2025 WIDA Annual Conference

This conference, by teachers, for teachers, is the premier event for educators of PreK-12 multilingual learners, giving educators the opportunity to share best practices and discover innovative classroom strategies.

The 2025 WIDA Annual Conference took place October 27-30, 2025 in Seattle, Washington under the theme "igniting innovation for multilingual learners." Read Educators Learn, Lead and Innovate at WIDA Annual Conference to get highlights from the week.

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Keynote Speakers

In-Person Keynote: Viet Thanh Nguyen

Pulitzer Prize-winning author and professor

In-Person Closing Keynote: Missy Testerman

2024 National Teacher of the Year

Virtual Keynote: Javier Zamora

Memoirist and poet

What do people say about the WIDA Annual Conference?

"Attending the WIDA Annual Conference is an experience every teacher of MLLs should experience at least once in their life. The energy in the air on that first day at the keynote address is incredible. There are so many brilliant, wonderful, dedicated people in the building that offer so many different life and teaching experiences. The presenters always come prepared to show their audiences something great. I feel very privileged to have attended twice, and I am so hoping to attend again!"

– district ELL/ESL coordinator

"This is my 7th year teaching ESL, and this was my first year attending WIDA's Annual conference. It was an incredible experience. The opening Keynote speaker was truly inspiring and captivated the passion of EL teachers. There were a variety of sessions offered and they were so well done. The presenters were very knowledgeable of their content and had so many useful resources. I can't wait to share them with my ESL team as well as share with the content teachers. Hopefully next year our whole ESL team can attend!"

– ELL/ESL teacher

Become a sponsor!

We invite companies and organizations that serve educators of multilingual learners to become a sponsor of the WIDA Annual Conference.

The event provides access to a very targeted audience and past sponsors tell us it’s one of their favorite conferences ... until #WIDA2025!

...until #WIDA2025!

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