CREATE and NNETESOL: Two conferences, one mission
The 2011 CREATE conference was held in conjunction with the tri-state NNETESOL conference on Saturday, November 5, at Saint Michael’s College. Following the Keynote Address by TESOL International’s President Dr. Christine Coombs on Teacher Effectiveness, the conference split into 2 strands:
- NNETESOL—15 presentations on a variety of topics will occur over the course of the day.
- CREATE hosted a special strand of 4 consecutive sessions focused on Teaching the Language of Schooling, with
Dr. Meg Gebhard of U-Mass-Amherst as our Plenary Speaker. Dr. Gebhard is an Associate Professor in the School of Education at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. She is the co-director of the ACCELA Alliance (Access through Critical Content and English Language Acquisition). This partnership is a university-school collaborative designed to support classroom teachers in using a Hallidayan perspective of language and learning to design, implement, and critically reflect on curriculum, instruction, and assessment in the context of school reforms in the United States. Her work has appeared in the TESOL Quarterly, Modern Language Journal, Journal of Second Language Writing, Canadian Modern Language Review, and Language Arts. Following the Plenary Address, 6 teams of CREATE collaborators will discuss their work. Dr. Gebhard will attend all CAP team presentations, and will, in the final session of the day, comment on these and facilitate a discussion of the issues relevant to teaching the language of schooling.
The following are documents from the conference that presenters wished to make available:
Create Strand documents
- SBHS conference handout: science lab makeover
- SFL at JFK elementary conference handout
- LD Conference handout: lexical density study
STEPing up to meet the needs of New Arrivals (Siegel & McLean)
Curriculum Development for Adult Absolute Beginners of English
Developing Lifelong Readers: Essential Scaffolds for Teaching Literature (Gustafson & McLean)
The Cultural Connection: A Conversation with Home-School Liaisons (Kollgaard)
Implementing various co-teaching models to enhance differentiation of ELL instruction (Honigsfeld & Dove)
Conference Schedule
For More Information, download the Conference Program
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7:45 – 8:45 |
Registration, Continental Breakfast and Publishers’ Exhibits – Saint Edmunds Hall Lobby |
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8:45 – 9:05 |
NNETESOL Business Meeting and Introductory Remarks – McCarthy Arts Center |
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9:05 – 10:00 |
Keynote Address – McCarthy Arts Center Best Practice in ELT: 10 Traits of a Highly Effective Teacher with Christine Coombe |
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10:05 – 10:35 |
Coffee Break and Publishers’ Exhibits – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor |
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10:40 – 11:40
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Teaching Civics and Citizenship to Immigrants: A workshop for Teachers of Adults N. AgardSaint EdmundsRoom 102 | How Many Times Do I Have To Tell You? C. Guimond Saint Edmunds Room 103 |
No Wind, No Waves Film Presentation and Discussion L. Machalaba Saint EdmundsRoom 104 |
CREATE Strand
Supporting Academic Literacy across Disciplines: An SFL Perspective
Saint Edmunds Room 105 |
Spanning the Domains Through the Digital Story Clark & Reyes Saint EdmundsRoom 106 | STEPing up to meet the needs of New Arrivals Siegel & McLean Saint EdmundsRoom 113 | ||||||
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11:45- 12:45
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Curriculum Development for Adult Absolute Beginners of English F. Giroux Saint EdmundsRoom 102 | Developing Lifelong Readers: Essential Scaffolds for Teaching Literature Gustafson & McLeanSaint Edmunds Room 103 | Moodle for my students…Why? T. RobbSaint Edmunds
Room 104 |
CREATE Strand
Unpacking and Repacking Complex Language
Saint Edmunds Room 105 |
Preparing ELLs to be College-level Readers S. ShapiroSaint Edmunds
Room 106 |
Teacher Effectiveness in ELT: Empirical and Practical Perspectives C. CoombsSaint EdmundsRoom 113 | ||||||
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12:50 – 2:10 |
Lunch – Alliot Hall Cafeteria Publishers’ Exhibits – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor |
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2:15 – 3:15 |
Implementing various co-teaching models to enhance differentiation of ELL instruction Honigsfeld & Dove Saint EdmundsRoom 102 | The Cultural Connection: A Conversation with Home-School Liaisons K. Kollgaard
Saint Edmunds Room 103 |
Learning English through the college admissions process Z. Bodonyi
Saint Edmunds Room 104 |
CREATE Strand
Kick-starting Language in the Classroom
Charting our Course toward Academic Literacies
(please note this session end at 3:30)
Saint Edmunds Room 105 |
Practical Techniques for Teaching Culture in the Classroom J. McVeigh
Saint Edmunds Room 106 |
Q&A Open Session with TESOL President Christine Coombs C. Coombs
Saint Edmunds Room 113 |
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3:15-3:30 |
Closing Remarks and Book Raffle – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor |
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