 |
Talking Suitcases for ESL Learners Susan Armington, Carla Vogel, Shana Bregenzer-Brenny and Buffalo Public School Students |
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Room 4 |
Evidenced-Based Practices with Young English Language Learners Lillian Duran |
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Room 5 |
Teaching Foundation Vocabulary to Elementary ELL Students Rita Sacks |
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Room 6 |
Ethical Considerations in Educational Interpreting Tara Gibbs and Betty Tapias-Heinrich |
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Room 7 |
Basics of Special Education Referral and Evaluation Elizabeth Watkins |
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Room 8 |
I Don’t Belong Here:How Team Based Learning Can Help Melissa Lindsey |
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Room 9 |
Building Bridges to Parents Mary Diaz |
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Room 10 |
Best Practices in Working with Low-Literacy Learners Patsy Vinogradov |
Friday Program Overview
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10:45 – 11:45 |
1:00 – 2:00 |
2:30 – 3:30 |
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Room 1 |
What Are they Talking About? Code Switching in the Classroom
Annie Strupeck |
Can We Talk? Lisa Rinehart
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Balanced Literacy for Adolescent Newcomers Martha Bigelow |
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Room 2 |
Building a Strong Kindergarden for Success Rachele Kreuser Terri Tucker
Jeff Cacek |
Adjusting in a Rural School District Lee Carlson
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Designing and Developing Bilingual Programs to Address the Needs of Diverse Populations Bee Lee Cathy Camarena |
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Room 3 |
At Last…Help for Older, Struggling Readers Jennifer Boyle
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Merging Minds Pangjua Xiong Amy Frederick |
Collaboration to Identify and Build Assets to Promote ELLs Resiliency Dr. Patricia Hoffman
Dr. Nancy Drescher |
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Room 4 |
Hug’em or Hang’em: What To Do With Non-Compliant Students Dee Buros |
Interventions in the Mainstream Classroom for ELLs Deborah Verdorn Anderson
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School Connectedness: Communication and Understanding Hispanic and Hmong Families in the Suburbs Graciela Hammeken, Malia Yang-Xiong |
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Room 5 |
Mexican Consulate: Overview of Services Nathan Wolf Lustbader
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SEAMS: A Needs Assessment for Migrant Students in Minnesota Elisabeth Golub Alyssa Banks |
ELL Program Design Dieu-Anh Nguyen
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Room 6 |
Language Needs of Internationally Adopted Children Kris Schmiesing Christians, Marilyn Fairchild |
Students Speak Out: ESL Perceptions of Statewide Testing Michael Anderson
Karla Stone |
A New Beginning:Serving Liberian Refugees in the Public Schools Jonathan Luknic Randolph Cooper |
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Room 7 |
Keynote Followup Diane August
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Developing Procedures for Special Education Marilyn Leifgren Margaret Lane |
Choosing and Using a Picture Dictionary Kathy Krokar |
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10:45 – 11:45 |
1:00 – 2:00 |
2:30 – 3:30 |
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Room 8 |
Training General Education Teachers in the SIOP Model!
Denise Harlos, Tammy Doyle, Karen Hislop,
Jason Hunt, Shannon Lawler, Andrea Tessar |
Teaching Pre-Algebra to Basic Math ELL students Mohamed Alabari Hamid Mashye
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Science Vocabulary and Conecpt Strategies for ELLs Rita Sacks
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Room 9 |
Building Bridges:Training Bilingual Liaisons in Special Education Elizabeth Watkins Dorothy Slegman
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Immigration Services at the MN Council of Churches Kara Olson Rachele King
CultureGrams: An Online ESL Solution
Paul Somers |
Beyond the Blackboard:Using Magnetic Materials in the ESOL Classroom Daryl Beres Dianne Del Giorno
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Room 10 |
Electronic Library for MN: Your Virtual Library
!Informe! Keeping the Bilingual Population Informed Kristen Mastel, Jennifer Hootman and Carla Pfahl |
Moving Toward Collaboration in Secondary School Brian Zambreno, Zena Shuster Understanding the Academic & Social Needs of East African Muslim Students Leticia Basford
Heather Megarry |
The ESL Teacher’s Guide to Somali Pronunciation of English Melissa Lindsay
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Room 11 |
Solving Your ESL Placement Testing Challenges Debra FitzGerald
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English Language Learners with special Ed Needs: Making appropriate Placement Determinations Brett Frayseth |
Successful Strategies for Involvement of New Immigrant Parents in their Child’s Early Education Paola Nuñez Obetz Kristin Dykstra |
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Room 12 |
From Sound to Sentence and Beyond Ray Clark
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Improving Reading Fluency Sharon Hexum-Platzer
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Room 13 |
Can Inclusion Include Pull-out? Making Collaboration Work for You Tina Scott Edstam, Connie Walker, Karla Stone, Kelly Frankenfield, Ruth Lillquist |
The Rap Stress: Teaching English Stress Through Rap Music Janelle Fischler Kate Jensen
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Room 14 |
Responding to ESL Writing Patsy Vinogradov |
Technology-Based Programs are Powerful ESL Interventions
Chuck Obeso-Bradley |
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Room 15
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ELL Literacy Development through Science Carolyn Yang
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Managing Multi-Level Classrooms: Strategies and Tips Jessica Jones Suzanne McCurdy |
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*Content of the conference program is subject to change
