Thursday, October 21, 2004

8:30 am – 6 pm

Registration

9 am – Noon

Pre-Conference Workshops

• Developing a K-12 Language Curriculum Framework
• Two-Way 101: Program Design and Implementation
• Indigenous Language Immersion: Design and Implement a Successful Program
• Integrating Culture, Content, and Language in Thematic Units
• Listening Comprehension and Oral Proficiency Assessment for Elementary Immersion Programs

1 – 4 pm

Pre-Conference Workshops

• Staying Afloat as an Immersion Administrator
• Service Learning, Youth Empowerment, and Immersion
• Assessment Challenges and Strategies in Immersion Programs
• Listening Comprehension and Oral Proficiency Assessment
  for Middle School Immersion Programs
• Language and Cultural Revitalization: Lessons from Hawaiian Immersion

5:00 pm

Welcome and Opening Remarks
Keynote: Bilingualism in the Global Village
Fred Genesee

6:30 pm

Reception / Cash Bar

Friday, October 22, 2004

8:30 am

Theme 1 Plenary: Bilingualism Through Immersion Education
Merrill Swain

10 am – Noon

Research Symposium: Exploring Issues in Immersion Teaching in Two International Contexts

10 – 11 am

Paper / Discussion Sessions

11 am – Noon

Paper / Discussion Sessions

Noon

Lunch / Exhibits

1:30 pm

Theme 2 Plenary: How to Use Assessment and Evaluation to Promote Quality Immersion Programs and Student Outcomes in the Era of NCLB
Kathryn Lindholm-Leary

3 – 5 pm

Research Symposium: Meeting the Challenges of NCLB in Immersion Education

3 – 4 pm

Paper / Discussion Sessions

4 – 5 pm

Paper / Discussion Sessions

Saturday, October 23, 2004

8:30 am

Theme 3 Plenary: Principles and Possibilities in Immersion Pedagogy
Roy Lyster

10 am – Noon

Research Symposium: Exploring Continued Language Growth in Immersion

10 – 11 am

Paper / Discussion Sessions

11 am – Noon

Paper / Discussion Sessions

Noon

Lunch / Exhibits

1:30 – 3:30 pm

Research Symposium: Developing Effective District-wide Immersion Programs with Stakeholders: Theory, Policy, Practice

1:30 – 2:30 pm

Paper / Discussion Sessions

2:30 – 3:30 pm

Paper / Discussion Sessions

3:45 pm

Theme 4 Plenary: Creating a Positive Policy Climate for Immersion Education
Myriam Met

5:00

Adjourn