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2022 Conference

Conference 2022

About Benchmark Education Company

Why do Benchmark Education's PreK-12 programs stand apart?

Benchmark Education Company is a leading publisher of inclusive, research-backed core, supplemental, and intervention literacy and language resources in English and Spanish and a provider of exceptional professional development to educators. The company was founded and continues to operate with the firm belief that literacy mastery changes lives. Our enduring goal is to empower all students with the agency and skills they need to succeed. We do this by publishing cutting-edge literacy resources of the highest quality, culturally relevant and multi-modal, to support personal and emotional growth and inspire knowledge and achievement in all students. 

Conference Speaker Sessions

TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 8

Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes

Teaching for Transfer: Making the Spanish-English Connection

Tuesday, 2/8/22, 9:25 – 10:10 a.m.
Meeting Room: 2nd floor – Regent

Learn to plan, allocate materials, create, and deliver cross-linguistic lessons using this innovative approach to biliteracy. 

Teaching and Learning Strategies to Address the Social-Emotional, Academic, and Linguistic Needs of Newcomers

Tuesday, 2/8/22, 1:05 – 1:50 p.m.
Meeting Room: 2nd floor – Regent

Explore Benchmark Hello!, a newcomer program that affirms primary language and culture as it promotes the skills needed to ensure students' equitable access to and engagement in rigorous learning. 


Maria Campanario

Moving Beyond Beliefs to Action 

Tuesday, 2/8/22, 1:05 – 1:50 p.m.
Meeting Room: Bryant Room

Dialogue on the intersection of the eight features of Culturally Responsive Teaching and the three Pillars of Dual Language Education and ways to provide needed access for students.  

Innovative or Reimagined

Tuesday, 2/8/22, 1:05 – 1:50 p.m.
Virtual (pre-recorded and scheduled)

Examine ways to increase understanding of a culturally responsive approach to all literacy content areas that is intentional and nonjudgmental.  

WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 9

Myriam Louzao and Ana G. Richter

Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Writer’s Workshop

Wednesday, 2/9/22, 8:30 - 9:15 a.m.
Meeting Room: 2nd floor – Murray Hill East

National Literacy Coach and State Lead Dual Language Spanish Immersion Coach and Curriculum Specialist discuss best practices for implementing a culturally and linguistically responsive writer’s workshop.


Dr. Arnhilda Badia and Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes

Getting Ready for Citizenship!

Wednesday, 2/9/22, 2:45 – 3:15 p.m.
Meeting Room: New York Room

Focus will be on the importance of civics education and citizenship as part of a high school-level newcomer program.  

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 10

Silvia Dorta-Duque de Reyes and Jill Kerper Mora

Lesson Design for Teaching for Transfer: A Metalinguistic Approach

Thursday, 2/10/22, 8:00 – 9:20 a.m.
Meeting Room: 2nd floor – Murray Hill East

Learn from a model of cross-linguistic-transfer lesson design and a continuum of metalinguistic knowledge development that cross-reference national Common Core en español standards.  

VIRTUAL: PRE-RECORDED ON-DEMAND

Debbie Zacarian, Dr. Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb

Beyond Crises: Where’s the Equity for Communities, Schools, and Classrooms?

Focus is on the interconnectedness of schools, families, and community life that fuels a strengths-based perspective on the education of multilingual learners and combats historic inequities.  


Dr. Margarita Calderón and Leticia Trower

Newcomers/Immigrant Children Are Coming to Your School! Let’s Get Ready! 

Hands-on session provides a framework for equitable integration and quality implementation leading to accelerated learning for older Newcomers who may have gaps in language and literacy.  

Authentic Voices BookRoom en español

Build content knowledge by enriching instruction and opening a lens of cultural relevance and social-emotional learning with this BookRoom filled with culturally inclusive titles. Texts are high-interest and consistently leveled, with 50/50 balance of literary and informational text.

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Benchmark Hello!

Build language, boost confidence, and ensure readiness with the academic support in this comprehensive Newcomer program for recent arrivals—flexibly designed to meet a variety of implementation models.

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Reycraft Books

Culturally relevant trade books connect children to the world around them by reflecting their own experiences. Award-winning picture books, early chapter books, middle grade books, and graphic novels feature authors and illustrators from underrepresented communities. Teacher support for every title!

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Represent

Capture students’ imaginations with this forward-thinking new series of beautiful texts that share multiple perspectives and build content knowledge. Teacher’s Guides, Text Evidence Question Cards, and Content Activity Cards support thought-provoking lessons.

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Leading-Edge Spanish and Dual Language Resources

Click through to learn more about these best-selling series!

  • ⇲ Sound-Spelling Transfer Kit
  • ⇲ Libros decodificables
  • ⇲ RIGOR
  • ⇲ Listos y adelante/Ready to Advance
  • ⇲ Benchmark Adelante/Advance
  • ⇲ View our virtual catalog to see all of our language development resources!
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