Connecting at Fall and Winter 2024 Conferences
Texas Association for Bilingual Education Conference
52nd Annual TABE Conference: Explorando el panorama multilingüe: Discovering and Unleashing the Power of Languages and Cultures
“Leyendo y escribiendo para desahogarme: Latinx Children’s Literature for Liberation” with Dr. Carla España
Saturday October 19, 2024 1:00pm - 2:15pm CDT
Kilimanjaro Suite 2 (Zoom room 2 if attending virtually)
Dr. España will discuss ways to examine language ideologies by applying a critical lens to Latinx children’s literature and personal bilingual and multilingual journeys. She will show examples of bilingual curricula that apply a Critical Bilingual Literacy approach from En Comunidad: Lessons for Centering the Voices and Experiences of Bilingual Latinx Students. Spanish language studies anchored in authentic Spanish language Latinx children's literature will be shared. Participants will develop creative responses to culturally and linguistically sustaining literature and poetry, leaving with practical examples to nurture their bilingual teacher reading and writing identity and their pedagogy.
La Cosecha Dual Language Conference
29th Annual Conference: Celebrando nuestros orígenes, Respetando nuestras lenguas/ Embrace Our Origins, Respect Our Languages/ Hodeeyaadą́ą́ Nihizaad, Nihániilyánígíí Tʼaadii Nihił Niłį́
“Libros solidarios: Enseñando español y lectura con la literatura infantil” with Drs. Luz Yadira Herrera and Carla España
Thursday, November 14, 2024 1:30 pm
This session introduces participants to planning a lectura en comunidad and language analysis with Latinx children’s literature in Spanish. Participants will explore how children’s book authors weave content and craft the complexities of Latinx communities, while also informing our understanding of Spanish language varieties. Participants will workshop plans and artifacts to implement in their schools, including reading in community plans and language study charts using Spanish language mentor texts.
National Council of Teachers of English Annual Convention
Annual Convention: Heart, Hope, Humanity
“Humanizing Latinx Identities in Stories and Classrooms”
Thursday, November 22, 2024 11:00 am - 12:15 pm EST
Speakers:
Luz Yadira Herrera, California State University, Dominguez Hills
Lorena German, Multicultural Classroom
Juan Gonzalez Jr, Dickinson ISD
Roberto Germán, Executive Director, Multicultural Classroom
Carla España, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
Aida Salazar, Scholastic
Julio Anta, Penguin Random House
Middle Level Section Get-Together
Thursday, November 22, 2024 5:30 pm - 7:00 pm
NCTE Richard W. Halle Award for Outstanding Middle Level Educator
2024 Award Recipient: Carla España
“Writing for Liberation with Latinx Teens”
Friday, November 23, 2024 1:15 pm - 2:30 pm EST
Speakers:
Carla España, Brooklyn College, City University of New York
NoNieqa Ramos, Author and Eduator, Lerner/Carolrhoda Books
Raúl Vaquero, International High School at Union Square
Enrique Lopez Pino, The School at Columbia University
Alexandra Villasante, Highlights Foundation, Penguin/Random House
Elizabeth Santiago, Lee & Low Books
Anel V. Rivera Guerrero, White Plains, New York School District and RutgersUniversity
NCTE Latinx Caucus: Creating Dialogue Across Generation of Scholars: Revolutionary Scholarship for and with Latinx Students, Families and Communities
Saturday, November 23, 2024 5:45 pm - 7:00 pm EST
“The Past and Future of the Rainbow Strand: BIPOC Voices and the NCTECommunity”
Sunday, November 24, 2024 9:00 am - 10:15 am EST