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The 2023 WIDA Annual Conference is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year! The conference, which runs from October 17-20, features two award-winning headliners and more than 100 sessions and workshops by teachers, for teachers. Educators of multilingual learners are set to share best practices and innovative classroom strategies. A curated virtual track is also available.

En este artículo presentamos las seis ideas principales del Marco DALE: la equidad, la integración, la colaboración, la interacción, las multiliteracidades y el transculturalismo. Los educadores que utilizan los marcos del lenguaje de WIDA, el WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, y el Marco de referencia de las artes del lenguaje del español (Marco ALE), notarán una fuerte relación entre las ideas principales del Marco DALE, las Big Ideas del WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, y las ideologías orientadoras del Marco ALE. El Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE) se lanzará al público el 24 de octubre de 2023.

Meet Michelle Skinner! Michelle is in her first year at a school with a large population of newcomers in South Carolina, but this isn’t her first year teaching. She has more than 20 years of experience! Read this edition to learn more about her approach to the new school year and her wisdom from the last 20.

Discover how collaboration is woven into the fabric of WIDA's mission, from the very beginning to current initiatives. Learn how this commitment benefits multilingual learners, educators, member states and the broader educational community.

WIDA is excited to welcome new and returning WIDA Fellows for 2023-2024. The program, launched in 2019, brings expert educators and WIDA staff together in a collaborative effort to enhance the development of WIDA products and services.

In this edition of Conversations with Tim, Tim speaks with Mai Chue Xiong and Nicole Potsane. Both Mai Chue and Nicole teach visual arts and work with multilingual learners. Together, they discuss the power of art across languages and cultures and the difficulties of teaching creativity.

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The Can Do Philosophy focuses on what multilingual learners can do and recognizes that students from diverse linguistic, cultural and experiential backgrounds bring a unique set of assets that have the potential to enrich the experiences of all learners and educators. Explore how the Can Do Philosophy is present throughout WIDA’s practices – in educator learning, in assessment and in communication about student progress.

Want a quick synopsis of what you need to know to assess, teach and grow with WIDA this school year? Check out this back-to-school guide!

Learn about what’s new in 2023-24 with WIDA Screener, ACCESS for ELLs and WIDA MODEL. Plus, we tell you what you can do to make sure testing counts and how to stay in the know about all things WIDA.

Anne Page, a speech and language professional and expert in augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), joined the Advancing ALTELLA team to demo some of her go-to tools and share creative ideas that help multilingual learners who use AAC. Read this interview between Anne and Shea Head, WIDA inclusion researcher, to get insights and tips for how to best support multilingual learners who use AAC.