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Venue: Palo Verde A clear filter
Friday, January 24
 

8:00am MST

Ditch the Textbook! Heritage Spanish Curriculum Design Using Only Authentic Resources
Friday January 24, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Palo Verde A
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Often, teachers are given no direct instruction or curriculum on how to teach heritage classes. Teachers navigate on their own the specific resources or textbooks that are available to them. In this session, teachers will be able to get access to a curriculum that is made from only authentic resources without the need for a specific textbook. Participants can ask questions about curriculum design and share reflections about their own experiences. This session is meant to inform other heritage teachers how to start creating their curriculum and provide them with guidance and a list of resources.
Speakers
avatar for Nallely Morales

Nallely Morales

Dual Language and World language teacher, Kyrene Middle School
Friday January 24, 2025 8:00am - 9:00am MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

1:00pm MST

Silly and Spontaneous Conversation Starters
Friday January 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
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In this session participants will learn how to effectively use the daily oral language strategy of "Silly and Spontaneous Conversation Starters" in the Spanish classroom by actively participating in several different activities. The attendees will listen, speak, and present ideas by responding in Spanish to various written prompts. The presenter will demonstrate how to use follow up questions in order to get all students talking in the target language throughout the lesson. This lesson is designed to provide teachers and students with more interesting and humorous conversation prompts so that every student will find something they want to talk about in the target language.
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TL
Friday January 24, 2025 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

2:15pm MST

Reading: Why, What, and How (Exhibitor Session)
Friday January 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST
Palo Verde A
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Reading is fundamental to supporting language acquisition. In this session, you will learn why reading is so important, what types of texts learners should be reading (even beginners!), and simple low or no-prep strategies for reading together.
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avatar for Elicia Cárdenas - The Comprehensible Classroom

Elicia Cárdenas - The Comprehensible Classroom

Director of Training, The Comprehensible Classroom
Driven by the core belief that all students are capable of acquiring language, The Comprehensible Classroom has been at the forefront of the movement toward teaching for acquisition since 2010. TCC publishes curriculum and instructional tools grounded in a solid understanding of language... Read More →
Friday January 24, 2025 2:15pm - 3:15pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

4:00pm MST

It’s Show Time: Putting Proficiency Center Stage When Assessing (Exhibitor Session)
Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
Feedback Survey
You are the director, and your students have the lead roles in integrated performance assessments (IPAs). IPAs shine a light on your students and their communicative abilities. This session will break down the IPA process into three acts: 1) the context, 2) the tasks, and 3) the rubrics. You will learn how to assess your students in a way that allows them to show off what they can do with what they have learned.
Speakers
avatar for Cristin Bleess - Wayside Publishing

Cristin Bleess - Wayside Publishing

Instructional Strategist, Wayside Publishing
Wayside takes language learning beyond traditional drills and flashcards. Through immersive, real-world scenarios, culturally rich lessons, scaffolded, proficiency-driven activities, and gamified practice, students develop meaningful communication skills that prepare them for authentic... Read More →
Friday January 24, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

5:15pm MST

Leveraging ACTFL Assessments for College and Career Readiness (Exhibitor Session)
Friday January 24, 2025 5:15pm - 6:15pm MST
Palo Verde A
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The US Deptartment of Education has an increasing focus on college and career readiness (CCR). We have indicators in K-12 and higher ed that are designed to help educational programs position learners for career success. But how do world language programs fit in the mix? This session considers three ways you can leverage language testing with the AAPPL and other ACTFL assessments to meet CCR standards, increase value of language programming to students, and preserve your program!
Exhibitors
avatar for Jennifer Quinlan - Associate Director of Product Management - Language Testing International

Jennifer Quinlan - Associate Director of Product Management - Language Testing International

Assoc. Director, Language Testing International
Since 1992, Language Testing International (LTI), a Samsung company, has led in global language proficiency testing for over 120 languages. As the exclusive ACTFL licensee, LTI ensures quality through certified testers, offering trusted language credentials recognized by corporations... Read More →
Friday January 24, 2025 5:15pm - 6:15pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation
 
Saturday, January 25
 

9:00am MST

Unlocking Potential: 9 Ways We Use Proficiency Data to Innovate and Improve World Language Instruction (Exhibitor Session)
Saturday January 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Palo Verde A
Feedback Survey
The presenter will describe 9 ways their district uses the proficiency data from the Avant STAMP Assessment to enhance World Language instruction. The nine ways will be thoroughly explained with practical examples of how teachers and instructional leaders can work with this assessment to transform teaching and learning, assessment practices, enhance collaboration and vertical alignment, as well as promote college and career readiness. Additionally, participants will gain knowledge about how to better integrate assessment and instruction, use data to improve learning, and promote student ownership and goal setting.
Speakers
avatar for Maylén R. R. Sullivan - Avant Assessment

Maylén R. R. Sullivan - Avant Assessment

Teacher on Special Assignment / French and Spanish Teacher, Avant Assessment
I'm passionate about facilitating my students' growth towards proficiency and student travel abroad opportunities. A language lover and world traveler originally from Cuba, I love to talk to people from different backgrounds and perspectives. PhD in Leadership Studies with Coaching... Read More →
Saturday January 25, 2025 9:00am - 10:00am MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

10:45am MST

Milking Your Authentic resource for All Its Worth
Saturday January 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MST
Palo Verde A
Feedback Survey
Like many of you, I have spent countless hours curating authentic resources for lessons and units of study. Figuring out how to exploit an authentic resource to its fullest meaningful capacity changes how we view them and use them in class. This session will focus on not just scaffolding an authentic resource to be used over multiple levels, but also applying it across the 3 modes of communication and the ACTFL C’s, to maximize use across several lessons. When we intentionally leverage an authentic resource, we expand the resource into a meaningful, and mindful, language and culture tool to meet our academic standards, and promote proficiency at any level.
Speakers
avatar for Whitney Stafford-Najibi

Whitney Stafford-Najibi

OFLTA Executive Secretary/French Teacher Westmoore H.S., Westmoore High School
Bonjour!I am Whitney Najibi, a French teacher from OKC. I have been teaching French for 25 years and have also taught ELs and 8th-grade English. I am also a doctoral student at the University of Oklahoma. Along with teaching, I also serve as the Executive Secretary for the Oklahoma... Read More →
Milking your authentic resources Whitney Najibi pdf
Saturday January 25, 2025 10:45am - 11:45am MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

1:30pm MST

Revamping Instruction with the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals
Saturday January 25, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Palo Verde A
Feedback Survey
Looking for new content to enrich your curriculum to meet the needs of 21st century learners? The United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the answer. This session will demonstrate various classroom-tested strategies on how educators can employ SDGs to provide all students a chance to investigate the world and enhance their language learning experience.
Speakers
avatar for Ying Jin

Ying Jin

Teacher, Cupertino High School
Saturday January 25, 2025 1:30pm - 2:30pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

2:45pm MST

Unlocking Language: Escape the Room, Not the Learning!
Saturday January 25, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MST
Palo Verde A
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Learn how escape room activities can engage L2 learners by encouraging collaboration, problem-solving, and communication in order to break free from their room and solve their challenge.
Speakers
AE

Ashley Eberhart

Teacher, Round Rock High School
Saturday January 25, 2025 2:45pm - 3:45pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation

4:00pm MST

Talk Is Cheap. Speak More!
Saturday January 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
Feedback Survey
Are you trying to figure out how to fit those daily speaking practices into your course requirements? Do you have trouble getting students to stay on task during speaking activities? Do you need a last-minute activity that can be thrown together on the fly because you didn’t have time to prep? Then this session is for you! Attendees of this session will participate in three speaking strategies that can be implemented DAILY. They require almost no prep time and no grading from the teacher but will have an invaluable impact on helping students increase their interpersonal speaking skills.
Speakers
RT

Rachel Tillotson

Education Programs Professional: World Languages & ELA, Nevada Department of Education
Seal of BiliteracyCurriculum ResourcesDual Language Education
Saturday January 25, 2025 4:00pm - 5:00pm MST
Palo Verde A
  60-minute presentation
 
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