Bilingualism as a Resource: A Shared Vision for Educating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners

Washington, DC
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Bilingualism as a Resource: A Shared Vision for Educating Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Learners
Wednesday, March 10, 2010 1:00 PM -
Friday, March 12, 2010 5:00 PM (Eastern Time)

Gallaudet University Kellogg Conference Hotel
202-651-6000
800 Florida Avenue, NE
Washington, DC 20002
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The purpose of this conference is to:

Bring together educators and school administrators of students in pre-kindergarten through grade 12 to share strategies and expertise regarding bilingual education and second language acquisition, learning, and teaching.

The goals of this conference are to: 
  • Provide a retrospective of CAEBER over the past 12 years
  • Provide an ASL/English Bilingual Professional Development (AEBPD) update
  • Provide current research-based information in the field of bilingual education and second language learning and teaching practices in the United States
  • Provide a national forum for information sharing (current best practices) and information building (innovative practices)
  • Highlight contemporary basic, applied, and policy research that addresses the challenges deaf and hard of hearing learners encounter in current educational programs in the United States
  • Develop guiding principles for action and advocacy and build long-term support networks and partnerships among stakeholders
Who Should Attend

  • Administrators who have completed the week-long Enhancing Deaf Education: Language Planning and Leadership training through CAEBER's Language Planning Institute
  • Educators and educator support personnel who have completed all four levels of the AEBPD training
  • Graduates of the Gallaudet Leadership Institute 
  • Previous mentors under AEBPD or the STAR schools
  • Current AEBPD on-site mentors
  • University professors who have participated in pre-service teacher training with CAEBER
  • Researchers in the field of bilingual education for deaf and hard of hearing students
  • Graduates of MAT in ASL/English Bilingual Deaf Education
  • Current graduate students enrolled in the MAT in ASL/English Bilingual Deaf Education


    The 2009 CAEBER Conference is hosted by CAEBER's  Language Planning Institute, a unit within the College of Professional Studies and Outreach, with support from the Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center and the Center for Applied Linguistics (CAL).
 
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Contact Information

  • Phone: (202) 651-5719
    Email: julie.greenfield@gallaudet.edu

Payment Instructions

  • We accept Master Card and Visa payments on line at the end of your resgistration.

    If you will be paying your registration fee of $300.00 by purchase order or check, your payment
    MUST be received by February 26, 2010.  Please send your purchase order or check to:

    Julie Greenfield, CMP
    Coordinator of CAEBER Conference
    800 Florida Avenue, NE
    KDES Suite 3400
    Washington, DC   20002
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