🎉 Get Ready for the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference 🌟
An Unforgettable Journey of Learning, Collaboration, and Empowerment!
Are you ready to lead, inspire, and grow? There’s still time to join us for Growing Success for Multilingual Learners (MLs) — a dynamic, high-impact professional learning event designed to elevate educational excellence across North Carolina and beyond!
This is more than a conference — it’s a movement. Join passionate educators, visionary leaders, and changemakers as we explore powerful strategies, hands-on tools, and innovative practices that center multilingual learners and foster equity-driven leadership.
🌍 Let’s come together to honor every language, elevate every voice, and empower every learner. Let’s build bridges, break barriers, and lead with passion.
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In Buncombe County
June 24th - 26th at Martin L. Nesbitt Jr. Discovery Academy
175 Bingham Road, Asheville, NC 28806
In Chatham County
July 22nd - 24th at Northwood High School
310 Northwood High School Road, Pittsboro, NC 27312
Virtual Option - July 25th
🎤 Keynote Speakers 🎤
We are honored to welcome two distinguished leaders who represent both statewide vision and local excellence!
🌟 In Buncombe: 2024-25 English Language Development Recognition Award (ERA) Winner Paola De Avila - Paola exemplifies an outstanding commitment and innovation in teaching MLs. Her impact is felt in Lee County classrooms and around the community!
🌟 In Chatham: North Carolina State Superintendent of Public Instruction "Mo" Green - Mo is widely recognized for his dedication to public education and his ability to bring people together to achieve meaningful improvements for students, educators, and communities across North Carolina.
Powerful Sessions You Won’t Want to Miss!
🔥 Writing Excellence – Elevate writing instruction through collaborative, standards-based practices that deliver results.
🧠 Project GLAD® – Walk away with ready-to-use strategies that boost engagement and comprehension for multilingual learners.
📚 Talking to the Text – Learn powerful annotation techniques that work for all students, across content areas.
🌐 Connecting Languages – Dive into immersive, content-rich approaches to teaching Spanish and English as second languages.
🧒 Hands-On ML Instruction for Early Learners – Get practical tools to nurture your youngest multilingual students from day one.
🏫 From the Ground Up – Learn what it takes to launch a high school DL/I program that sticks.
🎤 Listening to Newcomer Voices – Empower students through storytelling, ambassadorship, and authentic connection.
🤖 ML + MTSS Support Hub Powered by AI – Personalize support with cutting-edge tech tools tailored for ML success.
🏗️ Barriers to Bridges – Rethink lesson design to remove obstacles and open doors for every multilingual learner.
📊 From Fs and Ds to 4s and 3s – Master standards-based grading and instruction that transforms outcomes.
🎨 Interactive ELD with the Big Book – Make language learning fun, visual, and interactive.
💡 PLUS:
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AI-Assisted Differentiation
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SWRL into Academic Language
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Empowering MLs for Honors Courses
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Boosting Literacy
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Designing ESL Curriculum from Standards
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Digital Teaching & Learning for MLs
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Creating Math Resource Folders
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Practical Newcomer Support Strategies
- Chat & Chew: DL/I in NC
And Many More!
Plus, we're honored to welcome Education Consultants from the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI)—experts across a variety of content areas—who will guide engaging sessions full of ready-to-implement strategies.
Bonus: Participants can move freely between the Growing Success for MLs Conference and The Standards Academy—double the learning, double the impact! The Office of Teaching and Learning receives many requests from the field for standards-based professional development. During these sessions, participants will be guided through all content area standards, from unpacking to instructional practices. These sessions aim to provide new and veteran educators with a deeper understanding of the Standard Course of Study. In addition, sessions will be provided pertaining to Exceptional Children, Honors Level Coursework, Digital Teaching and Learning, and CTE.
🚀 Don’t miss your chance to:
✅ Connect with fellow passionate educators
✅ Gain practical tools to boost success for MLs
✅ Be part of a movement that’s reshaping classrooms for multilingual learners
📖 Need the conference brochure? Click here to view it!
From the Office of Teaching and Learning
GLE Student Spotlight Submissions Requested
Celebrate Biliteracy in Your PSU!
The NCDPI Global Languages Endorsement (GLE) Team is seeking Student Spotlight submissions from districts and charter schools, or Public School Units (PSUs)! Student Spotlights are published quarterly via NCDPI listservs and social media channels to celebrate students who have satisfied the requirements of the Global Languages Endorsement (GLE), North Carolina’s Seal of Biliteracy! View recent Spotlights that have highlighted student biliteracy in Transylvania County Schools and Henderson County Schools.
Do you want to celebrate and elevate student language achievements in your PSU? Consider submitting a Student Spotlight. The submission form is open and accepting responses!
The GLE is one of seven high school diploma endorsements available to public school students in North Carolina. To learn more about the GLE and its requirements, visit the NCDPI Global Education Recognitions and High School Diploma Endorsements webpages.
For questions about the GLE or Student Spotlight submissions, please contact the NCDPI GLE Team:
- Dr. Ann Marie Gunter, K-12 World Languages Consultant: ann.gunter@dpi.nc.gov
- Catie Cohen, 9-12 English Language Arts Consultant: catie.cohen@dpi.nc.gov
Honors PD Day
Dive into a day of learning evidence-based teaching methods designed to boost student engagement and learning outcomes for honors-level courses.
Our Teacher Sandbox offers:
- Instructional Strategies
- Cross-Content PLCs
- Support for Honors Level Course Evaluation and Development
- Content Areas: Science, Social Studies, CTE, ELA, World Languages
Access Flyer: Honors Level Coursework Summer PD Day.pdf
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Honors Team Planning Day
Spend the day with your district team to plan how the Honors Policy will be implemented as you begin the 2025-2026 school year. This day will give you the opportunity to step away from your traditional work setting and brainstorm and plan as a team without outside distractions. While this component of the day is not a presentation style, there will be an opportunity for you to ask questions with members of the NCDPI Honors Team.
Access Flyer: Honors Level Coursework Planning Day.pdf
Register Today!
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Connect with the NCDPI Multilingual Learner/Title III Team!
ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov
Twitter: @NCDPI_MLs #NCMLs #NCELD
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