9:00am CDT
Keep Calm and Use Schoology
Speakers SM
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...
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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.
Friday September 21, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Appaloosa
12:00pm CDT
Vocabulary and Reading Resources for Teaching Newcomers
Speakers SW
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...
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Friday September 21, 2018 12:00pm - 1:00pm CDT
Appaloosa
1:00pm CDT
*Hot Seat!* with TDOE and ESL Regional Advisers
Speakers 
ESL Director, Shelby County Schools
ESL Director for the absolute BEST group of ESL teachers on the planet! Dedicated; driven; seeking to engage teachers in self-development which will result in the overall academic advancement of our English Learners!
JL
ESL Coordinator, Title III Consultant, TDOE
Jan has worked with English Learners from 1979 to the present time. She currently serves as the ESL Services Coordinator for the Tennessee Department of Education. Previously she worked with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools both in the ESL office and in the classroom. She also...
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Coordinator of Culturally Inclusive Practices, TDOE
Friday September 21, 2018 1:00pm - 2:00pm CDT
Appaloosa
2:00pm CDT
Dimensions of Intercultural Communication in the ESL Classroom
Speakers 
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...
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Friday September 21, 2018 2:00pm - 3:00pm CDT
Appaloosa
3:00pm CDT
ELL Strategies that Work
Speakers AF
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.
KH
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.
SS
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.
Friday September 21, 2018 3:00pm - 4:00pm CDT
Appaloosa
4:00pm CDT
*Hot Seat!* with TDOE and ESL Regional Advisers
Speakers
ESL Director, Shelby County Schools
ESL Director for the absolute BEST group of ESL teachers on the planet! Dedicated; driven; seeking to engage teachers in self-development which will result in the overall academic advancement of our English Learners!
JL
ESL Coordinator, Title III Consultant, TDOE
Jan has worked with English Learners from 1979 to the present time. She currently serves as the ESL Services Coordinator for the Tennessee Department of Education. Previously she worked with Metropolitan Nashville Public Schools both in the ESL office and in the classroom. She also...
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Coordinator of Culturally Inclusive Practices, TDOE
Friday September 21, 2018 4:00pm - 5:00pm CDT
Appaloosa
8:00am CDT
Illegal or Undocumented: Immigrant Terminology in American Media
Speakers 
Professor, WL/ESL ED, The University of Tennessee - Knoxville
Dr. Davis-Wiley is a Professor of WL and ESL Education at The University of Tennessee where she works with MS and PhD students in WL and ESL ED and teaches classes in Methods and Research in these two fields. Her research interests include the impact of WL study on academic success...
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Central HS, Knox County Schools
Robin Lee Nelson, MS, ESL ED, UTK, is an ESL teacher at Central HS in Knox County Schools. Her research interests include social justice issues for ELs.
Saturday September 22, 2018 8:00am - 9:00am CDT
Appaloosa
9:00am CDT
Making Data Relevant to the ESL Student
Speakers SM
Shelby County ESL-Kate Bond ES
AP
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...
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Saturday September 22, 2018 9:00am - 10:00am CDT
Appaloosa
