2012 CREATE Conference: English Learners in the Content Area Classes: Teaching for Achievement in the Middle Grades

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2012 CREATE Conference
English Learners in the Content Area Classes: Teaching for Achievement in the Middle Grades
October 18-19, 2012
Embassy Suites - Orlando Lake Buena Vista South
Kissimmee, Florida

CREATE’s culminating conference will feature research on current methods for increasing academic rigor in the middle grades while supporting English learners’ language and literacy development in content area classes. CREATE researchers and other top scholars will present their work on projects related to CREATE’s program of research, the instructional implications of such research, and strategies for preparing English learners in the middle grades for college and career readiness.

This conference is intended for leaders in state and regional agencies, school districts, schools, and colleges of education. The 2012 conference will support participants’ learning with keynote presentations, question-and-answer sessions with presenters, and small group interactions with the researchers and colleagues.

Learn more and register at http://www.cal.org/create/events/conference/index.html