Multilingual Learners Conference
This two-day event is designed to improve educational practices in our schools and classrooms on behalf of multilingual learners. The first day of this two-day event will feature SURN’s highly regarded Multilingual Learners 101 Workshop; if you haven’t attended in the past, here’s your chance! The second day, designed as a conference-style event, will deepen and refresh your learning and thinking about the important work of reaching and teaching multilingual learners. Join us for one day or both!
Multilingual Learners 101 Workshop
Do you have English Learners in your class and wonder how to meet their learning needs? Join us as we explore the fundamentals of teaching students for whom English is a second or other language. This one-day interactive workshop will provide an understanding of how multilingual learners acquire social and academic language and how we can more effectively teach them. We'll explore how to build background knowledge, identify and teach academic language, and provide language and reading practice across the content areas.
FACILITATOR
Joy Martin, Professional Learning Designer and Coach, William & Mary SURN
AUDIENCE
- Grades K-12 General Education, Special Education, & English Learner Teachers, and Specialists, Coaches, & Leaders
- Attend as an individual or instructional team!
- Due to the interactive nature of the workshop, attendance is limited to 120 people.
DETAILS
- Tuesday, October 21, 2025
- 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m.; Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
- William & Mary School of Education
Making a Difference for Multilingual Learners Conference
Offered as a way to continue the learning from the MLL 101 Workshop, this conference leans into the power of making a difference for multilingual learners. Designed to empower educators, provide actionable strategies, and create a hopeful space, the conference will feature a keynote, multiple concurrent sessions, and a closing reflection and synthesis. Don't miss this day filled with opportunities to think, share, and learn with colleagues from across the state!
KEYNOTE
Dr. Katherine Barko-Alva, Associate Professor of ESL/Bilingual Education, William & Mary School of Education
Concurrent session topics include literacy, math, & content area strategies, tools for teaching level 1 MLLs, family engagement, identifying and supporting dual-identified MLLs in special education and gifted education, dual-language immersion programs, building an ESL Dream Team, and more!
AUDIENCE
- Grades K-12 General Education, Special Education, & English Learner Teachers, and Specialists, Coaches, & Leaders
- Attend an individual or an instructional team!
DETAILS
- Wednesday, October 22, 2025
- 8:30 a.m. – 3:30 p.m.; Registration opens at 8:00 a.m.
- Location: William & Mary School of Education
REGISTRATION & FEES
Individuals can register for just one day (either the Multilingual Learners 101 workshop OR the conference), or attendees can register for both days (the workshop AND the conference).
Fee for One Day (workshop OR conference):
- $200/person - SURN Division Member
- $275/person - General (Non-SURN Division Member)
- Includes morning coffee, workshop OR conference, materials, and lunch
Fee for Both Days (workshop AND conference):
- $350/person - SURN Division Member
- $500/person - General (Non-SURN Division Member)
- Includes morning coffee, workshop AND conference, materials, and lunch
Thank you for your interest in the MLL 101 Workshop & Making a Difference for Multilingual Learners Conference! At this time, registration is now closed.
Please contact surn@wm.edu with any special dietary needs that you may have prior to October 6, 2025. After this date, we are not able to accommodate any dietary requests.
SURN is unable to provide a refund for this event. If a registered individual cannot attend, a substitute can be sent in their place. Please email surn@wm.edu with this change.
Registration will close approximately one week in advance of this event or earlier, if the event reaches capacity. We will update this webpage when registration closes.
If you're interested in your division joining SURN, please have your Superintendent or Superintendent's designee contact Amy Colley at accolley@wm.edu.
Email surn@wm.edu with questions about this event or registration.