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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.

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Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

Vocabulary learning strategies for all levels

Friday, October 24, 2008   10:15-11:00   Plum Creek

Publisher SessionOxford University Press

 

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 Oxford Picture Dictionary, Second Edition to facilitate learners’ progress from comprehension, through retention, to fluent communication.  Samples and multilevel activities will be provided.


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.

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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.

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Mary Louise Baez

Donna Price

Ventures: A continuum for adults learning English

Friday, October 24, 2008   11:15-12:00   West C

Publisher Session—Cambridge University Press

 

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 U.S. and Latin America.

 

Donna Price has taught all levels of ESL for over 20 years and is the author of Skills for Success and Ventures.

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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 U.S. and Latin America.

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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.

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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

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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

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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.
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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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 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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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 University of Colorado Denver.  Also check out doctoral degree options and a multifaceted literacy program.  The presenter will provide overviews, hand out materials, and answer questions.

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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.

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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.

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Christine Deines

Warren Taylor

Cindy McFadden