Join us for an interactive day of conversation between K-12 educators and college teachers of writing to discuss how we can support and prepare students from linguistically diverse backgrounds to thrive in all educational settings.
Featured Keynote Speakers:
Dr. LJ Randolph Jr., Assistant Professor of World Language Education at UW Madison, School of Education
LJ Randolph Jr. is an educator, linguist, abolitionist, and liberationist. Over the past two decades, he has taught a variety of courses in Spanish, English language, and education at the secondary and post-secondary levels.
His research and teaching focus on various critical issues in language education, including teaching Spanish to heritage and native speakers, incorporating justice-oriented/anti-racist/anti-colonial pedagogies, and centering Blackness and Indigenousness.
Sarah Z Johnson is the Writing Center Director and a member of the English faculty at Madison College in Madison, WI. She currently serves as Executive Officer of the Two-Year College English Association (National TYCA) and has done policy and committee work for NCTE and CCCC for many years. Most recently Sarah has been working as a member of the MLA-CCCC Task Force on AI and Writing. One of her research interests is the transition from high school to college writing, and she chaired the Task Force that crafted the CCCC Joint Statement on Dual Enrollment and the 4Cs Position Statement on the Preparation of College English Teachers.
When: Wednesday, April 16, 2025, 9:00 AM – 3:30 PM
Where: Helen C White Hall, UW Madison Campus, 600 N Park Street
Who: K-12 educators, instructional leaders / coaches, Directors of curriculum & instruction, and school administrators
Cost: Standard registration: $125/participant; GMWP alumni registration: $100/participant; Group of 3 or more: $100/participant.
Note that lunch is included in registration.
Register today!
Questions? Get in touch: gmwp@english.wisc.edu
Breakout sessions on topics including:
- Written feedback and responses to multilingual student writing
- Low-stakes writing opportunities and assignments for multilingual classrooms
- Individual and/or small group conferencing with multilingual students
- Communicating with multilingual parents / families / caregivers
- Code-switching and code-meshing
- Writing assignments that support and elevate linguistic diversity