Accountability Institute for English Learners and Immigrant Students
2007 FOCUS - Current Research and Effective Practices: Closing the
Achievement Gap for English Learners and Immigrant Students (download Brochure)
Opening Session
Manual Medrano, Reporter, KTLA News, Los Angeles, California
Beating the Odds: Journey to Success (Handouts not available)
General Sessions
- Guadalupe Valdés, Professor of Education, Stanford University
Challenges Facing English Learners, Choices Facing Educators (.ppt)
- David Long, Office of the Secretary of Education
Englishs Learner Perspectives and the Governor’s Year of Education 2008
(Handouts not available)
- Odie Douglas, Associate Superintendent, Lodi Unified School
District
Geno Flores, Deputy Superintendent, San Diego Unified School District
Enhancing Academic Achievement Through Cultural Competence and Awareness
(Handouts not available)
- Dennis Parker, Private Consultant, Best Practices in California
Strategic Schooling: Working Smarter, Not Harder, to Beat the Odds (.doc)
Workshop Sessions
- Overview of State Monitoring and Interventions for English Learner at
the School Site (.ppt)
Presenters: Jeanette Ganahl, Interim Administrator, English
Learner Accountability Unit, California Department of Education
Maria Reyes, Administrator, Title I Policy and
Partnership Office, California Department of Education
Laura Wagner, Administrator, Intervention Assistance Office, California
Department of Education
- Academic Conferencing (.ppt)
Presenter: Sandy Jessop, Program Manager, Instructional Support and
Professional Development, Solano County Office of Education
- Adjusting California’s NCLB Title III Accountability Targets:
Implications for Districts, Educators, and English Learners (.pdf)
Presenters: Robert Linquanti, Project Director, English
Learner Evaluation and Accountability Support, WestEd
- The Importance of the Primary Language in the Education of English
Learners (.ppt)
Presenter: Claude Goldenberg, Professor of Education, Stanford
University, and Executive Director, Center for Language Minority Education and
Research (CLMER), California State University, Long Beach
- English Learners in Special Education (.zip)
Presenter: Sandy Christensen, Coordinator, Los Angeles County
Office of Education, English Learner Program
- Meeting Title III Requirements for English Learners (.ppt)
Presenter: Margarita Pinkos, Assistant Deputy Secretary of the
Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Department of Education
- How to Evaluate Your Dual Language Program: A Beginner's Toolkit (.doc)
Presenter: Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Professor, San Jose State
University
- Monitoring English Learner Programs: State and Federal Requirements
under the Categorical Program Monitoring Process (.zip)
Presenters: Jeanette Ganahl, Interim Administrator, English
Learner Accountability Unit, California Department of Education
Héctor Rico, Director, Language Learner and Support Division,
California Department of Education
- Consequences of Not Meeting AMAOs (.zip)
Presenters: Paula Jacobs, Consultant, Language Policy and
Leadership Office, California Department of Education
Mark Klinesteker, Consultant, Language Policy and Leadership Office,
California Department of Education
Marcela Rodríguez, Consultant, Language Policy and Leadership Office,
California Department of Education
Laura Wagner, Administrator, Intervention Assistance Office, California
Department of Education
- The Pieces of the Puzzle: A Contemporary View of the Design and
Delivery of English Learner Programs* (.zip)
Presenters: David P. Dolson, Former Administrator of
Bilingual Education and Language Policy and Leadership Offices, California
Department of Education
Lauri Burnham Massey, Former Administrator of the English Learner
Accountability Office, California Department of Education
- Culturally Responsive Teaching: Believing All Students Can Learn at
High Levels (.zip)
Presenter: Odie Douglas, Associate Superintendent, Lodi Unified
School District
- Informing Policy and Legislation: Legislative Advocacy Strategies and
Legislative Update (.zip)
Presenters: Lupita Córtez Alcalá, Legislative Director,
California Department of Education
Chris Reefe, Legislative Representative, California Department of
Education
Rachel Ehlers, Senior Fiscal and Policy Analyst, Legislative Analyst’s
Office
- Title III Fiscal Management (.zip)
Presenters: Michele Anberg-Espinosa, Consultant, California
Department of Education
Elena Fajardo, Consultant, Education Programs Consultant,
California Department of Education
- Moving Students to Excellence: Professional Development That Examines
English Learner Student Work (.zip)
Presenters: María Alicia López Freeman, Executive Director,
California Science Project (CSP)
Jean Treiman, Executive Director, California Subject Matter Project (CSMP),
University of California Office of the President, Oakland, California
Kristine Alexander, Executive Director, The California Arts Project
Jennifer Brouhard, Glenview Elementary School, Oakland Unified School
District
Armalyn De La O, Director, RIMS California Arts Project, California
State University, San Bernardino
Joan Easterday, Lesson Project Study Director, North Bay Math Project
Susie Hakansson, Executive Director, California Math Project
Doreen Heath-Lance, Director, North Bay Math Project, Sonoma County Office
of Education
Donna Leary, Director, University of California, Berkeley,
History-Social Science Project
María Alicia López Freeman, Executive Director, California Science
Project
Jayne Marlink, Executive Director, California Writing Project
Nancy McTygue, Executive Director, California History-Social Science
Project
Clarisa Rojas, Co-Executive Director, California Reading and Literature
Duarte Silva, Executive Director, California Foreign Language Project
Jean Treiman, Executive Director, California Subject Matter Project (CSMP),
University of California Office of the President
Claudia von Vacano, Program Coordinator, CSMP
- State, County, and District Perspectives on Uses of the California
English Language Development Test (CELDT) (.ppt)
Presenters: Lily Roberts, Administrator, California
English Language Development Test Office, California Department of Education
Oscar Medina, Director of Language Acquisition and Academic Support
Programs, Sweetwater Union High School District
Jessica Vargas, ELD Resource Teacher, San Ysidro High School,
Sweetwater Union High School District
Charlene Zawacki, ELD Coordinator, Escondido Unified School District
- Similar English Learners: Different Results (.pdf)
Presenter: Kenji Hakuta, Professor of Education, Stanford
University
- K–8 Instructional Materials and K–12 Curriculum Frameworks (.ppt)
Presenters: Tom Adams, Director, Curriculum Framework and
Instructional Resources Division, California Department of Education
Suzanne Rios, Administrator, Instructional Resources Unit, California
Department of Education
Camille Maben, Chief of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Education
Susan Martimo, Administrator, Curriculum Frameworks Unit, California
Department of Education
- Making It Work: Migrant Education, After School, and English Learner
Programs Meeting State Standards (.zip)
Presenters: Jane Ross, Administrator, After Schools Program
Office, California Department of Education
Ernesto Ruiz, Administrator, Migrant, Indian, and International
Education Office, California Department of Education
- Developing Literacy in English Learners (.ppt)
Presenter: Diane August, Senior Research Scientist, Center for
Applied Linguistics
- English Language Development: Foundations and Implementation in K–5 (.zip)
Presenters: Ann Snow, Professor, California State
University, Los Angeles
Adel Nadeau, Independent Consultant, Center for Language Development
and Research, California State University, Long Beach
- Access to Core Content and Academic English with the SIOP Model (.doc)
Presenters: Jana Echevarria, Professor, California State
University, Long Beach
Deborah Short, Senior Research Associate, Center for Applied
Linguistics
- English Language Development: Explicit Instruction in Grades Six
Through Twelve (.pdf)
Presenters: Susana Dutro, Partner, E.L. Achieve
Kate Kinsella, Teacher Educator, Department of Secondary Education, San
Francisco State University
- Dual Language Education: Alternative Approaches to Educating English
Learners in California (.doc)
Presenters: Fred Genesee, Professor, McGill University
Kathryn Lindholm-Leary, Professor, San Jose State University
- Overview of Assessment Issues and English Learners (.ppt)
Presenter: Deb Sigman, Director, Standards and Assessment Division,
California Department of Education
- Best Practices Professional Development for English Learners: AB 2117
and SB 472 (.ppt)
Presenters: Claudia Lockwood, Director, San Joaquin County
Office of Education
Yee Wan, Coordinator, Santa Clara County Office of Education
- Moving Adolescent English Learners Off the “EL Track” (.zip)
Presenters: Jayne Marlink, Executive Director, California
Writing Project
Jose Aldaco, Principal, Waterford Middle School
Chris Condon, EL Coordinator, Great Valley Writing Project
Brandy DeAlba, Resource Teacher, Stockton Unified School District
Carol Minner, Director, Great Valley Writing Project
Bissa Zamboldi, ESL Lead Teacher, San Francisco Unified School District
Date last updated: December 19, 2007
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