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:

1. NNETESOL—15 presentations on a variety of topics will occur over the course of the day.
2. 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)

• Overview of the STEP program
• STEPPING UP TO SERVE
• Tchr_Scoring_Sht_Assessment

Curriculum Development for Adult Absolute Beginners of English

• Farrah Giroux AB ppt

Developing Lifelong Readers: Essential Scaffolds for Teaching Literature   (Gustafson & McLean)  

• 2011Program           

The Cultural Connection: A Conversation with Home-School Liaisons (Kollgaard)

• The Cultural Connection Handout
  

Implementing various co-teaching models to enhance differentiation of ELL instruction     (Honigsfeld & Dove)

• http://coteachingforells.weebly.com/

 

Conference Schedule

For More Information, download the Conference Program

7:45 – 8:45

Registration, Continental Breakfast and Publishers’ Exhibits – Saint Edmunds Hall Lobby

8:45 – 9:05

NNETESOL Business Meeting and Introductory Remarks – McCarthy Arts Center

9:05 – 10:00

Keynote Address – McCarthy Arts Center Best Practice in ELT: 10 Traits of a Highly Effective Teacher with Christine Coombe

10:05 – 10:35

Coffee Break and Publishers’ Exhibits – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor

10:40 – 11:40

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

11:45- 12:45

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

12:50 – 2:10

Lunch – Alliot Hall Cafeteria Publishers’ Exhibits  – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor

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

3:15-3:30

Closing Remarks and Book Raffle – Saint Edmunds Hall 3rd Floor