Presented by:
NC Society of Hispanic Professionals
In Partnership with:
NC Department of Public Instruction

Conference Objectives

• Empower education leaders and teachers with a better knowledge of the Hispanic student population and the factors that interfere with their educational performance.
• Learn methods and practices that help Hispanic students overcome barriers to academic success and promote their involvement in school life.
• Hear successful practitioners share their experience and expertise in ESL programs, bilingual education, parental involvement, and linguistically/diverse populations as a positive resource.   

Who Should Attend The Conference

Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents, Principals, Assistant Principals, Counselors, Social Workers, Teachers, Other School Administrators, Community Leaders, College Faculty responsible for training in the field of Education, College Education Majors and Non-profit organizations.

Keynote Speakers

Dr. Jaime A. Castellano. Education Program Specialist with Arizona Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition Services. Dr. Castellano is one of the leading national experts in gifted education in the identification, assessment, and education of culturally and linguistically diverse and low-income status students. He has additional expertise specific to Hispanic students and English language learners (ELLs). He has assumed leadership responsibilities with the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD), where he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and Leadership Council; the National Association for Gifted Children (NAGC), where he currently serves as the National Chair for Diversity Initiatives and as Co-Chair for the Special Populations Network; and the National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE), where he currently serves as Chair of the Gifted Education Special Interest Group (SIG).

Aída Walqui, Ph. D., Director, Teacher Professional Development Program, WestEd which includes QTEL, the Quality Teaching for English Learners, focused on the development of adolescent academic uses of disciplinary English. She has taught in the Division of Education at the University of California, Santa Cruz, and at the School of Education, Stanford University, where she coordinated the CLAD teaching credential. A native Peruvian, she received a Masters in Sociolinguistics from Georgetown University, and her Ph D in Language, Literacy, and Culture from Stanford University. Aída has ample experience in the field of second language teaching in elementary and secondary schools as well as at the university level nationally and internationally. She is the author of several books, including Access and Engagement, Program Design and Instructional Approaches for Immigrant Students in Secondary School, an ethnographic study of English learners in U.S. high schools. Her main area of interest and research is teacher expertise in multilingual academic contexts and how to promote its growth across the continuum of teacher professional development.

Pre-Conference Workshop

“Quality Teaching with Hispanic Students: What does it entail?”
By Dr. Aída Walqui

Current achievement data for Latino students in schools nationwide indicate that their education needs to be strengthened and accelerated. Based on research, development, and implementation in American school contexts, the keynote will discuss five principles that underlie quality language and subject matter socio-culturally appropriate teaching. When enacted, these principles make possible deep and rigorous language and subject matter classes characterized by “high challenge and high levels of support.” In these classes teachers view their students as capable and legitimate academic participants, whose potential is ripened by the deliberate application of teacher expertise. Each of these principles will be explained and illustrated with video clips from middle and high school classes with Latino students.

Topics to be covered during workshop:

o Theoretical and research based presentation
o Exploration of a pedagogical unit that develops students and teachers vision of what is possible and makes it a reality
o Video clips to support implementation
o Reflection on pedagogy
o Planning and enactment of demanding academic classes

Meet In-service requirements: A Certificate of Participation will be provided for continuing education.

The seminar includes: The registration fee includes seminar materials, a Certificate of Participation, lunch, and refreshments.

Accommodations:

A block of rooms has been reserved at the Holiday Inn Brownstone Hotel and Conference Center located at 1707 Hillsborough Street, Raleigh, NC 27605. Rooms can be reserved at the discounted rate of $85 for a single and $92 for a double. In order to take advantage of this special rate you must make your reservation no later than Wednesday, September 24, 2008. To make a reservation call the hotel directly at (919) 828-0811 and be sure to say you are with the NC Society of Hispanic Professionals block.

For more information about registration or questions, please call, send a fax or an e-mail to:
Phone: (919) 467-8424 . Fax : (919) 469-1785
E-mail: mailbox@TheNCSHP.org

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North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals
8450 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 209, Cary, NC 27513

McKimmon Center, North Carolina State University
Raleigh, North Carolina

Hispanic Achievement Conference
Friday, October 17, 2008 ● 7:45 AM to 4:00 PM
Pre-Conference Workshop
Thursday, October 16, 2008 ● 8:30 AM to 3:30 PM

Conference Registration:
By September 15, 2008: $70.00;
After September 15, 2008: $90.00;
Undergraduate Students: $50.00
(Includes Continental Breakfast and Lunch)

Pre-Conference Workshop Registration:
$65.00 (Includes Lunch)
Please register before October 8th.

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North Carolina Society of Hispanic Professionals
8450 Chapel Hill Road, Suite 209, Cary, NC 27513

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