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TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting

Give Light
Learn from the past. Teach in the present. Illuminate the future.

7:00am CDT

CHECK-IN & ON-SITE REGISTRATION Registration Desk

7:30am CDT

How to SCHED Registration Desk

8:15am CDT

Come to order and celebrate ESL Salons 6-10Janette Lanier

8:30am CDT

Welcome Salons 6-10Dr. Candice McQueen

9:00am CDT

A Dive into Accountability Salons 6-10Evan Kramer

10:45am CDT

ESL Research at the Department Salons 6-10Adam Rollins

11:45am CDT

Lunch Break Lunch - offsite options

1:00pm CDT

Q & A Salons 6-10Katie Barcy • Janette Lanier

1:30pm CDT

A Review of Civil Rights Requirements Salons 6-10Rachel Suppé

3:00pm CDT

Wrap Up and TNTESOL Announcements Salons 6-10Janette Lanier

4:30pm CDT

Welcome to TNTESOL - Reception and Celebration Marriott Terrace/Carothers

7:00am CDT

Breakfast at the Marriott Salons 6-10 CHECK-IN & ON-SITE REGISTRATION Registration Desk

7:30am CDT

How to SCHED Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

Plenary: An Intro to Corpus Linguistics for ESL Teachers Salons 6-10Keith Folse

9:00am CDT

Celebrating Culture: Hosting an International Family Night WilliamsonAlison Garland Dazzling Our Way Into Vocabulary Success MorganBecky Ketner • Vanessa Saucedo Effective Writing Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes FranklinCinamon Collins, Ed.D. • Meghann Wynne Keep Calm and Use Schoology AppaloosaShelly Misenheimer • Katherine Perry Wild GooseChase ArabianMark Littlefield Using movement to teach academic vocabulary in middle and high school SaddlebredCollin Olson Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang

10:00am CDT

TNTESOL Annual Business Meeting Salons 6-10

11:00am CDT

Lunch at the Marriott Salons 6-10

12:00pm CDT

Dazzling Our Way Into Vocabulary Success : Elementary WilliamsonBecky Ketner • Vanessa Saucedo Empowering Students to Speak ArabianBeth Williams Illuminating Language:Engagement in Actions and Words MorganLee Ann Kelly • Diann Sorensen The ELL Teacher's Toolbox: Ideas to Support Your Students SaddlebredTracey Anderson • Elizabeth Proctor Vocabulary and Reading Resources for Teaching Newcomers AppaloosaShauna Wells Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang The Key to Helping ESL Students with Seven Difficult Grammar Points Salon 6Keith Folse Twist with the Rubik's Cube FranklinMark Littlefield

1:00pm CDT

*Hot Seat!* with TDOE and ESL Regional Advisers AppaloosaKatie Barcy • Debra Frantz • Janette Lanier • Joann Runion Engaging with Identity Langauges Salon 4Shelly McClanahan Latino Parent Involvement Salon 2Kelly Duran Let's Read! Motivating ESL students to read more books Salon 3Heidi Redmon Lighting the Path to Language Acquisition for Newcomers (K-5) SaddlebredAmy Cunningham Using Interactive Word Walls to Increase Academic Vocabulary in ELLs Salon 1Tanya Hill Why Use DonorsChoose? MorganLily Buzdugan • Melanie Jackson Writing for Publication: The TNTESOL Journal and TNTESOL Newsletter ArabianAndrea Bontempi • Dr. Johnna Paraiso Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang

2:00pm CDT

Analyzing WIDA ACCESS 2.0 Data to Drive Instruction MorganLisa Clark Collaboration in the Digital Age Salon 2Dr. Christine Tennyson Creating Reality: Using VR Creators to Promote Student Exploration Salon 4Todd Thevenot • Heidi Thevenot Dimensions of Intercultural Communication in the ESL Classroom AppaloosaChristopher Hastings Effective Collaboration and Co-Teaching ArabianSarah Bice • Lindsee Stephens Effective Writing Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes WilliamsonCinamon Collins, Ed.D. • Meghann Wynne Resettled Refugees' Strengths and Responsive Instruction SaddlebredShannon Daniel Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang Academic Vocabulary for More Precise Language FranklinBeth Houck Engaging ELs: Developing Lifelong Learners Through Literacy and STEAM Salon 3Hannah Brown Teachers Plus Technology Equals Text that Matters to All Students Salon 1Shauna Williams

3:00pm CDT

ELL Strategies that Work AppaloosaAshley Fern • Karen Hunter-Mennenga • Sara Simmons English Teachers as Citizen Diplomats SaddlebredChristopher Hastings • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State Implications of Cognitive Approaches to Linguistics for TESOL ArabianDavid Broersma Scaffolding Science Content in the Middle School Classroom MorganMeghan Vigil Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang Bring Mentor Sentences to Light: Strengthen Grammar in Context Salon 2Sunita Watson Writer's Workshop for EL Students: Putting the Pieces Together Salon 4Marissa Tomasic

4:00pm CDT

*Hot Seat!* with TDOE and ESL Regional Advisers AppaloosaKatie Barcy • Rachel Counce • Debra Frantz • Janette Lanier • Joann Runion • Sarah Ziegler Engaging the Digital English Learner WilliamsonJennifer Long Improving Interactive Communication through “Presentation Stations” Salon 3Sydney Bassett • Geoffrey Goodman Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program SaddlebredChristopher Hastings • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State The Volunteer State Seal of Biliteracy Salon 1Lynne Robinson Trauma Informed Teaching for ELLs FranklinDr. Johnna Paraiso Developing norms for scientific sensemaking with resettled refugees MorganShannon Daniel Dual Language Immersion: Why State Policy Matters. ArabianMatthias Maunsell Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang

6:00pm CDT

Give Light: an evening of music and friendship Columbia State Community College - Franklin

7:00am CDT

Breakfast at the Marriott Salons 6-10 CHECK-IN & ON-SITE REGISTRATION Registration Desk

8:00am CDT

Tapping into Adult English Language Learners’ Funds of Knowledge FranklinAnna Sanczyk Utilizing Technology to Manage ELL Programs: Spend Less Time on Compliance, and More Time on Instruction ArabianELLevation Illegal or Undocumented: Immigrant Terminology in American Media AppaloosaPattie Davis-Wiley • Robin Lee Nelson Resettled Refugees' Strengths and Responsive Instruction MorganShannon Daniel Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang Turning Long Term Language Learners Into ESL Graduates WilliamsonDr. Christine Tennyson • Meghan Vigil

9:00am CDT

*Hot Seat!* with TDOE and ESL Regional Advisers ArabianKatie Barcy • Rachel Counce • Debra Frantz • Janette Lanier • Joann Runion • Sarah Ziegler Beyond the Classroom: Not Your Mother’s Teacher Preparation Program SaddlebredSharon Hixon • Jacquelyn Mesco Making Data Relevant to the ESL Student AppaloosaStacy McGoldrick • April Perdomo Preparing Teachers for Advocacy & Social Justice WilliamsonKisha Bryan Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang Get Teachers Hooked on the Reading Habit: Read-Alouds Do Work MorganShauna Williams Best Vocabulary Teaching Practices: Research Findings and the Real World Salon 6Keith Folse Shining a Light on Linguistic Diversity in the ESL Classroom FranklinTrini Stickle • Alison Youngblood

10:00am CDT

Exhibitors Highland & HallwaysELLevation • Daniel Allen • Kristin Blankenship • Bridgeview Education • Benchmark Education • Jaci's Jewels • Imagine Learning • English Language Programs, U.S. Department of State • Middle Tennessee State University, College of Education and College of Graduate Studies • Arkansas State University • Ling Wang

11:00am CDT

Awards & Recognitions Salon 6