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TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting

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

Andrea Bontempi

Rutherford County Schools
ESL Specialist

As the TNTESOL Newsletter Editor, I'm always looking for articles!

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

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 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

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 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

Writing for Publication: The TNTESOL Journal and TNTESOL Newsletter ArabianAndrea Bontempi • Dr. Johnna Paraiso

2:00pm CDT

Collaboration in the Digital Age Salon 2Dr. Christine Tennyson Effective Writing Strategies to Improve Student Outcomes WilliamsonCinamon Collins, Ed.D. • Meghann Wynne

3:00pm CDT

ELL Strategies that Work AppaloosaAshley Fern • Karen Hunter-Mennenga • Sara Simmons Implications of Cognitive Approaches to Linguistics for TESOL ArabianDavid Broersma Scaffolding Science Content in the Middle School Classroom MorganMeghan Vigil 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

Trauma Informed Teaching for ELLs FranklinDr. Johnna Paraiso

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

8:00am CDT

Illegal or Undocumented: Immigrant Terminology in American Media AppaloosaPattie Davis-Wiley • Robin Lee Nelson 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 Best Vocabulary Teaching Practices: Research Findings and the Real World Salon 6Keith Folse

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