Full Schedule

Conference Agenda

Morning Agenda

8:00 - 9:30

Registration & Networking

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9:30 - 10:00

Welcome & Awards

Messages from ConnTESOL CoChairs

Presentation of Awards

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10:00 - 11:00

Keynote Address

Dr. Ayanna Cooper, Ed.D

“What Do You Know?  Making Meaning to Move Students Forward” 

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For full session description - please visit Session Info page on this website. 

11:10 - 12:00

Concurrent Sessions I

❖“See Me": Improving Secondary Content Area Teachers' Knowledge and Perceptions of Students with Limited and/or interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE). Room: 1849

❖ Acquiring Strategies for Facilitating Learning Transfer in English for Academic Purposes Room: Carleton

❖ The Grammar Playground Room: Blue and White 133

❖ Write, translate, mix, move: Leveraging beginner students' L1 and Google Translate for academic vocab and writing development via a sentence scramble translating task Room: Alumni 126

❖ Utilizing AI to Provide access and leverage support for multilingual learners Room: Sprague 

❖ Storyboard That: Content Creation, not Content Consumption Room: Clocktower 134

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Afternoon Agenda

12:00 - 1:10

Lunch and Vendor Tables - Don't forget to visit the silent auction table next to registration! 

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1:10 - 2:00

Concurrent Sessions II

❖ Research, Resources, and Strategies for Multilingual Learners Room: Sprague

❖ The Limits of GenAI: A Workshop on Activities for ESL students  Room: Clocktower 134

❖ The Impact of Art on English Learners by Integrating Image-making into the Writing Process Room: Blue and White 133

❖ TESOL Lessons for Global Citizenship: People and the Environment Room: 1849  

❖ Bridging Language and Learning: Integrating SIOP and Marzano in the Secondary Classroom & Practical Strategies for Adolescent Learners Room: Alumni 126

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2:10 - 3:00

Concurrent Sessions III

❖CT DOE Policy Updates Room: Carlton

❖ AI Tools for Equity: Scaffolding Complex Tasks for MLs Room: 1849  

❖ B.E.L.I.E.V.E.! Academic Language Literacy: Improving our MLs' Academic Achievement One WORD at a Time  Room: Alumni 126

❖ Revolutionizing Student Success with Individual Language Plans Room: Clocktower 134

❖ Beyond the Classroom: Building Trust and Leadershp Through Home Visits for ELs Room: Blue and White 133

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3:10 - 4:00

ConnTESOL Business Meeting - All Attendees Welcome!