Identifying and Serving the Unique Needs of the Immigrant and Refugee Populations in the US and throughout the World

Visit the Website About the Panel CAL is bringing together key thought leaders to discuss the challenges educators, researchers and policy makers face of identifying and serving the immigrant and refugee populations within the United States and throughout the world. Although the students from countries outside of the United States continue to experience ever increasing ... Read more

Teaching Primary-Grade Biliteracy in a Remote Setting: Presentation at MABE, NE Conference!

Multistate Association for Bilingual Education, Northeast (MABE NE) https://mabene.org/Annual Conference Visit the Website This CAL learning session at MABE, NE introduces participants to a sampling of linguistic similarities and differences between Spanish and English, describes the value of this understanding for primary-grade students, and provides teachers with ideas for making students aware of these similarities ... Read more

World Language Standards for Diverse Programs: Needs and Implications

Presented at: ACTFL 2020 November 19 - December 31, 2020 | Virtual This session presents findings from 6 educator focus groups on the needs of less common programs in writing and implementing state world language standards and a literature review on best practices for 8 specialized areas: non-alphabetic, classical, and heritage languages, ASL, elementary programs, students with disabilities, SEL, and ... Read more