2026 La Cosecha Dual Language Conference

Join SEAL at La Cosecha 2026!

Nov 11 - 14 | Santa Fe, New Mexico

SEAL is proud to sponsor and present at the 2026 La Cosecha Dual Language Conference, Hosted by Dual Language Education of New Mexico

SEAL booth number coming soon!

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Join our Sessions:

Master Biliteracy: Integrated Dual Language | Thursday, Nov. 12 | 9:40 a..m. - 10:50 a.m.

Presenters: Heather Skibbins and Adriana Diaz

Description: Biliteracy happens by design, not by chance! In this supportive session, discover how to intentionally navigate two literacy systems, saving you precious planning time while boosting student engagement in your dual language classroom.
Explore explicit language instruction and purposeful cross-linguistic transfer. You will walk away with a practical, ready-to-use strategy for immediate classroom impact. Plus, get an exclusive look at SEAL’s NEW series, specifically designed to help K–6 teachers easily master biliteracy instruction. Join us to empower your teaching and help your multilingual learners thrive!

‍Empowering ELD for Dual Language Classrooms | Friday, Nov. 13 | 11:10 a.m. - 12:20 p.m.

Presenters: Jenny Rodriguez and Patricia Montes Pate

Description: Designing an ELD block that truly builds on students’ Spanish—and connects across the day—can be challenging, but it’s also where the greatest impact happens. In this practical session, SEAL shares how to design student-responsive ELD within a cohesive, research-based approach that intentionally bridges Spanish and English. Through classroom videos and artifacts, you’ll explore strategies like language functions, graphic organizers, sentence frames, and transfer lessons. Walk away with adaptable tools to align instruction, strengthen language transfer, and build academic literacy in both languages.

Cross-linguistic Connections in Dual Language Programs | Friday, Nov. 13 | 9:40 a.m. - 10:50 p.m.

Presenters: Patrica Montes Pate and Jennifer Clinkscales

Description: Step inside a classroom to see how cross-linguistic connections come to life – and how they can transform biliteracy development. In this interactive session, SEAL brings you into real classrooms through video to experience a proven, research-based approach in action across diverse school communities. You’ll explore strategies like Dictado, Así se dice, and metalinguistic anchor charts through guided analysis. Walk away with adaptable tools to intentionally bridge languages, strengthen transfer, and advance biliteracy in ways that respond to your students, not a script.

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About the Event

Rooted in the theme “En comunidad, desde el corazón, hacia la justicia,” La Cosecha 2026 will bring together educators from across the country through 280+ presentations and workshops supporting two-way and one-way immersion, developmental bilingual, and heritage/tribal language immersion programs.

La Cosecha, the conference for teachers, by teachers, will bring together the largest gathering of educators, parents,
researchers, and practitioners supporting dual language, two-way immersion, one-way developmental bilingual, one-way heritage language immersion, and English-only programs across the U.S. Our goal is to provide current research, theory,
and practice, enhancing and expanding the knowledge base and experience of educators developing and implementing
dual language enrichment programs and supporting English learner programs.