Dr. Zacarian’s keynote presentations and professional development experiences energize and inspire audiences to champion
multilingual learners. Whether at a conference, summit, or leadership retreat, her interactive sessions blend research-based
strategies, real-world insights, and practical tools. Participants leave motivated and equipped with concrete takeaways to lead
transformative change in their settings.
Sample of Topics
- Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners
Explore inclusive, research-based policies and practices that help multilingual learners feel safe, valued, and academically empowered across all educational settings and instructional models. - Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Facing Adversity
Learn a strengths-based, research-driven approach to supporting students affected by trauma, violence, and chronic stress while promoting resilience, equity, and engagement. - Beyond Crises: Building Responsive School-Community Partnerships
Discover how to foster strengths-based school-family-community partnerships that move learning communities beyond crisis management toward sustainable, equitable transformation. - Teaching to Empower: Cultivating Agency and Purpose
Gain evidence-based strategies to build student agency, confidence, and collaboration while advancing academic and social-emotional success in diverse, inclusive classrooms. - The Power of Partnerships: Engaging Families and Communities
Explore practical approaches to creating responsive partnerships that strengthen student outcomes and foster equity in multilingual and diverse learning environments. - Unleashing the Power of Academic Language
Learn a four-part, asset-based framework for building academic language and engaging families as partners in advancing multilingual learners’ success. - Promoting Student Achievement with Research-Based Tools
Use strengths-based evaluation tools to equitably assess and support linguistically diverse learners, ensuring growth, access, and achievement.