ANNUAL Dual Language EDUCATION Conference & Pre-Conference Events

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Conference Schedule: mabe2025.sched.com
Conference Keynote: Kate Menken
Conference Theme: Voices United: Advocating for Bilingualism

The purpose of this conference is to create the opportunity for Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) to network and collaborate, increase our professional development, share instructional methods that promote bilingualism and multiculturalism, disseminate current research, and learn new ways to reach out to families and communities. This conference is an opportunity for school and district leaders, classroom teachers, and staff working in DLBE programs to network with other DLBE practitioners, engage in professional development for DLBE instruction, and learn how to develop and advocate for DLBE.

#MABE2025 Timeline

Call For Proposals: CLOSED

Registration for School Visits: CLOSED

School Visits: February 3 - 12, 2025 SNOW DAYS BELOW

Call For Conference Sponsors: November 27, 2024 - March 6, 2025

Conference Registration: CLOSED

Conference Registration with LATE FEE: February 15 - March 6, 2025

Conference Shirt Sale: January 26 - February 15, 2025

Pre-Conference Advocacy Roundtable: March 7, 2025

Conference: Saturday, March 8, 2025 | UMAss Amherst Center at Springfield

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Please note that if you purchase after Saturday, February 15, 2025 your shirt will not be shipped on time for you to wear to the conference.

Pre-Conference School Visits

School Visits are rewarding and valuable experiences that create the opportunity for educators to observe and learn what DLBE programs look like in practice. View the schedule to check out which schools/programs in Connecticut, Massachusetts, and Rhode Island are opening their doors for tours in February 2024. Registration for School Visits closed on Friday, January 17.

Although some visits were affected by inclement weather, 160 educators from across the region visited 19 schools in this year's Pre-Conference School Visits.

SNOW DAY RESCHEDULING

- Monday, February 3, 2025 Snow Day Cancelation:

Compañeros Unidos Program at Windham Middle School - RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 3, 2025

- Thursday, February 6, 2025 Snow Day Cancelations:

Cambridge-Ellis School, Cambridge - RESCHEDULED FOR MARCH 6, 2025
Compañeros & Dos Ríos Programs at North Windham Elementary, Windham Public Schools - RESCHEDULED FOR THURSDAY, MARCH 27, 2025
Dos en Uno Program at DiLoreto Magnet School, Consolidated School District of New Britain - PENDING

Pre-Conference Advocacy Roundtable

MABE's Pre-Conference Advocacy Roundtable is a no-cost virtual event for invited guests and interested parties including school and district leaders, state education agencies, legislators, higher education institutions, and community organizations from Massachusetts, Connecticut, Rhode Island, and Maine. This Pre-Conference Advocacy Roundtable, “Voices Unidas: Leaders for Successful Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE),” follows the guiding question: “What does supportive leadership mean for DLBE?”