CABBE
Full Membership Meetings
Please sign-up to become a member and attend our VIRTUAL full membership meetings with guest speakers at each meeting.
What to Expect
This session explores how high-quality, culturally sustaining texts serve as crucial mirrors and windows while aligning with structured literacy principles. Members learn practical ways to build rich, culturally responsive classroom libraries and foster family literacy connections.
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Whether you’re a seasoned educator or new to the world of biliteracy, Cafecito & Conversations: Honoring Heritage & High Expectations in Biliteracy is your chance to connect, reflect, and leave with fresh inspiration—and a simple, actionable idea to foster unity all month long. Let’s build unity, one story at a time.
Cafecito & Conversations: Honoring Heritage & High Expectations in Biliteracy
Date: January 19, 2027 (5:00-6:30pm)
Demystifying Science of Reading in Dual Language
Date: March 16, 2027 (Tuesday) (5:00-6:30pm)
What to Expect
Many educators struggle with how to apply Science of Reading (SoR) evidence-based research within dual-language and bilingual frameworks without losing the essence of biliteracy development. This talk breaks down complex research into actionable, high-impact classroom practices in a relaxed, conversational format.
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Whether you are a seasoned educator or new to the world of biliteracy, our second membership meeting of 2027 is your chance to connect, reflect, and leave with fresh inspiration. We will see you on Tuesday, March 16th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM!
What to Expect
Focuses directly on the "Community and Family" pillar of your theme. Educators will gain concrete strategies for engaging multilingual families as true partners in reading progression, framing home language and storytelling as vital assets to structured literacy success.
Note: Maybe invite Hilda Santiago to this meeting. Also maybe Lectorium will come and present their bilingual books. Maybe we should also present ways to bring culturally responsive awareness into this meeting presentation. We need to find resources for districts - “Toolkit” they can leave with.
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Whether you are a seasoned educator or new to the world of biliteracy, our third membership meeting of 2027 is your chance to connect, reflect, and leave with fresh inspiration. We will see you on May 11th from 5:00 PM to 6:30 PM!
Cafe con Familia: Empowering Home-School Literacy Partnerships
Date: May 12th 5:00-6:30pm