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EBCon
Join the Department of Multilingual Programs for our annual Emergent Bilingual Conference. EBCON 2026 invites language professionals to spend a full day learning, collaborating, and growing through this year’s theme, Language Connects Us. Participants will engage with experts in language acquisition and multilingual education while gaining practical strategies, fresh ideas, and best practices to support Emergent Bilingual students. Our goal for 2026 is to bring experts in the field of multilingual education together so educators leave with a toolbox of high-impact practices that foster connection, strengthen instruction, and help Emergent Bilingual students graduate with the knowledge, skills, and language to succeed.
Attending the conference
Registration is coming soon.
Both GISD staff members and staff from other local districts are welcome to attend. Doors open at 7:30 a.m. and the conference begins at 8 a.m.
GISD professional staff should register for the event to get Exchange Day credit:
Non-GISD staff members are not required to register, though we can provide CPE documentation upon request.
Learn more about EB Con on the EBCon 2026 website.
Please follow us on X (formerly Twitter) at @GISD4EBs and use the hashtag #EBCON2026.
About the conference
EBCON is an annual conference hosted by Garland ISD's Department of Multilingual Programs. This conference is designed to equip educators with tools that will empower Emergent Bilingual students, through practices that build agency and accelerate learning to close the achievement gap. Started in 2021 as a virtual conference, it has now grown to more than 250 in-person attendees from all over the DFW metroplex.
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