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Keynote Speaker

Welcome

We are pleased to welcome you to the 2024 Title III Symposium. This year’s event will include relevant, research-based strategies to empower our diverse emergent bilingual students as we invite the other special populations to present sessions at the beautiful Kalahari Resort in Round Rock, Texas. These sessions will ensure that all emergent bilingual students experience an increase in academic achievement and positive school outcomes. The theme guiding this year's Symposium is "United We Thrive" recognizing the benefits of bilingualism and advancing our students to their highest potential.

We are eager to welcome everyone at the Networking Social on Sunday, July 14 from 5 to 7 pm, by building connections and sharing ideas. We invite you to enjoy appetizers and refreshments while previewing poster sessions which highlight best practices implemented by your talented fellow educators across the state. During the Symposium you will choose from a variety of breakout sessions presented by Texas colleagues. These sessions will provide valuable information that links content and instructional strategies in innovative ways to support emergent bilingual student success. The intentional selection of sessions and leveraging these networking opportunities will allow you to connect and share examples of the tremendous things happening in your schools, and classrooms.

We are excited to see you this summer. Take a moment to review the site and register today!

Sincerely,
Dr. Julie Lara, Director
Emergent Bilingual Support Division
Office of Special Populations and Monitoring
Texas Education Agency

Purpose

The Title III Symposium provides valuable instructional tools and research-based strategies to ensure that emergent bilingual students attain English proficiency while learning academic content that will ensure they meet the state’s academic achievement standards. Statewide practitioners, including TEA staff, will offer sessions on innovative approaches for supporting our emergent bilingual students.

Key Takeaways/Objectives

Valuable information to link content and instructional strategies in innovative ways to ensure the success of emergent bilingual students.

Networking opportunities to connect and share examples of the tremendous things happening in your districts, schools, and classrooms.

Feelings of inspiration, being refreshed and renewed to support our State's emergent bilingual students as they follow their individual journeys toward achieving success in our communities.

2024 Focus Topics

Leadership & Family and Community Empowerment

Establishing strong community partnerships

Effective parent, family, and community engagement activities

Ensuring equitable access to emergent bilingual students and their families

Developing a school/classroom environment that is responsive to the needs of students and families of diverse backgrounds

Leveraging resources to support emergent bilingual students

Program Model and Design

Providing ongoing support for and monitoring linguistic growth and content performance

Adhering and monitoring program implementation

Ensuring equitable access to emergent bilingual students and their families

Strategic lessons to facilitate transition to English literacy

Staffing and Professional Development

Creating a recruitment and retention plan

Planning a comprehensive professional development plan that is responsive to campus and district needs

Training on primary language literacy and strategies for making cross-linguistic connections, culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, content based language instruction, and the Texas English Language Proficiency Standards (ELPS)

Lesson Planning and Methods

Incorporating ELPS into content-area instruction

Monitoring instructional practices for emergent bilingual students

Ensuring linguistic accommodations for emergent bilingual students

Using data to guide instruction

Curriculum and Resources

Culturally and linguistically sustaining practices, curriculum, assessments and resources aligned to program goals

Structuring academic content instruction to ensure mastery of TEKS, higher order thinking skills, and academic proficiency (L, S, R, W) in English.

Planning content based language instruction that is, communicated (context-embedded resources, accessible language, repeated practice), sequenced (explicit language instruction, connections to prior learning) and/or scaffolded (modeling, structured language supports, task-based approach)

Convention Map

Symposium Schedule

Sunday, July 14

Time What Location

4:00pm-7:00pm Early Check-In Registration Booth

5:00pm-7:00pm Networking Social Ballroom Foyer

Join us for our Networking Social, a time to build connections and share ideas. Enjoy appetizers and drinks while previewing poster sessions highlighting best practices utilized by talented educators across the state.

Monday, July 15

Time What Location

7:30-8:30 Light Breakfast & Exhibitor Time Ballroom Foyer

7:30-9:00 Exhibitor Time Ballroom Foyer

9:00-10:15 Welcome and Awards Ballroom

10:15-10:45 Poster Sessions (ESC 1-10)/Exhibitor Time Breakout Foyer

10:45-12:00 Breakout Session 1 Breakout Rooms

12:00-1:00 Lunch Ballroom

1:00-2:15 Breakout Session 2 Breakout Rooms

2:15-2:45 Poster Sessions (ESC 11-20)/Exhibitor Time
Snack Provided Breakout Foyer

2:45-4:00 Breakout Session 3 Breakout Rooms

4:00-5:30 Exhibitor Time Breakout Foyer

Tuesday, July 16

Time What Location

7:30-8:30 Exhibitor Time Ballroom Foyer

8:30-9:15 Welcome and TEA Updates Ballroom

9:15-10:15 Keynote Ballroom

10:15-10:45 Poster Sessions (ESC 11-20)/Exhibitor Time
Snack Provided Ballroom

10:45-12:00 Breakout Session 4 Breakout Foyer

12:00-1:00 Lunch Ballroom

1:00-2:15 Breakout Session 5 Breakout Rooms

2:15-2:45 Poster Sessions (ESC 1-10)/Exhibitor Time Breakout Foyer

2:45-4:00 Breakout Session 6 Breakout Rooms

4:00-5:00 Exhibitor Time Breakout Foyer

Continuing Professional
Education Hours

Educators attending both days of the conference will be awarded 12 CPE credit hours upon completion of the overall symposium evaluation.

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App Information

Parking Information

2024 Title III Symposium Menu

Reception - July 14th

Breakfast - July 15th Only

Hors D'oeuvres

Sortino's Antipasti

Garden Sticks and Dips

Sliders:Smoked & Pulled Pork, Three Bean & Chipotle Quinoa

Crispy House-Made Potato Chips

Drinks

Lemonade

Iced Tea

Continental Breakfast

Seasonal fruit, field melons, fresh berries, whole bananas

Individual plain, fruit, greek yogurt

Breakfast cereals, home-style granola, fat-free milk, 2% milk, almond milk

Steel-cut oats, blended nuts, dried fruits, brown sugar, maple syrup

Pastry Chef’s breakfast pastries, petite muffins, fruit preserves, honey

Lunch & Snacks - July 15 & July 16

July 15 - Lunch

Little Gen Lettuce & Baby Tomato Salad

Glazed Thick Cut Smoked Pork Loin

Roasted Sweet Pepper

Rosemary-Apple Bread

Key Lime Pie OR Triple Chocolate Cake (GF)

Decaffeinated and Regular Coffee, Iced Tea, OR Iced Water

July 15 - Snack

Warm Soft Pretzels with Mustard & Queso

Kettle Corn in a variety of flavors

Lemonade

July 16 - Lunch

Bibb Lettuce & Heirloom Carrots Salad

Lemon & Oregano Roasted Chicken Breast

Roasted Sweet Pepper Crushed red skin potatoes, shallot, Central Texas mushroom

Pan jus

Strawberry Shortcake or Triple Chocolate Cake (GF)

Decaffeinated and Regular Coffee, Iced Tea, OR Iced Water

July 16 - Snack

Chicken taquitos, buffalo ranch, avocado-cilantro dip

Apple wedges, peanut butter, Nutella

Cheddar & provolone grilled cheese, pizza sauce dip

Pimento cheese, saltines

Vegetarian and Gluten-Free Options are available upon request.
Please email t3sympinfo@gmail.com with a request by June 30, 2024.

Montserrat Garibay

Montserrat Garibay is the Assistant Deputy Secretary & Director for the Office of English Language Acquisition at the U.S. Department of Education. Previously, she served as the Senior Advisor for Labor Relations at the Office of Secretary for two years. Garibay was a bilingual pre-kindergarten teacher for eight years and a National Board-Certified Teacher in Austin, Texas. She served as Vice President for Certified Employees with Education Austin, a merged union local with the American Federation of Teachers and the National Education Association. She came to the U.S. from Mexico City as an undocumented immigrant and became a citizen 20 years later. She graduated from the University of Texas-Austin with a Master of Education.

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Time	What	Location
4:00pm-7:00pm	Early Check-In	Registration Booth
5:00pm-7:00pm	Networking Social	Ballroom Foyer

Time	What	Location
7:30-8:30	Light Breakfast & Exhibitor Time	Ballroom Foyer
7:30-9:00	Exhibitor Time	Ballroom Foyer
9:00-10:15	Welcome and Awards	Ballroom
10:15-10:45	Poster Sessions (ESC 1-10)/Exhibitor Time	Breakout Foyer
10:45-12:00	Breakout Session 1	Breakout Rooms
12:00-1:00	Lunch	Ballroom
1:00-2:15	Breakout Session 2	Breakout Rooms
2:15-2:45	Poster Sessions (ESC 11-20)/Exhibitor Time Snack Provided	Breakout Foyer
2:45-4:00	Breakout Session 3	Breakout Rooms
4:00-5:30	Exhibitor Time	Breakout Foyer