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Dr. Merica Clinkenbeard is one of more than 100 educators who will lead a session at the 2026 WIDA Annual Conference. Her session, “From Framework to Practice: Language-Rich Instruction for Multilingual Learners,” offers educators concrete ways to translate the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework from theory into meaningful, student-centered practice.
The WIDA Annual Conference draws more than 1500 educators of multilingual learners annually.
The WIDA Consortium is a member-based organization that is dedicated to the research, design and implementation of a high-quality, standards-based system for K-12 English learners.