Register now for the 2008 CREATE Conference--Math, Science, and Social Studies: A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School

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Register Now for the 2008 CREATE Conference! 

Math, Science, and Social Studies:
A Focus on English Language Learners in Middle School

October 6-7, 2008

Minneapolis, MN 

The language processes required to comprehend mathematics, science
experiments, and explanations of historical events are challenging, even
for students who speak English as their first language. For English
language learners, these demands can be particularly high. The 2008
CREATE Conference will present current research on the features of
instruction that support English language learners in science, social
studies, and mathematics in the middles grades. The conference will be
of particular interest to instructional leaders in state and regional
agencies, school districts, schools, colleges of education, and
publishing companies. Participants will have the opportunity to engage
in several integrated learning activities, including essential readings
on the central themes of the conference (mailed in advance),
presentations of current research, question-and-answer sessions with
presenters, and small group interactions with colleagues from around the
country. Featured speakers are among the nation's foremost scholars in
areas related to the academic achievement of English language learners.

	Dr. Diane August
	CREATE; Center for Applied Linguistics
	Dr. David Francis
	CREATE; Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation, and
Statistics, University of Houston
	Dr. Elfrieda Hiebert
	CREATE; University of California, Berkeley
	Dr. Okhee Lee
	University of Miami
	Dr. Sylvia Linan-Thompson
	CREATE; Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts,
University of Texas at Austin
	Dr. Cara Richards
	CREATE; California State University, Long Beach
	Dr. William Schmidt
	Michigan State University
	Dr. Deborah Short
	CREATE; Center for Applied Linguistics
	Dr. Catherine Snow
	CREATE; Harvard University
	Dr. Phil Vahey
	Center for Technology in Learning; SRI International 
	Dr. Sharon Vaughn
	CREATE; Vaughn Gross Center for Reading and Language Arts,
University of Texas at Austin

A schedule <http://www.cal.org/create/events/CREATE2008/schedule.html>
of conference events is available on the CREATE Web site. 

Registration

Online registration
<http://www.cal.org/create/events/CREATE2008/registration.html>  is now
available. Registration is $200 per person and includes admission to all
conference sessions; breakfast and lunch both days; a primer of readings
delivered prior to the conference; and a binder of handouts delivered at
the conference. For more information, visit the CREATE conference Web
page <http://www.cal.org/create/events/conference.html> .

Hotel

The CREATE conference will be held at the Millennium Hotel, Minneapolis
<http://www.millenniumhotels.com/millenniumminneapolis/index.html> . 

A block of rooms with a special rate of $179 plus tax per night is being
held for CREATE Conference participants. Contact the hotel directly to
make your reservations, and ask for the CREATE rate when reserving a
room to take advantage of this special. Phone 612-332-6000, toll free
866-866-8086, or visit www.millenniumhotels.com
<http://www.millenniumhotels.com/> . 

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