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Session Handouts:
Collaborative Teaching Ideas for the ESL Classroom
ESL Professional Development A “How to” and “How much?” Approach
HELP! She Doesn't Speak English! Teaching English Language
Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
The Office of English Language Programs/U.S. Department of
State: Opportunities and Resources for TEFL Professionals
Participant Comments:
Great
conference. Loved the site, time of year, set up, comfort,
food---it was awesome. Best Southeast that I have attended.
Kudos!
It was a
rewarding and valuable experience.
I enjoyed it
very much. I came away inspired and with more knowledge to work
with. Thank you.
A lot of
wonderful information. We just need to get more information out
to our peers in the regular classroom teachers in the content
areas, especially at the secondary level.
I have
returned to teaching and put two ideas in place (decoding and
powerpoints), shared another idea with regular class teachers
("relationship trees") and have one on the back burner to
develop as a retirement business. This qualifies as a success
for me, thanks!
The dancing was wonderful. It
showed appreciation for diversity.
I really had a good time. The
first sessions I attended were so good, and the last one, so
they carried the rest of the conference. The down comforters
made everything better, and the beautiful hotel service. I've
never felt so cared for or well rested in a hotel before, for
real.
It was a wonderful conference
and I brought a great deal of new knowledge back to my district.
Awesome experience! I loved
every minute of it and can't wait to attend again!
Hosting Organizations:
KYTESOL, Kentucky Migrant Education, &
Kentucky Department of Education
Affiliate States:
Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia,
Kentucky, Louisiana,
Mississippi, North Carolina, South
Carolina, & Tennessee
Conference Information:
The SETESOL
2007 Regional Conference was
held at the Louisville Marriott
Downtown in walking
distance of a variety of
delightful restaurants and
entertainment opportunities,
including Louisville’s Fourth
Street Live (www.4thstlive.com).
Over 500 educators from 10
states came together to
network, collaborate, learn new
strategies, and investigate new
materials for educating our
English Language Learners.
This year’s conference theme was “Building Bridges: Connecting
the Learning Community.”
The
conference featured a number
of engaging keynote and session
speakers, including Dr. Roberto Dansie,
cultural diversity speaker,
trainer, and author; John
Segota, TESOL Advocacy
Specialist; Helmer Duverge, ESL
Family Literacy Specialist for
NCFL; and Tery Medina, Associate
Director of the Southeastern
Equity Center.
Pre-conference Information:
Participants discovered the
Project GLAD model and learned key
strategies to implement
right away in their K-12 classrooms!
GLAD Key Trainer Ana Filipek acquainted participants with this
model and many strategies which
"promote English language
acquisition, academic achievement,
and cross-cultural skills." For
more information, visit:
www.projectglad.com.
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SETESOL
2007 Regional Conference