Second Language Educators Conference - Events Schedule

2023 Conference Schedule

Reminder: No food or drinks are allowed in any of the rooms of the Sperry Center 

Time Event Location
8:15 – 8:45 a.m. Check-in, conference folder pick-up, refreshments Sperry Center, 1st Floor
8:45 – 9:15 a.m. Opening remarks & Welcome Dr. Ann McClelland - Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor
9:15 – 10:00 a.m. Keynote address: "Teaching with the End in Mind: Crafting an Impactful Professional Practice"  Bill Heller - Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor
10:10 – 10:55 a.m. Session I - Concurrent Workshops
Engaging, Differentiated, and Inclusive Strategies for the World Language Classroom Megan Robinson – Room 305, 3rd floor
Supporting ENL Students' L2 Development Through Literacy Instruction Leah DeMoore– Room 307, 3rd floor
Identity Beyond the Selfie: Using the Target Language to Reflect and Connect Abi Cleary - Room 308, 3rd floor
11:05 – 11:50 a.m. Session II - Concurrent Workshops
And What About Grammar? Joanne O’Toole – Room 305, 3rd floor
Connection Before Content: How Focusing on Relationships Can Help Students Access Your Content Jenn Riesbeck – Room 307, 3rd floor
The Rookie Years Austin Wilson – Room 308, 3rd floor
12:00 – 12:45 p.m. Session III - Concurrent Workshops
Latin American Civilization, History and Culture Through Music Odalis Hidalgo – Room 305, 3rd floor
Remembering the Critical Life Skills of Listening and Speaking: Advancing Oral Language in the Times of AI-assisted Writing Shena Salvato – Room 307, 3rd floor
Teaching Foreign Languages in Context: Storytelling as a Teaching Method Hongli Fan – Room 308, 3rd floor
12:55 – 1:15 p.m. Closing remarks, evaluation and raffle! Patricia Martínez de la Vega Mansilla Lecture Hall 104, 1st floor

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