🎉Conference Schedule🎉

• This schedule may change throughout the planning process for this conference. Some updates may be last-minute, so please keep an eye on our announcements through social media or email. 

• Raffle drawings will occur at various times, either before or after sessions, depending on when attendees are gathered in the same room.

--> THEME: (Wear any ASL shirts)

• Vendors & Registration opens: 3:00 - 7:00 PM

  • Location: Caribbean Ballroom Foyer

• Happy Hour: 5:30 - 7:00 PM

  • Hotel Lobby

    • Complimentary drinks and appetizers are ONLY for guests lodging at Embassy Suites; others who are not lodging there are STILL welcome to join us to socialize!

• Dinner on your own

  • Check out Boca Raton's local spots!

• Keynote: Delia Lozano & FASLTA's Ceremony Kick off: 7:00 - 9:00 PM

  • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

-->THEME: (Wear Deaf owned business shirts)

Evening pool: wear PINK OUT

• Breakfast: 6:30 - 8:00 AM

  • Hotel Lobby

    • Complimentary breakfast is ONLY for guests lodging at Embassy Suites; others who are not staying there are STILL welcome to join us to socialize!

• Vendors & Registration opens: 8:00 AM

  • Location: Carribbean Ballroom Foyer

• Morning workshops: 8:00 - 11:50 AM

  • • 8:00 - 9:00 AM: Justin Malone

      • • Topic: Cultivating Partnerships for Diversifying

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 9:10 - 10:40 AM: Reinaldo Vega

      • • Topic: 50 shades of Vega: Characterization in ASL

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 10:50 - 11:50 AM: Curt Radford

      • • Topic: TWA 4th Edition: New, Improved and Extra Sparkly

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Lunch provided: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

  • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Afternoon workshops: 1:00 - 6:30 PM

  • • 1:00 - 2:30 PM: Katie Moore

      • • Topic: “It’s Collab Time!”

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 2:40 - 3:40 PM: David Wiesblatt

      • • Topic: Mapping ASL Mastery: VIsual CEFR Tools that Transform Learning

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 3:50 - 5:20 PM: Melanie Nakaji 

      • • Topic: Tired of your students paying for digital curriculum: Come learn about Zero Textbook Cost (ZTC) curriculum

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 5:30 - 6:30 PM: Ben Jarashaw

      • Topic: Grab Some Popcorn! It’s Time for ASL Cinematographic Stories! 

      • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Happy Hour: 5:30 - 7:00 PM

  • Hotel Lobby

    • Complimentary drinks and appetizers are ONLY for guests lodging at Embassy Suites; others who are not lodging there are STILL welcome to join us to socialize!

• Dinner on your own 6:30-7:30 PM

  • Check out Boca Raton's local spots!

• Pool Party: 7:30 - 9:00 PM (Wear Pink- It's pink out!)

  • Hotel's pool area

-->THEME: (Wear your HS/College shirt)

• Breakfast: 7:30 - 10:00 AM

  • Hotel Lobby

    • Complimentary breakfast is ONLY for guests lodging at Embassy Suites; others who are not staying there are STILL welcome to join us to socialize!

• Vendors & Registration: opens 8:00 AM

  • Location: Carribbean Ballroom Foyer

• Morning workshops: 8:00 - 11:00 AM

  • • 8:00 - 9:30 AM: Jody Stevenson

      • • Topic: Depictions and Sensory Work

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 9:40 - 10:40 AM: Yary Santiago & Ku Mei 

      • • Topic: Enhancing ASL Instruction with Figurative Language and Expansion Techniques

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • TWA TRIVIA (10 mins)

    • BREAK (10 mins)

• FASLTA General / Business Meeting: 11:00 AM - 12:00 PM

  • CLICK HERE to view the agenda

  • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Lunch provided: 12:00 - 1:00 PM

  • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Afternoon workshops: 1:00 - 6:00 PM

  • • 1:00 - 2:30 PM: Federico Quintana

      • • Topic: Understanding types of ASL Contexts: Strategies for Effective and Meaningful Instruction

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 2:40 - 3:40 PM: Cindy Hall & Tim Gough

      • • Topic: From Compliance to Connection: Elevating Online Courses with RSI

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 3:50 - 4:50 PM: Reinaldo Vega

      • • Topic: Understanding/Analyzing Linguistic Patterns of ASL

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

    • BREAK (10 mins)

    • 5:00 - 6:00 PM: Katie Moore

      • • Topic: Understanding ASLTA Evaluation & Certification: Recent Changes & What They Mean for Teachers

        • Location: Caribbean Ballroom; Aruba/Barbados/Cancun

• Happy Hour 5:30 - 7:00 PM

  • Hotel Lobby

    • Complimentary drinks and appetizers are ONLY for guests lodging at Embassy Suites; others who are not lodging there are STILL welcome to join us to socialize!

• Dinner on your own: 6:00-7:00 PM

  • Check out Boca Raton's local spots!

• Entertainment Night: Ben Jarashow’s show 7:00 - 9:00 PM 

  • Location: Palm Theatre 

    • Public are welcome! Pay $10 at door