2018 Bilingual Institute booklet

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2018 BILINGUAL / ESL SUMMER INSTITUTE

June 4 and 5 session 065578

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Location: Region 7 ESC 2018

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Welcome - Opening Session & Keynote Speakers
Whitney Crews & Dr. Michelle Yzquidero - Cedar Room

Lunch

Catered by: Schlotzky’s | Sponsored by: Renaissance
Dr. Michelle Yzquidero - Keynote Speaker - Cedar Room

38 Great Academic Language Builders

Breakout Session 1
Break - Refreshments in Oak Room

Breakout Session 2
Lunch - Catered by: Salsarita’s

Sponsored by: Cengage/National Geographic &
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Breakout Session 3
Break - Refreshments & Door Prizes in Oak Room

Breakout Session 4

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“The Sweetest Success Comes
After the Struggle: Welcoming the
Challenge WITH our ESL Students”

Whitney Crews, of Lindale, TX, is a twenty-plus year
educator, mostly as a sixth grade teacher in Lindale
ISD. The Texas Association of School Administrators
selected her as the 2015 Texas Elementary Teacher of
the Year. She has proudly represented Texas teachers
and students as the keynote speaker and session presenter for many state and national
events, and as a guest blogger for Education Week and Teachers-Teachers. As a member of
the National Network of State Teachers of the Year she serves on the membership committee,
presents at their national conference, and contributes to Teaching Partners’ 100 Ways online
professional development project. She is a four-time grant recipient, has led many district
and region workshops, and was selected twice as a participant in the competitive Discovery
Education Summer Institute. She is the proud mom of Kelsey, a nursing school student, and
Makenna, a junior; is Mimi to the cutest grandson ever; and has been married to Jeff for 21
years.

Connect with her on Twitter @crewswl.

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Dr. Yzquierdo has worked closely with English
Learners and EL teachers in multiple capacities. Her
experience includes high school science teacher and
new arrival team, where she taught students from
all demographic groups, including ELs and first-year
immigrants. She has held a variety of other positions
including science department chair, sheltered
instruction peer facilitator, district ESL instructional
specialist and educational program specialist. Dr. Yzquierdo has received numerous awards
and honors during her time in education including teacher of the year, accommodations
from the Texas House of Representatives, and fellowships in both Switzerland and Swaziland.
Her doctoral research focused on the factors contributing to the success of high school
immigrant students and she continues researching and presenting on this important topic.
As the child of an immigrant, the teacher of numerous immigrant ELs throughout the years,
and a researcher, Dr. Yzquierdo has seen first-hand what it takes to support English learners
and immigrant ELs so they may see success.

Students in content-area classrooms are required to manage increasing amounts of academic vocabulary
in order to be successful. This training offers effective strategies that can be used to build academic
vocabulary skills for students in an authentic and engaging way. During the training, you will learn how to
teach content vocabulary, how to help students navigate the academic language found in textbooks and
on tests, and how to help students become independent learners of new vocabulary. You will gain a deeper
understanding of the types of academic vocabulary students need to use, and practice real life strategies
you can use right away in your classroom!

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Aspen Room RtI for English Learners Dr. Quentin Woods
AT Lab Jill Beall
Writing Without a Pencil
Cedar A Room Joanne Billingsley
Making Words Real - Proven, Fun Strategies for
Building Academic Vocabulary in ALL Content Areas Carol Salva

Cedar B Room Boosting Achievement of SIFE Students Whitney Crews

Cedar C Room Creating a Culture of Inclusion by Helping ESL Tiffany Willie
Cottonwood Room Students Find Their Voice
Andy Adams
Impactful Instructional Reading Routines for Pressley Wright &
English Learners (K-5) Courtney Mosley

Lab 1 Tech Tools for Listening

Maple Room See Saw: Making the Best of Your Time

Aspen Room RtI for English Learners Dr. Quentin Woods
AT Lab Jill Beall
Device, Can You Read It?
Cedar A Room Joanne Billingsley
Making Words Real - Proven, Fun Strategies for
Building Academic Vocabulary in ALL Content Areas Carol Salva

Cedar B Room Boosting Achievement of SIFE Students Whitney Crews

Cedar C Room Creating a Culture of Inclusion by Helping ESL Jan Corona
Cottonwood Room Students Find Their Voice Andy Adams
Pressley Wright &
Strategies For Improving EL Comprehension Courtney Mosley

Lab 1 Tech Tools for Speaking

Maple Room See Saw: Making the Best of Your Time

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Aspen Room DMAC’s LPAC Application Anita Luff
Cedar A Room
How to Use Simple Objects as a Springboard to Joanne Billingsley
Jumpstart Conversations and Practice Reading, Writing,
Carol Salva
and Communication Skills Dee Jordan

Cedar B Room Rapid Literacy Advancement for SIFE & Newcomers Tiffany Willie
Andy Adams
Cedar C Room Models and Modeling: Gathering Tools to Help Dulce Peña-Wing &
Cottonwood Room with Writing Jennifer Peck

Impactful Instructional Reading Routines for English
Learners (Grades 6-12)

Lab 1 Tech Tools for Reading

Maple Room Building the Foundation of a Bilingual Classroom
(PK-1st)

Aspen Room DMAC’s LPAC Application Anita Luff

Cedar A Room How to Use Simple Objects as a Springboard to Joanne Billingsley
Jumpstart Conversations and Practice Reading, Writing,
Carol Salva
and Communication Skills Dee Jordan
Jan Corona
Cedar B Room Using Tech with English Learners Andy Adams
Dulce Peña-Wing &
Cedar C Room Models and Modeling: Gathering Tools to Help Jennifer Peck
with Writing

Cottonwood Room Strategies For Improving EL Comprehension

Lab 1 Tech Tools for Writing

Maple Room Building the Foundation of a Bilingual Classroom
(PK-1st)

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Dr. Quentin Woods RtI for English Learners
Aspen Participants will learn about a quality RtI Academic framework specific to concerns and issues related to ELs and reading. Topics include:
Sessions 1 & 2
5 components of balanced literacy, universal screeners, diagnostics, and progress monitoring.
Jill Beall
AT Lab Writing Without a Pencil
Session 1 For students who struggle with handwriting, and or getting their ideas on paper, or even spelling words correctly, technology offers unique
supports and an alternative to producing print with pencils. Discover word prediction, voice recognition, text-to-speech, and digital spell check
Jill Beall
AT Lab tools in our everyday technology that maximize the abilities of our struggling CLD writers.
Session 2
Device, Can You Read It?
Have you heard about text-to-speech (i.e. where print can be read aloud)? This session will introduce a number of text-to-speech (TTS) features
available in various devices and found in nearly every classroom! Just think of the possibilities this type of technology offers to students who

struggle reading and who require a little extra support!

Joanne Billingsley Making Words Real - Proven, Fun Strategies for Building Academic Vocabulary in ALL Content Areas
Cedar A Tap into the power of collaboration, communication and imagery! These engaging and easy to use strategies will build your students’ academic
Sessions 1 & 2 language, visual literacy and understanding of content. Leave this session knowing how to do: “Tap and Talk” with picture pages and Vocabulary

Magic 6 Steps using card sorts and vocabulary trailers.

Carol Salva Boosting Achievement of SIFE Students
Cedar B Today’s education journey can be complex for any learner. Students with Interrupted (or limited) Formal Education (SIFE) often arrive in our
Sessions 1 & 2
classrooms with minimal English. They may also struggle with varying degrees of literacy and content background. Do not dismay. These
students cannot only survive; they can THRIVE in our grade level classes. It is not only possible, it is happening now. Come hear the stories of

these recent immigrants and the lessons we are learning from them.

Whitney Crews Creating a Culture of Inclusion by Helping ESL Students Find Their Voice
Cedar C ESL students in our regular classrooms can often be overwhelmed by their lack of words to adequately express themselves with their classmates
Sessions 1 & 2 and teachers. Then add the frustration of learning an academic language as well. If you find yourself needing simple ways to build a culture of

inclusion and to provide opportunities for your ESL students to participate, then this session is for you. Come away with practical,
easy-to-implement ideas you can take back to your classroom today!

Tiffany Willie Impactful Instructional Reading Routines for English Learners (Grades K-5)
Cottonwood During this session, participants will focus on EL-specific systematic routines proven to impact English learner proficiency through:
Session 1
Unpacking complex text to support Close Reading and deep response.
Interactions with academic language in all language modalities—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—across the curriculum.

Practices designed to develop deep and wide conceptual knowledge extending across content areas. Sponsored by HMH

Jan Corona Strategies for Improving EL Comprehension
Cottonwood In this session, teachers will learn new strategies designed to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for English learners at all
Sessions 2 & 4
grade levels. All strategies will be modeled and teachers will be provided opportunities to discuss with their peers why these easy-to-use

strategies are powerful for all students, especially for English learners. Sponsored by Cengage

Andy Adams Tech Tools for Listening
Lab 1 Come learn apps and websites to promote language acquisition for ELs in ANY content classroom. We will explore several web 2.0 tools and
Session 1
apps, which address the Listening components of TELPAS.
Andy Adams
Lab 1 Tech Tools for Speaking
Session 2 Come learn apps and websites to promote language acquisition for ELs in ANY content classroom. We will explore several web 2.0 tools and

Pressley Wright, apps, which address the Speaking components of TELPAS.
Courtney Mosley
Maple See Saw: Making the Best of Your Time
Sessions 1 & 2 Most days as teachers, we feel like we should have clones of ourselves to help us get everything done. Discover and get started with the free

See Saw app. See how it can make your job just a tad bit easier by giving you back some of your valuable time.

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Anita Luff DMAC’s LPAC Application
Aspen DMAC’s application provides a venue for participants to prepare LPAC documents and forms for students as outlined in the LPAC Framework
Sessions 3 & 4
Manual. Participants will learn how to complete the necessary documentation for EL students; how to access and review pertinent
Joanne Billingsley information; and, how to utilize all of the information to determine the best instructional program for the student.
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Sessions 3 & 4 How to Use Simple Objects as a Springboard to Jumpstart Conversations and Practice Reading, Writing & Communication Skills
Teachers have long known that students love to touch and explore objects but many have underestimated the power of investigating objects to

accelerate language development. Many students are tactual or kinesthetic learners, and learn best when they have a direct tactile
experience. Explore two highly effective and practical strategies, Story-in-a Bag & Vocabulary-in-a-Bag, that will have students fully engaged,

as they explore, describe, listen and write about what they are learning!

Carol Salva Rapid Literacy Advancement for SIFE and Newcomers
Cedar B Do you teach English learners who struggle to decode grade-level text? Decoding is an essential skill, the foundation upon which all other
Session 3 reading is built. Come hear practical methods to help non-English readers accelerate their literacy in the target language. Learn strategies

based on research and Carol Salva’s current classroom experience.

Carol Salva Using Tech with English Learners
Cedar B Go beyond just looking at apps that teach a second language and discover the five keys to using technology effectively with English learners.
Session 4 Participants will learn to leverage tech tools and platforms to even the playing field for these students, give them a voice, and allow them to

participate meaningfully at the highest cognitive levels.

Dee Jordan Models and Modeling: Gathering Tools to Help with Writing
Cedar C Sometimes it just takes a simple model to help students improve their writing. At other times, it takes some modeling. Join us for some tips
Sessions 3 & 4
and tools that will help make modeling much easier.
Tiffany Willie
Cottonwood Impactful Instructional Reading Routines for English Learners (Grades 6-12)
Session 3 During this session, participants will focus on EL-specific systematic routines proven to impact English learner proficiency through:
Unpacking complex text to support Close Reading and deep response. Interactions with academic language in all language modalities—listening,
speaking, reading, and writing—across the curriculum. Practices designed to develop deep and wide conceptual knowledge extending across

content areas. Sponsored by HMH

Jan Corona Strategies for Improving EL Comprehension
Cottonwood In this session, teachers will learn new strategies designed to improve listening, speaking, reading and writing skills for English learners at all
Sessions 2 & 4
grade levels. All strategies will be modeled and teachers will be provided opportunities to discuss with their peers why these easy-to-use

strategies are powerful for all students, especially for English learners. Sponsored by Cengage

Andy Adams Tech Tools for Reading
Lab 1 Come learn apps and websites to promote language acquisition for ELs in ANY content classroom. We will explore several web 2.0 tools and
Session 3
apps, which address the Reading components of TELPAS.
Andy Adams
Lab 1 Tech Tools for Writing
Session 4 Come learn apps and websites to promote language acquisition for ELs in ANY content classroom. We will explore several web 2.0 tools and

Dulce Peña-Wing, apps, which address the Writing components of TELPAS.
Jennifer Peck
Maple Building the Foundation of a Bilingual Classroom (PK-1st)
Sessions 3 & 4 The number of EL (English Learner) students has greatly increased in Texas in the last ten years. As a result, the number of students requiring
bilingual education has also increased dramatically in Texas schools. In this session, we will reflect on the goals of bilingual education and
explore some strategies that, according to research and our district data, have proven to be effective contributors to our bilingual students

academic success. We will also share how we have implemented these strategies as part of our dual language program.

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Carol is a former elementary educator and has most recently taught
newcomer English Language Development in both high school and middle
school. As a young person, Carol fell behind her peers academically. She
eventually closed her own education gaps by capitalizing on traits instilled
by her immigrant parents. Traits such as perseverance and grit came with
her into her classroom when she decided to become an educator. Carol
began as a special education teacher and later taught bilingual and ESL
learners in elementary and middle school, and most recently at the high school level. Carol specializes
in using researched-based sheltered strategies to teach grade-level content to unschooled /
under-schooled language learners. In 2009, she was awarded the Spring Branch Independent School
District’s Teacher of the Year Award. She holds a Master’s degree in Education Administration that she
uses to help improve processes and systems that support special populations.

Joanne Billingsley is an educational consultant, author, keynote speaker
and lecturer. She has over twenty years of classroom experience teaching
elementary, middle and high school students. Joanne is a faculty member
at Texas A&M University-San Antonio, where she teaches a class on “Building
and Maintaining a Healthy Brain.” She also serves as a consultant with the
Texas Educational Service Center Region 20. Joanne is the recipient of numerous honors and teaching
awards, including Texas Teacher of the Year 2007 (ESC-20), San Antonio’s KENS-5 Excellence in Teaching
Award, and North East Independent Teacher of the Year 2006. She is renowned for delivering workshops
that guide teachers in creating student-centered, brain-friendly classrooms. Her philosophy: “When
you provide students with a rich variety of novel, multi-sensory experiences, students will engage and

learning will accelerate at light speed!”

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Region 7 would like to thank all of our sponsors for supporting the 2018 Bilingual ESL Summer Institute

Refreshments and Door Prizes

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Region 7 Conference Center Rooms

Cedar C Cedar B Aspen Maple

Innovate Pecan

Sycamore Cedar A Mesquite Hickory
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Cypress Elm Magnolia Cottonwood

Oak

Ash Birch Dogwood Pine

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