Conference Daily Schedule

Wednesday, October 28

8:00-9:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:15 Plenary: Diane Staehr-Fenner

10:15-11:15 Concurrent Session 1

11:15-12:15 Concurrent Session 2

12:15-1:30 Lunch (Included)

1:30-2:30 Concurrent Session 3

2:30-3:30 Concurrent Session 4

Thursday, October 29

8:00-9:00 Registration, Continental Breakfast

9:00-10:15 Plenary: Julie Sugarman

10:15-11:15 Concurrent Session 5

11:15-12:15 Concurrent Session 6

12:15-1:30 Lunch (Included)

1:30-2:30 Concurrent Session 7

2:30-3:30 Concurrent Session 8

In addition to our plenary speakers, here are the titles of some other presentations:

• An AI Primer for Teachers
• From Talk to Text: Scaffolding Speaking into Writing for English Learners
• Supporting Identity Development and Adjustment of Adolescent Immigrant English Learners
• Moving Students Past: "Teacher! I'm Not Reading All That!"
• Preparing students for the ELPT
• Solving the Adolescent Learning Paradox: Juvenagogy as a Developmentally Aligned
• Educational Paradigm
• Making the Science of Reading Accessible for Multilingual Learners
• Talk Like a Scholar: A Syntax Framework for Rapid Language Development
• Creating a Balanced Classroom
• Immigration Conversations 2026
• Write to Win on ELPT!
• Understanding the ELPT Trajectory
• Teach to Your Strengths