TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting: Full Schedule

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

9:00am CDT

Keep Calm and Use Schoology

Has your school implemented Schoology? Do you need additional training on the features? Need teaching & learning strategies to implement it within the ESL classroom? This presentation will explain the features, how to implement them with your ELs at all levels, and allow you to see the implementation from the perspective of student/teacher.

If you can't attend the TNTESOL conference this year, check out this page for a selection of sessions on a variety of topics essential to ESL, Friday, September 21 (8:00 - 5:00) and Saturday, September 22 (8:00 - 11:00).

Speakers

Shelly Misenheimer

CLASSROOM TEACHER-ESL, Collierville Schools

Shelly Misenheimer is in her 20th year of teaching with Collierville Schools. She begins her 15th year in ESL and previously taught Spanish at the elementary level. Her experience includes elementary, middle, and high school. Additionally, she was chosen as the 2013 ESL Teacher... Read More →

Katherine Perry

Central Office - Curriculum & Accountability, CS

Katherine Perry is currently serving as an Elementary PLC Data Coach for Collierville Schools. She works with schools to inspire collective inquiry and shared ownership that leads to improved learning outcomes for all students.

SchoologyPresentationTNTESOL pptx

Friday September 21, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Appaloosa

Practice Oriented, Webcast

Session ID §-13
Presenter Email smisenheimer@colliervilleschools.org

12:00pm CDT

Vocabulary and Reading Resources for Teaching Newcomers

Two online resources for teaching vocabulary to newcomers, BarryFunEnglish and Mes English, will be discussed in detail. Also, the PALS Reading Program, developed by Vanderbilt University, will be discussed and how it can be adapted to teach beginning reading to ELLs. Finally, reading resources available on Learning a-z will be highlighted.

If you can't attend the TNTESOL conference this year, check out this page for a selection of sessions on a variety of topics essential to ESL, Friday, September 21 (8:00 - 5:00) and Saturday, September 22 (8:00 - 11:00).

Speakers

Shauna Wells

ESL Teacher, Williamson County Schools

Shauna Wells was a Peace Corps Volunteer in Mauritania from 1992-94. She received her Masters in Special Education from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 1998. In 2006, she received her ESL endorsement from Seattle Pacific University. She currently teaches ESL in the Williamson... Read More →

Lesson Ideas for Newcomers desktop pptx

Friday September 21, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
Appaloosa

Practice Oriented, Webcast

Session ID §-29
Presenter Email shauna.wells@wcs.edu

2:00pm CDT

Dimensions of Intercultural Communication in the ESL Classroom

As ESL teachers, we develop the intercultural awareness of our students, but we also need to improve our own intercultural communicative competence. After discussing the effects of national cultures on values and behaviors, participants will be led through critical incidents to uncover challenges from intercultural interactions.

If you can't attend the TNTESOL conference this year, check out this page for a selection of sessions on a variety of topics essential to ESL, Friday, September 21 (8:00 - 5:00) and Saturday, September 22 (8:00 - 11:00).

Speakers

Christopher Hastings

ESL Coordinator, Southwest Tennessee Community College

Dr. Hastings has spent 16 years teaching ESL/EFL and training teachers. Before coming to Southwest Tennessee Community College, he was a State Department English Language Fellow in Russia and China. In addition to teaching in Colombia, Brazil, South Korea, and Saudi Arabia, he was... Read More →

Dimensions of IC in ESL pptx

Friday September 21, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Appaloosa

Practice Oriented, Webcast

Session ID §-15
Presenter Email cjhastings@southwest.tn.edu

3:00pm CDT

ELL Strategies that Work

Are you interested in finding more ways to reach your ELs? Come learn creative yet practical strategies for presenting content and differentiating assessments and materials. You will leave the workshop with new ideas that can be implemented in your classroom next week.

If you can't attend the TNTESOL conference this year, check out this page for a selection of sessions on a variety of topics essential to ESL, Friday, September 21 (8:00 - 5:00) and Saturday, September 22 (8:00 - 11:00).

Speakers

Ashley Fern

Franklin Special School District, Franklin, TN

I am a K-4 ELL teacher at Moore Elementary school. This is my fifth year teaching in the Franklin Special School District. I also spent two years teaching in Malawi, Africa.

Karen Hunter-Mennenga

Poplar Grove Elementary, Franklin, TN

I am a K-4 ELL teacher in Franklin Special School District. I was a bilingual Spanish teacher in Oakland, California, before moving to Tennessee in 2006. This is my seventeenth year teaching and I am National Board Certified in ELL.

Sara Simmons

I am a 7/8 ELL teacher in Franklin Special School District. This is my eleventh year teaching and I am certified in K-12 ELL and 7-12 Social Studies.

ELL Presentation TNTESOL pptx

strategies1 pdf

Friday September 21, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Appaloosa

Practice Oriented, Webcast

Session ID §-30
Presenter Email mennengakar@fssd.org

9:00am CDT

Making Data Relevant to the ESL Student

In our teaching, we are required to collect and use data to better reach our student's specific needs with targeted instruction. Often our districts and schools mandate what this data collection should look like and it can be difficult to make that data relevant to the student. This session's goal seeks to do just that.

If you can't attend the TNTESOL conference this year, check out this page for a selection of sessions on a variety of topics essential to ESL, Friday, September 21 (8:00 - 5:00) and Saturday, September 22 (8:00 - 11:00).

Speakers

Stacy McGoldrick

Shelby County ESL-Kate Bond ES

April Perdomo

Kate Bond Elementary, Memphis, TN

Both April Perdomo and Stacy McGoldrick teach 1st Grade ESL at Kate Bond Elementary. Perdomo has taught for a total of 8 years and McGoldrick a total of 19 years. Both are passionate about the English Language Learner and have collaborated together the past several years to build... Read More →

DataforStudents TNTESOL 2018 pptx

Language Goals Sheets Elementary School BLANK docx

Saturday September 22, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Appaloosa

Practice Oriented, Webcast

Session ID §-26
Presenter Email wroblewskia@scsk12.org