2026 Translanguaging Institute
The 2026 Translanguaging Classroom Institute invites educators to explore how all students including bi/multilingual learners thrive when instruction honors their full linguistic repertoires. This year’s theme—Weaving Translanguaging across Literacies, Learning, and Living—highlights how translanguaging practices connect and strengthen different aspects of the educational experience.
Are you interested in exploring innovative translanguaging pedagogy that fosters language inclusivity, social justice, and equity in research and teaching endeavors? Look no further, join us during the summer 2024 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Audience: K-12 teachers (bilingual/dual language/ESL), administrators and professors
Dates: June 11-12, 2026
Where: Albuquerque, New Mexico
Cost: $450 per person - Early Registration (Deadline April 25)
$500 - Late Registration
$50 discount for groups of 3 or more
College Student Special Rate: $200 (Use code PSTEACH when registering. Verification of enrollment will be required.)
For questions contact:
Dr. Susana Ibarra-Johnson / Jonathan Ruiz
info@academiclearningcompany.com
(626) 448-3448
2026 Translanguaging Institute
Participants will engage in hands-on workshops and presentations that feature translanguaging as an integral part of:
Literacies: developing visual, textual, oral, and embodied modes of meaning-making
Learning: understanding the role of deepening language and literacy across grades and content areas to create dynamic learning spaces
Living: affirming students' lived experiences, identities, funds of knowledge, ways of knowing and communicating across contexts
Speakers
Dr. Joshuaa Allison-Burbank
Johns Hopkins Center for Indigenous Health
Dr. Laura Hamman-Ortiz
University of Rhode Island
Dr. Laura Ascenzi-Moreno
Brooklyn College
Natalia Benjamin
Minnesota Center for Ethnic Studies, Rochester Public Schools
Dr. Susana Ibarra Johnson
New Mexico State University
Dr. Claudia Cervantes-Soon
Arizona State University
Dr. Bobbie Kabuto
Queens College, CUNY
Dr. Tracey Flores
University of Texas at Austin
Schedule-at-a-Glance
June 11, 2026
7:30 am - 8:30 am - Check-in and Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:15 am - Welcome and Plenary
9:30 am - 10:45 am - Concurrent Session 1
11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Concurrent Session 2
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm - Concurrent Session 3
2:30 pm - 3:45 pm - Concurrent Session
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm - Opening Reception
June 12, 2026
7:30 am - 8:30 am - Check-in and Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:15 am - Welcome and Plenary
9:30 am - 10:45 am - Concurrent Session 1
11:00 am - 12:15 pm - Concurrent Session 2
12:15 pm - 1:00 pm - Lunch
1:00 pm - 2:15 pm - Concurrent Session 3
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm - Closing Session
Book Your Stay
Embassy Suites Hotel
Single/Double $121
1000 Woodward Place NE
Albuquerque, 87102
There will be a shuttle service provided to and from the University of New Mexico campus for institute attendees.
Reserve a Rental Car
Rental car discounts are also available through our official travel partners Enterprise and National rental.
