WABE 2026 Annual Conference
Washington Association for Bilingual Education annual conference with sessions on bilingual education, co-teaching, and multilingual learner support.
Sessions (50)
Pre-Conference Badge Pick-Up & Clock Hour Sign-in
Pre-Conference Workshop: Brilliant Teaching: The Craft of Equity in Everyday, Ordinary Classrooms
Pre-Conference Workshop: Designing Everyday Practices to Transform Learning with Multilingual Families
Attendee Badge Pick-Up
Clock Hour Sign-in Open
Exhibits Open
Friday Morning General Session with Dr. Ann Ishimaru
Building Academic Vocabulary: Strategies that Work
Design with the End in Mind: Backwards Planning for ELD with WIDA Key Language Uses.
Designing for Understanding: The Art of Equitable Teaching
Developing Systems for Multilingual Learner Success
Family Engagement That Works — Centering Parent Voices
From Strategy to System: Growing Inclusive Instruction Districtwide with GLAD
Increase Reclassification: Supporting Multilingual Learners for WIDA success (Sponsored by Teacher Created Materials)
Number Talks and Mathematical Discourse for the Dual Language Classroom
Positively Passionate ABOUT Prepositions
Visit Exhibits, Clock Hours Open
Co-creating Collaborative Professional Learning: Tools and Resources for Community Engagement
Effective Literacy Design for Multilingual Learners: From Comprehensible Input to Academic Output Through Successful Family Engagement
Game Changing Dual Language Leadership and Implementation (Sponsored by Ensemble Learning)
High-Impact Strategies for Equitable Student Engagement in the Science Classroom
I want ___________ because________: Improving the Sentence Frame Scaffold
Native American Inclusion and ML Engagement
Schoolwide Progress Monitoring: Communicating Multilingual Learner Growth to Empower Families
Writing with Multilingual Learners
Dessert & Exhibitor Networking Break
Finding Their Math Voice: Open Tasks that Build Agency and Access for Multilingual Learners (Sponsored by Savvas Learning)
From Confusion to Conversation: Improving Home Language Survey Practices
Launching Successful Co- Planning and Co- Teaching Systems
Practical considerations for secondary dual language education programs: What, how, and why
Semillas: Plant Seeds to Empower and Engage Families of Multilingual Learners
Small Shifts, BIG IMPACT: Breaking the Box to Spark Student Ownership
Teaching Metalinguistics Across Disciplines; What Every Teacher Can Do to Amplify Language Learning
Unifying for Literacy: A District’s Journey to Multilingual Learner Success (Sponsored by Summit K12)
Widening WIDA Speaking Opportunities
WABE Breakfast
WABE Business Meeting
Be GLAD! (Guided Language Acquisition Design) Strategies for Language Development and Academic Success (Sponsored Session)
Collaboration in Action: High‑Impact Co‑Teaching for Multilingual Learners
English Learners for a Transformed World (2nd Edition): A Guide to Collaborative Professional Learning (Sponsored by DLeNM)
Looking for Clues for KLUs
Puentes de Confianza: Building Trust With Spanish-Speaking Families in Challenging Times
Six Essential Components of a Successful Dual Language Immersion Program
Supporting Mathematical Sensemaking in Word Problems
Saturday General Session with Valentina Gonzalez
A Través De Mis Ojos: Leading with Story to Empower Multilingual Learners and Advance Equity
Elevating Equitable Opportunities for Academic Discourse for MLLs Using Talk Moves and ELD Strategies
Increasing Linguistic and Academic Success in Every Lesson
Supporting Multilingual Families: What We Need from You!
Using WIDA MARCO DALE to promote Mathematical Discourse in Dual Language Spanish Classrooms