2024 Fall Conference - Session PREVIEW
*subject to change and more pending!*

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THURSDAY

FEATURED PRESENTER:  CARRIE TOTH
Read the Room: Planning to Read for Proficiency
Level Up Intermediate Language

NEWS FROM ISBE: Emily Mizera & Karen Skinner
Two-Year World Language Requirement FAQ
The Seal of Biliteracy: What, Why, and How

Beyond Words: Interpreting through Images & Genre-Based Instruction:  Daniel Walzer & Madison Mahler

How to Find and Use French Authentic Resources:  Sophie Lessard

NNELL Networking Session:  Valerie Shull

Using Thinking Routines to Engage and Empower Students: Kerry Smith, Sara Chao, & Anne Salisbury

Enough with the Policing: Let’s Incorporate Google Translate:  Jude Mensah

Deutsche Dialekte durch Filme und TV Serien:  Ingrid Zeller

Zusammenarbeit - wir haben das gleiche Ziel - Sprachkompetenz:  Anna Hog

Heimatliebe und Pop: Landeskunde durch Musik:  Phil Cabeen

SPARKKinderKlub:  Anna Hog

Transforming Can-Do Statements into Interactive L2 Activities:  Norman Fewell

Popping Culture: Stephanie Moretta, Stephanie Gamauf, & Tonya Piscitello    

Unlocking Proficiency: A Roadmap to Mastering Interpretive Skills:  Kristin Goodman

Fresh Ideas for the Frenzied Teacher:   Nitya Viswanath & Lauren Arkin

Preserving Roots, Cultivating the Future: Our Heritage Program:  Anabel Martinez & Jorge España

Critical Collaboration in Secondary Dual Language Programs:  Massiel Zaragoza

Open Doors to Let in the Light:  Lynda Lopez

Films as Mini Units: keep it “reel” simple:  Elizabeth Morgan & Emily Smith

A New Employability Asset: Multilingualism:  Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan

Developing Cultural Competence through Virtual Exchanges:  Deborah Kessler & James Courtad

FRIDAY

FEATURED PRESENTER:  CARRIE TOTH
Kick Some Assessment
According to Plan

NEWS FROM ISBE: Emily Mizera & Karen Skinner
Two-Year World Language Requirement FAQ

F.A.C.T Checking: Testing for Proficiency with ACTFL Assessments: Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan &  Gosia Jaros-White

How to Develop a School-to-School Exchange:  Tristan Delhasse & Clive Sorrell 

Language Learner Literature:  Esmeralda Mora

Brain Breaks & Happy Points:  Esmeralda Mora

Fully Engaging the Disengaged:  Andrea Isabelli

Sustainable Marketability and an Ausbildungsanfang:  Anna Hog

Mentorship - We All Need Support!:  Anna Hog

Deutsch macht Spaß:  Anna Hog

Discover your Inner Storyteller: Crafting Stories to Connect with Learners Through Personal Interests: Valentina Correa

Keeping it Real: Bringing the World to Your Classroom:  Jennifer Dobberfuhl Quinlan

Visit Senegal with Vive L'experience:  Kellye Guzik & Marnice Lewis

Breaking the "Seal" in your Community:  Josh Morrel

Interculturality, Culturally Responsive Teaching, and Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies, OH MY!:  Heather Sandy

Exploring New Pathways to Proficiency: Tom Welch

Story Asking/Creation in the Elementary Classroom:  Rocio Jacoby

AI for Beginners: Tricks to Lighten your Workload:  Katrina Griffin

Spanish Heritage Learners Program Design with a Language Arts Approach: Luz-María Acosta-Knutson & Anna Torres Malima

Grading for Equity Across Languages:  Curt Gladstein & Rachel Kern

Vocab: When it Absolutely, Positively Must be Learned:  Kelly Blake Karstrand & Katie Reed-Elinoff

Lighting a Path to Empowered Teacher and Students:  Kelly Golinski

Mirrors, Windows, and Sliding Glass Doors in WL:  Desiree Roffers, Janet Granados & Amy Hammerand

Routines that Work: Supporting Learners in the K-8 Language Classroom:  Valerie Shull & Siobhán Moffitt 

Light the Way With 90% Target Language Use:  Terri Hammatt

Connect with ICTFL's Novice Teacher Support Group!:  Emily Brown & Ellen Ericson

Interviewing in World Languages:  Todd Bowen