LEADER NETWORK

WHO: For DLBE program, school, and district leaders and administrators, such as principals, assistant principals, district leaders, and department heads.

WHAT: Participants will focus on deconstructing and finding solutions for agreed-upon common issues in the field.

WHEN: Virtual | Wednesdays, 9-10:30am (90 minutes) | 7 meetings | September 25, 2024; October 30, 2024; November 27, 2024; December 18, 2024; January 22, 2025; February 26, 2025; March 26, 2025

• The expectation is for participants to attend all sessions in the Network.

• Registration closes Wednesday, September 18, 2024. (Registrations after this date will include a late registration fee.)

FACILITATOR: Susan McGilvray-Rivet, Retired Educator, MA & MABE Consultant

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MABE Policies: 

• Registration Policy: Please contact megburns@mabene.org and lauraperez-handler@mabene.org for group registrations (registrations for a group of individuals from a district/school). 
• Payment Policy: MABE must receive payment or Purchase Order numbers by the date registration closes. Late registrations subject to additional charge.
• Cancellation & Refund Policy: Event registrations are transferable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. Cancellation refunds of payments will be subject to a 10% reduction of the registration fee, refundable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. 

SPECIAL EDUCATION NETWORK

WHO: For DLBE special educators, including support staff, teachers, and leaders who support support bilingual special education students. 

WHAT: Participants will focus on problems of practice.

WHEN: Virtual | Tuesdays, 4-5:15pm | 6 meetings | October 22, 2024; November 19, 2024; December 10, 2024; January 14, 2025; February 25, 2025; March 25, 2025

• The expectation is for participants to attend all sessions in the Network.
• Registration closes Tuesday, October 15.  (Registrations after this date will include a late registration fee.)
  

FACILITATORS: Phyllis Hardy and Lusa Lo, with support from Bilingual Special Educators Pat Landurand and Maria Wilson-Portuondo.

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MABE Policies: 

• Registration Policy: Please contact megburns@mabene.org and lauraperez-handler@mabene.org for group registrations (registrations for a group of individuals from a district/school). 
• Payment Policy: MABE must receive payment or Purchase Order numbers by the date registration closes. Late registrations subject to additional charge.
• Cancellation & Refund Policy: Event registrations are transferable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. Cancellation refunds of payments will be subject to a 10% reduction of the registration fee, refundable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. 

ELEMENTARY TEACHER NETWORK

WHO: For DLBE elementary level teaching staff.

WHAT: Participants will focus on translanguaging and oracy strategies.

WHEN: Virtual | Wednesdays, 4:15-5:30pm (75 minutes) | 8 meetings | October 23, 2024; November 6, 2024; November 20, 2024; February 12, 2025; February 26, 2025; March 12, 2025; March 26, 2025; Last Session TBD

• The expectation is for participants to attend all sessions in the Network.

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: Registration closes Wednesday, October 16, 2024.  (Registrations after this date will include a late registration fee.)

FACILITATOR: Elissa Washburn, Dual Language Bilingual Educator, MA & MABE Consultant

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MABE Policies: 

• Registration Policy: Please contact megburns@mabene.org and lauraperez-handler@mabene.org for group registrations (registrations for a group of individuals from a district/school). 
• Payment Policy: MABE must receive payment or Purchase Order numbers by the date registration closes. Late registrations subject to additional charge.
• Cancellation & Refund Policy: Event registrations are transferable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. Cancellation refunds of payments will be subject to a 10% reduction of the registration fee, refundable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. 

BILINGUAL EDUCATION RESEARCH NETWORK

WHAT: This virtual Network showcases Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) research occurring across our New England region and beyond. The research featured in these webinars is closely connected to and has clear implications for DLBE practice.

WHO: Free to MABE members in good standing (with no outstanding balances). Members can register at any time. Commitment to attending all sessions is not required. If you are not a member, join us to register. 

UPCOMING SESSION: 

WHEN:

• Monday, March 24 | 4-5:30pm
  Celebrating the Languages, Knowledge, and Stories of Multilingual Learners through a Focus on Sociocultural Competence
  Elizabeth Howard, UConn Associate Professor & Dual Language Connections Co-CEO
  Sandra Silva-Enos, Assistant Professor, Providence College
  What is sociocultural competence, and what is its role in teaching multilingual learners? How does focusing on sociocultural competence help us learn about, affirm, and leverage the languages, knowledge, and stories that these students bring to our schools and classrooms? Based on a recently completed practitioner-researcher collaboration with dual language educators, presenters will define sociocultural competence, discuss reasons why it is important to promote it and assess it, and share an activity bank of classroom activities to promote sociocultural competence that teachers can easily incorporate into existing routines and lessons.
  
  
• Monday, April 7 | 4-5:30pm
  Translanguaging Pedagogy in DLBE
  Laura Hamman-Ortiz, TESOL and Bilingual Education Assistant Professor, University of Rhode Island, RI 
  Sarah Hesson, Educational Studies Department Associate Professor, Rhode Island College, RI 
  Description Coming Soon! 
  
  
• Monday, May 5 | 4-5:30pm
  Lessons Learned from Five Years of CAL Dual Language Education Program Reviews
  Igone Arteagoitia, Research Assistant, Center for Applied Linguistics, DC 
  CAL has engaged in reviews of DLBE in districts and schools across the U.S. using The Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (Howard et al., 2018) as a framework to investigate programs, policies, and instruction reflecting on the seven strands outlined in the publication. This presentation will report on key themes related to commonalities of need found across programs. This research focuses on exploring how DLBE programs can improve their program effectiveness in meeting the three pillars by learning from challenges other districts have faced.
  

Past sessions: 

• Monday, November 4 | 4:15-5:30pm 
  Latin@ Elementary Student Sense of Belonging in a Spanish-English Dual Language Program 
  Lily Fleming, Graduate Student, Boston College, MA
  Annie Homza, Faculty Advisor, Boston College, MA
  While prior research has documented factors contributing to a sense of belonging in middle school two-way bilingual education programs (deJong et al., 2023), there is limited research at the elementary level. This study  explored the experiences of Latin@ students in grades 3-6 to identify factors that contribute to their sense of belonging in school, potentially mitigating the observed decrease in belonging.

• Monday, December 2 | 4-5:30pm
  Special Education Teachers’ Perspectives within a Dual Language Community
  Beth Llorca, Stonehill College, MA
  Special education in DLBE programs is an area which is under-researched and under-supported within DLBE programs. With this case study, participants will view the perceived role of a veteran DLBE special educator within an established DLBE program.

• Monday, January 13 | 4-5:30pm 
  Leyendo con Ms. López inspirado en Pura Belpré - Elevating Spanish Outside the Classroom
  Yokaira López-Tifa, PhD Candidate, UMass Amherst, MA
  Drawing inspiration from the pioneering work of Pura Belpré, the first Latina librarian in New York City to create an educational space where learners could see reflections of afro-caribbean culture, López-Tifa explores a groundbreaking initiative aimed to address a critical gap in DLBE by providing Kindergarten students a rare exposure to fluent academic Spanish outside the classroom setting. This research focuses on the potential to bridge the gap between classroom language instruction and real-world language application.
  

• Monday, February 3 | 4-5:30pm Assessment of Cultural Acquisition in the Heritage Language Learning Classroom
  Carlos Trindade, World Languages Teacher (Brazilian Portuguese), Researcher, and Teacher Trainer at Martha's Vineyard Regional High School, Martha's Vineyard Public Schools, MAHeritage learners are often included in the same framework as world language learners, even though they require different dimensions of learning. Trindade's study proposes a different framework for heritage learners advocating for cultural acquisition assessments. For heritage learners, culture and language walk hand in hand, and cultural teaching and learning has to be structured, planned and thought in detail. And it is critical to be able to measure the amount of cultural understanding students acquire. 

Thank you to MABE's Advocacy Committee (Chair: Laura Hamman-Ortiz) for their help in organizing this network. 

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• Membership Policy: Learn more about your MABE Member Benefits. 
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SECONDARY TEACHER NETWORK

Previously “Middle School Teacher Network,” now expanded to include DLBE high school educators.

WHO: For DLBE middle and high school level teaching staff.

WHAT: Participants will focus on vocabulary development, bridging, and strategies (structured conversations and the password strategy).

WHEN: Virtual | Mondays, 4:00-5:15pm (75 minutes) | 6 meetings | 

New Dates: November 18, 2024; December 9, 2024; January 27, 2025; February 10, 2025, March 3, 2025, April 7, 2025

• The expectation is for participants to attend all sessions in the Network.

• DEADLINE EXTENDED: Registration closes Monday, November 11, 2024.  (Registrations after this date will include a late registration fee.)

FACILITATOR: Vionette Matos, Teacher at Amigos School in Cambridge, MA & MABE Consultant

Learn more about MABE's Networks here. 

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MABE Policies: 

• Registration Policy: Please contact megburns@mabene.org and lauraperez-handler@mabene.org for group registrations (registrations for a group of individuals from a district/school). 
• Payment Policy: MABE must receive payment or Purchase Order numbers by the date registration closes. Late registrations subject to additional charge.
• Cancellation & Refund Policy: Event registrations are transferable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts. Cancellation refunds of payments will be subject to a 10% reduction of the registration fee, refundable up to 1 week (7 days) before the event starts.