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TNTESOL Annual Conference & Business Meeting

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

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

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

1:00pm CDT

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

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

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

4:00pm CDT

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

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

9:00am CDT

Making Data Relevant to the ESL Student AppaloosaStacy McGoldrick • April Perdomo Preparing Teachers for Advocacy & Social Justice WilliamsonKisha Bryan