Please enter the International Charter School on Saturday by the entrance on TOWER STREET.  Look for colorful balloons to direct you to the entrance. 

There is parking in the streets around the school, especially on Taft Street, the street behind the school and parallel to Pleasant St. 

Download the conference program and draft of the Two-Way Teacher License at https://sites.google.com/site/confforduallanguageprograms/home/conference-program

Attention all MABE participants. 

Caslon Publishing is pleased to offer a special discount on Foundations for Multilingualism in Education: from Principles to Practice (2011) by Ester J. de Jong (MABE’s keynote speaker). 

Rebecca Freeman Field will be at the conference selling de Jong’s book for $40 cash or check (no credit cards, please; the book retails for $59.95). 

Please let us know if you would like to buy a copy at the conference so that Rebecca knows approximately how many books to bring.  Thanks so much. 

For groups from a dual language program BEFORE YOU BEGIN TO REGISTER NAMES, please select "show other payment options" which is located under the large word "Register".  Then begin to add the information for each individual person in the group.  This allows you to then pay by invoice as your payment option.  You will then receive a response that says "Please mail the district's purchase order to MABE, c/o Laurie Zucker-Conde". The notice will include the specific address of where to send the purchase order.

Looking for a hotel close to the conference location?  The Comfort Inn is the closest hotel located at 2 George St., Pawtucket, RI 02860  Phone: 401-723-6700  http://www.comfortinn.com/hotel-pawtucket-rhode_island-RI010

For a complete listing of hotels close to the airport or in Providence, please contact us at massmabe@gmail.com. In the subject line please include: HOTEL INFORMATION REQUESTED

Interested in learning more about Ester de Jong? 

• References to Ester’s book can be found at  http://www.colorincolorado.org/policy/history/ 

Presentations from 2011 New Mexico’s Dual Language Conference La Cosecha:

• Liz Howard, UConn, research and practice on vocabulary instruction through cognates
• Diana Pinkston-Stewart and Mishelle L. Jurado members of the Board of Dual Language Education New Mexico (DLENM)

• International Charter School 3rd Grade Social Studies Writing Culture Project  Read about this project at http://www.golocalprov.com/news/julia-steiny-international-charter-school-a-real-success/

Presentations by researchers and consultants:

• Claudia Rinaldi, EDC, Inc on Response to Intervention at the Hurley School Dual Language Program

• Laurie Gagnon, CCE and Virginia Diaz, Gaston Institute, UMASS Boston on the recent report: Learning from Consistently High Performing and Improving Schools for English Language Learners in Boston Public Schools, can be found at http://www.umb.edu/gastoninstitute/publications/education/

• Anne Campbell and colleagues from Fairfield University on Identification and Instructional Strategies for Special Needs Bilingual Students
• Bob Measel, Rhode Island Department of Education on WIDA
  

• Celia Glick, Retired Administrator from Texas Dual Language Programs
• Dania Vázquez, Headmaster, Margarita Muñiz Academy
• Maria Campanario, Interim Principal, Rafael Hernandez School   

Workshop sessions from Dual Language Colleagues at the Dever School (Boston), Amigos School (Cambridge), Barbieri School (Framingham), and CAPELL programs (CT)

Presentation recently made at the National NABE Conference in Dallas, Texas by The Rafael Hernandez Dual Language School, PS/MS 218 Bronx NY on “A Systematic Approach to Evaluating Bilingual Student Writing in a Dual Language School”