Presentation
Abstracts and Biographies
John Ade
Making the jump: Developing curriculum backwards to
move learners forward
Saturday, October 25, 2008 11:15-12:00 Cherry Creek
Publisher Session—Pearson
Longman
With
so much pressure to move ELLs quickly into the mainstream, a carefully crafted
approach is needed to ensure students are properly prepared. The presenter will explore how Understanding by Design offers the best
opportunity to equip English learners with the skills they need to “make the
jump” to the mainstream.
John
Ade, marketing director of Pearson Longman, has extensive experience in English
language teaching. He frequently
presents at state and national conferences throughout the U.S.
Jayme Adelson-Goldstein
Vocabulary learning strategies for all levels
Friday, October 24, 2008 10:15-11:00 Plum Creek
Publisher Session—
This
session will explore key strategies students can use to develop their active
vocabulary. The presenter will use the
meaningful contexts, rich visual support, and authentic language tasks of the
Jayme
Adelson-Goldstein is the author of Listen
First; coauthor of the Oxford Picture
Dictionary and Read and Reflect;
and series director of Step Forward Intro
– 4.
Deborah Agar
Morgan Spanel, Kari Workman
Tying together belief, theory, and practice
Friday, October 24, 2008 1:30-2:15 Poster Area
Poster 45 minutes EE, SE, IEP / HE, TE /AR
This presentation will
provide demonstrations of highly effective content lessons and planning for
ELLs in science at the secondary level and differentiated assessment for
literacy and math at the primary level. Teacher reflection and growth are a main focus.
Deborah Agar is the
linguistically diverse education coordinator for the Regis Master of Arts in
Education program.
Morgan Spanel holds an MA degree
in teaching the linguistically diverse from Regis University and teaches middle
school science in Aurora Public Schools.
Kari Workman
earned her MA degree in teaching the linguistically diverse from Regis
University and teaches third grade in Aurora Public Schools.
Mary Louise Baez
Donna Price
Ventures: A continuum for adults learning
English
Friday, October 24,
2008 11:15-12:00 West C
Publisher Session—
Ventures takes students from beginning
ESL literacy through high intermediate using a four skills integrative,
engaging, and motivating syllabus. A
wide-range of components, including the innovative AddVentures, addresses
multilevel challenges and learner persistence.
Mary
Louise Baez has been a senior ESL specialist with Cambridge University Press
since 1997. She has taught and trained teachers in the
Donna
Price has taught all levels of ESL for over 20 years and is the author of Skills for Success and Ventures.
Mary Louise Baez
Building academic
skills with Cambridge University Press
Friday, October 24,
2008 2:30-3:15 Plum Creek
Publisher Session—Cambridge
University Press
Are
you looking for texts to prepare your students with academic skills? Come learn about Academic Encounters: American
Studies, Discovering Fiction: An Introduction, Passages, 2nd
Edition, and the new Cambridge dictionaries.
Mary
Louise Baez has been a senior ESL specialist with Cambridge University Press
since 1997. She has taught and trained teachers in the
Marie Bahalla
An approach to in-house
teacher training
Friday, October 24,
2008 1:30-3:15 Golden
Workshop 105 minutes AE, IEP / HE,
PA, SE, GA, TE / AR
How
can administrators or teachers conduct on-going in-house teacher training for
the benefit of faculty development? This workshop will engage
participants in the "loop input" method of teacher training, which is
an experiential process that aligns the specific process with the content being
covered.
Marie Bahalla
is a certified CELTA (Certificate for English Language Teaching to Adults)
Trainer with Cambridge ESOL.
John Bel
Effectively leveraging
technology for successful language learning
Friday, October 24,
2008 3:30-4:15 Cherry Creek
Publisher Session—Auralog
Is technology your teaching
partner? Students are absorbed with technology;
use it to immerse them in language.
Advanced technologies, like speech recognition, enable practice with
native speakers to perfect diction, directly improving pronunciation. Putting technology to work for you is easy
with the experts who fused it with language learning over 20 years ago.
Relocated from the Netherlands
in 1979, John Bel is acutely aware of the cultural differences and obstacles
facing immigrants. He is committed to
easing others’ integration by helping educators
John Bel
Using technology to
enhance language skill proficiency
Saturday, October 25,
2008 2:30-3:15 Plum Creek
Publisher Session—Auralog
What do you know about
language learning and technology? Discover
what you do know and learn what you don’t following a quick technology
quiz. Learn how to customize technology
for the classroom and align it with your curriculum. It’s all about engaging, personalizing, and
integrating. Then let technology go to
work for you.
Relocated from the Netherlands
in 1979, John Bel is acutely aware of the cultural differences and obstacles
facing immigrants. He is committed to
easing others’ integration by helping educators
Almitra Berry
Literacy instruction
for culturally and linguistically diverse learners at risk
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-12:00 Parker
Workshop 105 minutes BE, EE, PA,
IEP / HE
This session will: (a) introduce participants to
research results of decoding instruction coupled with Specially Designed
Academic Instruction in English (SDAIE) methods which address the needs of
culturally and linguistically diverse learners; (b) teach participants specific
methods that work for culturally and linguistically diverse learners at all
language proficiency levels.
Almitra Berry is a national recognized speaker and
literacy consultant on the topic of culturally and linguistically diverse
learners at-risk. She is a graduate of
the University of California, Davis, holding a bachelor’s degree in political
science/public administration. She received her first masters in teaching, a
second in curriculum and instruction, and is an educational leadership doctoral
candidate with a specialization in curriculum and instruction. She holds multiple
credentials including a California reading endorsement, language development
specialist, and bilingual/cross-cultural language acquisition and development
for Spanish language instruction.
Anne Bliss
Action research in the
second language classroom
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-12:00 West C
Workshop 105 minutes SE, IEP / HE,
TE / AR
Action
research enables the teacher to examine practices and plan actions to improve
them. The simple research techniques formalize a process of reflection on
teaching skills and practices. This workshop enables hands on practice with
multiple action research techniques appropriate for second language classrooms.
Anne
Bliss, senior instructor in the University of Colorado Boulder program for
writing and rhetoric, worked last year as an EFL teacher, teacher trainer, and
consultant in Chile.
Paula Blum
Activities for
one-on-one lessons and pair work
Friday, October 24,
2008 10:15-12:00 West E
Workshop 105 minutes AE, GA
Teaching
one-on-one can be demanding. In this
hands-on workshop, you will learn a range of fun student-oriented strategies to
get your students talking, reading and writing English. Classroom teachers will
also be able to use these techniques for pair work. Detailed handouts will be provided.
Paula
Blum has 15 years’ experience teaching language in the US, New Zealand, and
Germany. She is an ESL curriculum
developer for Intercambio de Comunidades.
Kathy Bougher
Amy Thornton, Christine Loven-Santos, Marcelle Irvine
Immigration issues for
educators
Saturday, October 25,
2008 1:30-3:15 West E
Panel 105 minutes GA, TE / AR
The
session will be a Powerpoint presentation followed by a panel and audience
discussion on current immigration issues, based on panelists´ participation in
a seventeen-day educators´ U.S.-Mexico border immersion course. Panelists
will also discuss how they are applying their experiences to their professional
practice and their school communities. Handouts will be provided.
Kathy Bougher
is an honorarium instructor at the University of Colorado Denver and a retired
English language acquisition instructional specialist in Denver Public Schools.
Amy Thomton is
an English language acquisition instructional specialist in Denver Public
Schools and a University of Colorado Denver honorarium instructor.
Christine
Loven-Santos is an English as a second language teacher at New America School.
Marcelle Irvine
is an English as a second language teacher at Lincoln High School in Denver
Public Schools.
Christina Brady
Accent training: Big
picture, little picture
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-11:00 Spruse
Demonstration 45 minutes IEP / HE
The
presenter demonstrates classroom activities for accent training. The
first two activities focus on intelligibility and phoneme trouble spots. The
next two focus on accent features such as intonation within a whole speech act.
The presenter encourages balance between phoneme level activities and
those focusing on intelligibility and linguistic chunks.
Christina
Brady has recently taken a faculty position in Sharjah UAE, after working for
nine years at the International English Center in Boulder. She has 15
years of ESL experience. She received her MATESOL from Georgetown
University and has taught ESL in San Francisco, New York City, Washington, DC,
Japan, and France. Her areas of expertise include accent reduction and
advanced writing.
.
Diana Brady-Herndon
Meredith Folley
Enliven your class with
clickers!
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-11:00 Conifer
Demonstration 45 minutes AE, CALL, IEP
/ HE
During
an ESL lesson students can be reluctant to answer questions.
Clickers are a means to address this problem by providing an
anonymous and highly enjoyable response activity. Additionally, the
teacher can instantly assess students’ comprehension by viewing response
graphs. The presenters will share their experiences and materials they’ve
created.
Diana
Brady-Herndon, assistant coordinator for the Community College of Aurora’s
community ESL program, has a master’s degree in curriculum development and has
taught ESL and EFL.
Meredith
Folley is a full-time instructor at the Community College of Aurora’s college
prep ESL program and a former coordinator at Aimes Community College.
Ruth Brancard
Mark Clarke, Jennifer QuinnWilliams, Barbara Vaille
Engaging teachers in
professional development
Friday, October 24,
2008 2:30-4:15 Spruce
Workshop 105 minutes PA, EE, SE,
TE / AR
Professional
development is one way program administrators improve curriculum coherence and
teacher effectiveness. Using insights from constructive developmental
psychology and organizational learning theory, the presenters will discuss
insights gained from a National Professional Development project and lead
participants in examining strategies for engaging teachers in professional
development activities.
The
presenters are working on the ELA Professional Development Project, a
grant-funded initiative of the University of Colorado Denver’s School of
Education in partnership with Denver Public Schools and New America Schools.
Ruth
Brancard coordinates the project's coaching initiative.
Mark
Clarke coordinates graduate course work in language learning and teaching.
Jennifer
QuinnWilliams and Barbara Vaille coach middle and high school teachers involved
in the project.
Ruth Brancard
Amy Thomton
Implementing learning
labs for teachers
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-12:00 West E
Workshop 105 minutes PA, GA, SE,
TE /AR
Learning
labs provide opportunities for teachers to open their classrooms to each other
and reflect on their practice in a supportive environment. Presenters share
their experience with implementing learning labs focused on sheltered
instruction strategies in an urban high school and walk participants through
the learning lab process.
Ruth
Brancard of the University of Colorado Denver coordinates the coaching
initiative for the ELA professional development project, a joint effort of the
university and Denver Public Schools.
Amy
Thomton is the ELA instructional specialist for high schools in Denver Public
Schools.
Paula Brown
Enrique Pilleux
The Colorado language
proficiency "no surprises" model
Friday, October 24,
2008 2:30-3:15 Cherry Creek
Publisher Session—CTB/McGraw-Hill
When districts ensure that
their ELLs are progressing through the stages of language acquisition, they
experience “no surprises” upon review of individual state test results. By creating a thoughtful timeline that
includes CTB’s LAS Links suite of
products, districts can provide professional development, instructional
materials, and a variety of assessment that lead to understanding skill
development and how students will perform in CELA each year.
Paula Brown, senior
evaluation consultant for CTB/McGraw-Hill, offers a wide array of assessment
services to Colorado customers. She
provides expertise in formative and summative assessments and assists in
linking the results to instruction.
Enrique Pilleux, bilingual
ELL solutions specialist for CTB/McGraw-Hill, provides knowledge and expertise
in the field of language proficiency assessment. He has over 15 years of experience in English
language learning and bilingual education.
Dieter Bruhn
Creating high interest
lessons with songs
Saturday, October 25,
2008 1:30-2:15 Evergreen
Demonstration 45 minutes GA
Songs
can be used as effective tools for maintaining student interest while teaching
valuable skills. In this highly interactive demonstration, the presenter
will go through several exciting activities that incorporate songs.
Audience participation will be encouraged and detailed handouts will be
provided.
Dieter
Bruhn is president of One World Training, which offers TEFL certificate
programs in Boulder, as well as president of CoTESOL.
Joe Chapple
Academic vocabulary
learning in context
Saturday, October 25,
2008 1:30-2:15 Plum Creek
Publisher
Session—Oxford University Press
This
session introduces an incremental approach to academic vocabulary instruction that
guides teachers as they sequence instruction and practice with target words in
varied settings. Exercises from the new
series Inside Reading: The Academic Word List in Context
demonstrates academic vocabulary learning that is principled, straightforward,
and interactive.
Joe Chapple is national marketing manager at Oxford University Press. He has over fifteen years’ experience as an ESL teacher, administrator, and materials writer.
Mark Clarke
Sally Nathenson-Mejia, Ruth Brancard, Alan
Davis
Secondary ELL teachers'
professional development partnership
Saturday, October 25,
2008 2:30-3:15 Golden
Paper 45 minutes BE, SE, TE /
AR
The
presenters describe what they are learning about the impact of professional
development within an urban university/school district partnership to improve
the learning and engagement of English language learners in secondary schools.
The presentation will address issues of change on professor and teachers’
practice and connections to student learning.
Mark
Clarke is a professor at the University of Colorado Denver. His research
focuses on professional development for teachers of English language learners.
Sally
Nathenson-Mejía is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver.
Her research focuses on the literacy development and teaching of English
language learners.
Ruth
Brancard is coordinator of the coaching initiative for the University of
Colorado Denver ELA professional development project.
Alan
Davis is an associate professor at the University of Colorado Denver. His
research focuses on adolescents in urban schools.
Beth Cloven
Nancy Berry
Integrating extensive
reading into your classes
Saturday, October 25,
2008 1:30-2:15 Spruce
Demonstration 45 minutes GA, IEP / HE
In
addition to intensive reading practice provided by textbooks, ESL learners need
practice with extensive reading to improve reading speed, fluency, and
vocabulary. Presenters will provide research regarding extensive reading,
describe how one IEP’s curriculum was modified to include extensive reading,
and discuss what they have learned in the process.
Beth
Cloven received her MA in TESOL from the School for International Training and
works as a curriculum supervisor in the Intensive English Program at Colorado
State University.
Nancy
Berry has been a curriculum supervisor and instructor at the Intensive English
Program at Colorado State University for the past several years.
Pamela Cole
Andrea Martinez
Teaching pronunciation
Saturday, October 25, 2008 10:15-11:00
Evergreen
Workshop 45 minutes AE, BE, IEP /
HE
Are
you unsure about how to teach pronunciation to your beginning and intermediate
students? Then this session is for you. We will use some of
the Lindamood-Bell LIPS techniques and materials to show you how to teach
pronunciation for short easily prepared activities to supplement the longer
teaching procedures.
Pamela
Cole and Andrea Martinez work for The Learning Source for Adults and Families.
Pamela oversees evening ESL programs that partner with the Aurora public
schools and ESL and GED classes in partnership with Community College of
Aurora. Andrea is currently responsible
for the oversight of the family literacy programs. She oversees the implementation and ongoing
development of curriculum and instructional standards.
Nancy Commins
Mix & match: A
strategy for every classroom
Friday, October 24,
2008 10:15-12:00 Parker
Workshop 105 minutes BE, EE, GA
“Mix
and Match” can be used at any grade level with any subject matter to address
content and language objectives. Get
your students physically active while learning.
Come create sets of cards to reinforce content area vocabulary, teach a
grammar structure or set the stage for higher order thinking activities.
Nancy
Commins is an independent consultant who is dedicated to improving education
for second language learners and the teachers and administrators who work with
them.
Diccon Conant
Explore graduate
education at UC Denver
Saturday, October 25,
2008 10:15-11:00 Cherry Creek
Publisher
Session—University of Colorado Denver
Learn
about earning a TESOL certificate, a Colorado Department of Education
endorsement in linguistically diverse education, and/or a related master’s degree
at the
.
Diccon
Conant holds an MA in English and is an academic advisor in the University of
Colorado Denver’s School of Education and Human Development.
Connie Davis
Rebecca Booterbaugh
English only in the
classroom: Revisited
Friday, October 24,
2008 1:30-2:15 Conifer
Discussion 45 minutes AE, GA
This
discussion will revolve around the concept of using English only in the
classroom. Is this strategy valid and productive? Why? Are
there times or settings in which L1 can be used? Let’s review the pros
and cons of this universal topic.
Connie
Davis is the director of the Northern Colorado Professional Development Center
in Longmont and teaches at Front Range Community College.
Rebecca
Booterbaugh teaches ESL and ABE at St. Vrain Valley Adult Education.
Christine Deines
Warren Taylor
Cindy McFadden