2012 DUAL LANGUAGE CONFERENCE
Fresno Madera CABE CASBE Chapter
Comments from the participants
California State University, Fresno
2485 E. San Ramon, Fresno, CA 93740
Friday, January 13, 2012: 4:00 to 8:00 pm
Saturday, January 14, 2012: 8:00 am to 12:00 noon
Jan 9, 2012 Update: 319 registrations, 22 workshops, & 14 Exhibitors
All of the workshops are designed to support Dual Language programs
and utilize the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education.
The General Public is invited to attend this conference.
Teachers, students, parents, preschool teachers, support staff and all other interested individuals.
Registration confirmation letter
ONSITE REGISTRATION IS AVAILABLE
Registration is FREE
The first 240 individuals to pick up their conference registration
will receive a complimentary copy of Dr. Espinoza's new book:
Getting it RIGHT for young children from diverse backgrounds:
Applying research to improve practice.
Two-Way Programs in the San Joaquin Valley
Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education
14 Benefits of Learning a Second Language
Teachers for Social Justice [TSJ]
Mail to: 2012 Dual Language Conference
Mailstop: M/S ED202. 5005 N. Maple. Fresno, CA 93740
"Two-way immersion programs strive to promote bilingualism and biliteracy, grade-level academic achievement, and positive cross-cultural attitudes and behaviors in all students." See http://www.cal.org/twi/directory/index.html for more information. |
"It is very important to include parents in programs from the very beginning so that they are fully aware of the structure and goals of the program and they are prepared to make the long-term committments of time and involvement that successful participation requires. " Dual Language Instruction by Nancy Cloud, Fred Genesee, and Else Hamayan. 2000. Boston: Heinle & Heinle, page 10. |
Friday Keynote: Rosa Molina: "Preparing to become a dual language teacher"
Rosa G. Molina Executive Director, Two-Way CABE Rosa G. Molina is the Executive Director of Two-Way CABE, the Two-Way Bilingual Immersion (TWBI) arm of the California Association for Bilingual Education. She provides technical assistance and professional development to TWBI Programs in California and the Western region of the United States, as well as, promoting the expansion of TWBI education throughout the United States. |
Vince Xiong
Friday Institute
Principal Vince Xiong
Vince Xiong is the principal at Yav Pem Suab Academy (YPSA), an independent charter school, which he co-founded in 2009-2010. Vince received his M.A. from CSU, Stanislaus in Curriculum and Instruction Development and his administrative credential from CSU, Sacramento. He has been an elementary educator for 12 years and a school administrator for 4 and ½ years. With this experience, he leads Yav Pem Suab Academy with 38 staff members and 347 scholars. YPSA uses a three-systems approach to education: Body-Brain Compatible Education, Project GLAD, and Academic Efficacy. Hmong language and culture are taught as part of the school day. In addition to these approaches, the school embraces Howard Gardner’s multiple-intelligences and have classes that teach music, dance, physical education, taekwondo, and art.
Kou Vang, Edna Vang-Xiong, and Xee Vang
The team of Ms. Kou Vang, Mrs. Edna Vang-Xiong, and Ms. Xee Vang teach the Hmong language development program at Yav Pem Suab Academy. Scholars are divided into three levels: Beginning, Intermediate, and Advanced Hmong. Hmong language is taught through the use of body-brain compatible education, GLAD, and academic efficacy methods. At YPSA, what we think about, we bring about.
Saturday Keynote: Dr. Linda Espinosa: "Preschool dual language programs"
Dr. Linda M. Espinosa, recently retired Professor of Early Childhood Education at the University of Missouri, Columbia, served as the Co-director of the National Institute for Early Education research at Rutgers University from 2002 to 2003. Her recent research and policy work has focused on effective curriculum and assessment practices for young children from low-income families who are dual language learners. "Unless you believe in your bones that having a second language in addition to English is a gift and not a disadvantage, and that diversity is a resourse not a problem to be solved, you are likely to respond to ELL children in ways that discourage the continued use of their home language - especially if you are not fluent in the child's home language." For more quotes from her book click here
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Dr. Barbara Flores
Saturday Insititute
Barbara M. Flores, Ph.D.
Dr. Flores is a professor and Bilingual MA Coordinator in the College of Education at California State University, San Bernardino. Her areas of expertise and research are children’s language and biliteracy development, teaching/learning from a Vygotskian perspective, collaborative action teaching and research in classrooms with children and teachers, and critical pedagogy. She is also a children’s writer and is the creator and co-author of the first original Latino Spanish beginning reading collection in the United States, Piñata and Más Piñata (220 titles) by Pearson Learning. Her newest children’s book is called Mud Tortillas, distributed by Lee & Low Publishers of New York. |
Exhibitors
| Amerasia | Madera County Office of Education |
| Ann Leavenworth Elementary | Mount St. Mary's College, Graduate Studies |
| Children' Services Network | Parent Institute for Quality Education [PIQE] |
| Estrellita - Accelerated Beginning Spanish Reading | Pearson Education |
| Family Factor | Sunset Elementary |
| Lucerito's Music | Teachers for Social Justice Club |
| Madera AMAE Chapter | Two-Way CABE |
