The Dual Language Educator Conference is right around the corner! MILE is excited to welcome educators and leaders in Dual Language Bilingual Education (DLBE) to raise awareness, strengthen partnerships, and share understanding and resources for DLBE excellence and equity. Attendees will hear from our keynote speaker Mayra Canizales Cruz, attend bilingual sessions led by experienced DL educators, and participate in collaborative conversations centered around this year's theme, “Cultivating Bilingualism, Biliteracy, Academic Excellence, & Critical Multicultural Understanding in Our Schools.”
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Session Topics
Bilingual education assessments, including CBM-R
Literacy & biliteracy
Novice teachers
Program development
Content and language integration
Leadership
Curriculum development
Temas de la sesión
La evaluación en la educación bilingüe, incluido CBM-R
La alfabetización & la alfabetización bilingüe
Los maestros novatos
Desarrollo del programa
La integración de contenido y lenguaje
Liderazgo
Desarrollo curricular
How Do I Get to the DLEC?
The DLEC offers multiple parking and public transportation accommodations. Visit our directions page here for information on parking, public transportation, construction and road closures, and additional information.
¿Cómo llego al DLEC?
La conferencia ofrece múltiples espacios de estacionamiento y transporte público. Visite nuestra página de direcciones aquí para obtener información sobre estacionamiento, transporte público, construcción y cierres de carreteras, e información adicional.
Conference Goals
Raise the visibility of DLBE in the DMV & elevate voices of communities working toward equity for multilingual learners
Build a community (network) of educators & leaders committed to DLBE goals
Collaborate with educator-leaders in the DMV who are developing new programs & sustaining established DLBE programs
Share promising practices, strategies & experiences with fellow educators to promote equity & quality in DLBE
Metas de la conferencia
Aumentar la visibilidad de DLBE en el DMV y elevar las voces de las comunidades que trabajan por la equidad para los estudiantes multilingües.
Construir una comunidad de educadores y líderes comprometidos con las metas de DLBE
Colaborar con líderes-educadores en el DMV para crear, desarrollar, y sostener los programas DLBE
Compartir prácticas prometedoras, estrategias de enseñanza y experiencias con compañeros educadores para promover la equidad y la calidad de DLBE
Keynote: Linguistic liberation es un derecho
Mayra Canizales Cruz
Keynote Speaker
Mayra Canizales Cruz is a lifelong Dual Language educator and Emergent Bilingual expert and national award-winning instructional leader. She is the founding partner of The Canizales Group and has developed the LEAD-Eres Framework used to prepare Latino/x school leaders for the dual language principalship. Mayra believes that all emergent bilinguals deserve linguistically liberating school models and helps school districts and networks prepare Latino/x leaders for the Dual Language principalship.
She served as the principal of Oyster-Adams Bilingual School in DC Public Schools from 2014-2021 where she was an equity-driven school leader, ultimately leading the school to be awarded a 2020 National Blue Ribbon in the Exemplary High Performing Schools category. In 2020, she was also recognized by the US Department of Education as a National Blue Ribbon principal, being awarded the coveted Terrel H. Bell Award for outstanding school leadership. Mayra has deep practitioner experience as a former teacher, instructional coach, and assistant principal in dual language schools. In 2012, she was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award by DC Public Schools.
Mayra was trained for school leadership through New Leaders and was a graduate of cohort 13 of the National Aspiring Principals program. She has also served as a teaching faculty member for the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers at the Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, a Teaching for Results seminar leader for The New Teacher Project, and a curriculum and instruction fellow for the DCPS Teachers Central to Leadership program. She holds a bachelor’s degree in American Studies from the University of California, Berkeley, and a master’s degree in elementary education from Boston College. Educational equity work resonates deeply with Mayra, as a daughter of formerly undocumented immigrants, a first-generation college graduate, a former "English language learner", and a product of bilingual school programming. Mayra is a native Spanish speaker and a balanced, bi-literate bilingual. She grew up in Hayward, California, and lives in Washington DC with her husband and sweet pup, Tank. In her free time, she enjoys cooking, working out on her Peloton, training for races, and watching documentaries.