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SWCOLT 2025

Welcome to SWCOLT-AZLA 2025 at Gila River Resort & Casino - Wild Horse Pass.

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Maria Salas Murphy

Kyrene del Norte Dual Language Academy

Spanish Instructor

Tempe

About me

National Board Certified in World Languages.

8:00am MST

Keeping It Collaborative - Building Communication at Every Level Palo Verde CSally Barnes Meet Your Arizona AATSP Chapter! Palo Verde CLacey Chavez • Laura Zinke - Vista Higher Learning Reignite Your Teaching Passion through Deep Dives into Cultural Practices and Products Palo Verde CStephen Van Orden

9:00am MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Corridor

10:00am MST

SWCOLT Plenary - Keynote Address: Dr. Sheilah Nicholas.; SWCOLT Regional Teacher of the Year Announcement Palo Verde B

11:30am MST

Lunch Break (On Your Own) n/a

1:00pm MST

7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive World Language Classroom Ocotillo CSally Barnes

2:15pm MST

Quench their Thirst for Belonging: Warm-up Routines That Build Community YuccaLiz Matchett

3:15pm MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Corridor

4:00pm MST

Mining for Proficiency: Creating a Proficiency-Based Classroom Ocotillo CTzeitel Borbon • Jana Arnold • Jennifer Newman-Cornell

5:15pm MST

ACTFL Teacher of the Year: Marigolds and Mindsets: Choosing Sustainable Optimism AgaveKei Tsukamaki - ACTFL

7:30am MST

SWCOLT State Leadership Breakfast Meeting (By Invitation) Palo Verde C

9:00am MST

Best of Utah: Oral Assessment - Providing a Powerful Data-Based Assessment for Successful Interventions in DLI Classrooms AgaveLina Figueiredo

10:00am MST

Exhibit Break Exhibit Corridor

10:45am MST

Grading for Growth: Rethinking Assessment in Language Learning Palo Verde BTroy Cox

1:30pm MST

Best of Texas: Gaming The System 2.0 - No-Tech Gaming Strategies To Boost Language Engagement AgaveKimberly Church

2:45pm MST

Breaking the Ice: Games to Get Students Talking Palo Verde CCaroline Pardo Global Classroom Exchanges - How I've Made it Happen! Palo Verde CCarina Plett Strategies for Building Engagement & Community at the Novice Level Palo Verde CRachel Mamiya Hernandez

3:45pm MST

Beverage/Snack Break Exhibit Corridor

4:00pm MST

Data-Driven Language Teaching YuccaJennifer Quinlan - Associate Director of Product Management - Language Testing International • Jody Lindsay