8:45 –10:45

Dr. Janet Zadina
Tulane University Medical School
"Language Learning and the Brain"
 

10:45-11:00

Break and time with exhibitors
 

11:00 – 11:50

Concurrent Sessions I
 

12:00 - 1:00

Buffet Lunch
Time with exhibitors
 

1:00 – 2:00

Dr. Deborah Short
The Center for Applied Linguistics
"What Research Is Telling Us About Effective Practices for ELLs"
 

2:15 – 3:05

Concurrent Sessions II
 

3:15 – 4:05

Concurrent Sessions III
 

4:05 – 4:15

Break and time with exhibitors

4:15 – 5:30

Dr. Jan Pilgreen, University of LaVerne
"A New Perspective on CALP:  Using a Four-Pronged Approach
to Help English Learners Develop Literacy"

8:30– 9:00

Alan Muriera, Youth Health Educator, Wake Co. Human
Services and Executive Director of Kid Gloves
 

9:00 – 9:15

Break and time with exhibitors
 

9:15 – 10:05

Concurrent Sessions V
 

10:15 – 11:05

Concurrent Sessions VI
 

11:05 – 11:30

Break and time with exhibitors
 

11:30-12:30

Dr. Richard Fry
Pew Hispanic Center
"Foreign-born Teenagers Dropping out of School: Diversity, Trends and Some Large Explanations"