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TESOL Academy 2009
Continuing Education Workshops for ESOL Professionals
College of Charleston
Charleston, South Carolina
June 19-20, 2009
Overview
Registration Information
Accommodations
Workshops
Academy Updates:
The TESOL Academy 2009 supports your professional development needs:
The TESOL Academy provides intensive, hands-on workshops for a wide variety of TESOL practitioners. The Academy features seven 10-hour workshops focused on key issues and areas of practice in the profession, from teaching a multilevel class and literacy development in content areas success to reading comprehension and writing instruction for ELLs.
The Academy, which starts at noon on Friday and runs through Saturday afternoon, is held on a university campus, a perfect setting for peer-to-peer learning on a topic highly relevant to your needs.
Register online to guarantee your first workshop selection. Each workshop is limited to the first 35 participants and is filled on a first-come, first-served basis. Registration fees include materials, refreshments, certificates of attendance, and the opportunity to earn continuing education credit.
Join TESOL when you register and receive the TESOL member price for the Academy registration and other member benefits throughout the year.
Schedule-At-A-Glance
Friday, June 19
12:00 pm–1:00 pm......Check-In
1:00 pm–5:00 pm........Workshops in Session
Saturday, June 20
9:00 am–12:00 pm......Workshops in Session
12:00 pm–1:30 pm.......Lunch (on your own)
1:30 pm–4:30 pm........Workshops in Session
4:45 pm–5:15 pm........Networking Session (optional)
** Special for current Carolina-TESOL members only: Please contact edprograms@tesol.org to learn more about how you can receive TESOL’s member price.**
Registration Fees (include materials, refreshments, and a Certificate of Attendance)
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Early Discount |
Regular |
| TESOL Member |
$205 |
$245 |
| Nonmember |
$295 |
$335 |
How to Register
Registration Terms
To receive the early discount rate, your registration must be postmarked no later than May 22, 2009.
Registrations are accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. Seating in each workshop is limited to the first 35 participants.
Payment for all purchase orders must be received in full before the academy start date. Participants registering with a purchase order should follow up with their employers to ensure timely payment.
Refund Policy
Requests for refunds of registration and fees must be received before June 5, 2009. For requests received through June 5, 2009, a $75 processing fee will be deducted from the refunded amount. No refunds will be granted for requests received after June 5, 2009. (See Program Cancellation policy below.)
Program Cancellation
TESOL reserves the right to cancel any workshop because of low registration or events not within TESOL’s control. In the unlikely event of cancellation, registrants will be notified and offered the option to switch to a different workshop or receive a full refund.
TESOL reserves the right to substitute workshop presenters in the unlikely event that presenters listed in this brochure cannot conduct their workshops. Substitution of workshop presenters is not a cause for refund.
Special discounts have been arranged for TESOL Academy participants at the Francis Marion Hotel, 387 King Street, Charleston, South Carolina, a short walk from the Academy site. The hotel features full service business center, fitness facilities, and modern conveniences from wireless Internet access, voicemail and data ports to on-demand movies. Cost is $159 per night (excluding taxes) for single and double occupancy.
Lodging is limited. Room blocks will be held for academy participants until May 18, 2009. To reserve your room, call the Francis Marion Hotel at 843-722-0600 or 877-756-2121. Mention TESOL Academy to receive the special rates.
The hotel is located about 20-minute drive from Charleston International Airport. A taxi to the hotel from the airport is approximately $30. Parking at the hotel is $17 per day with in/out privileges.
Improving Instruction for ELLs: Integrating the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) and Differentiated Strategies Into Classroom Instruction (S-1)
Judith B. O’Loughlin, Workshop Leader
The SIOP model of sheltered instruction provides an effective framework for integrating enhanced English language acquisition and content knowledge development. Teachers learn how to use the protocol to infuse differentiated strategies into instruction, thus providing English language learners (ELLs) with opportunities to read, write, listen, and speak about content learning. Teachers develop effective SIOP lessons, which incorporate a high level of student engagement and opportunities for teacher-to-student and student-to-student academic interactions.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Elementary and secondary content-area and ESL teachers, instructional coaches, staff developers, and university field experience supervisors.
Judith B. O’Loughlin, M.Ed., a veteran K–12 ESL and special education teacher, currently teaches graduate certification courses online for New Jersey City University in methodology and teaching ELLs in the content areas; trains classroom and ESL teachers; and collaborates on programs, standards, and curriculum development projects for school districts, universities, and state departments. She has co-authored articles for NABE News, reviews in TESOL Journal, and Essential Teacher, as well as chapters in Integrating Standards Into Classroom Practice and Leadership in English Language Teaching and Learning.
Reading Comprehension and Writing Instruction for English Language Learners (S-2)
Judie Haynes, Workshop Leader
Do you feel that you have become a reading rather than an ESL teacher? Are your students struggling with reading comprehension and writing? During this workshop we address the difficulties that young ELLs have with reading and writing and look at strategies that will help you support your students’ literacy.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Elementary ESL, bilingual, and classroom teachers and administrators.
Judie Haynes, an elementary ESL teacher for 28 years, is the author of Getting Started With English Language Learners: A Guide for Educators. She currently has a book in production about modifying instruction for ELLs. Judie has written a column on elementary education issues for the TESOL publication Essential Teacher since its inception in 2003.
Literacy Development for Content-Area Success (S-3)
Socorro Herrera, Workshop Leader
Participants build the capacity to maximize linguistic and academic connections when instructing culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) students. The session emphasizes strategies that build on the four dimensions of the CLD student biography. In particular, vocabulary development strategies best enable these students to establish powerful connections between linguistic development and academic performance in the content areas. Applications to practice that cross grade levels and content areas are an ongoing focus of this session.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
Classroom and ESL teachers and language professionals working with ELLs in grades 4–12
Socorro Herrera serves as a professor of Elementary Education at Kansas State University and directs the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy (CIMA) in the College of Education. Her K–12 teaching experience includes an emphasis on literacy development. Her research focuses on literacy opportunities with culturally and linguistically diverse students, reading strategies, and teacher preparation for diversity in the classroom. Dr. Herrera has published three books, Mastering ESL and Bilingual Methods: Differentiated Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, Assessment Accommodations for Classroom Teachers of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students, and most recently, Teaching Reading to English Language Learners: Differentiated Literacies. Dr. Herrera has authored articles for numerous nationally known journals such as the Bilingual Research Journal, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Journal of Research in Education, and the Journal of Latinos and Education.
Need Help in Teaching Reading to Middle and Secondary School Students? You Know More Than You Think (S-4)
Judy Cheatham, Workshop Leader
This interactive session gives teachers the tools to analyze and modify student-, teacher-, school-, and professionally-generated texts; create, instruct, and assess lessons geared toward older developing readers; use appropriate technology to support instruction; and analyze student reading and writing to develop learner-centered interventions. Participants are encouraged to bring a book (textbook, reader, workbook) used in their classroom.
In this workshop you
Who Should Attend?
This interactive workshop is intended for any teacher or resource professional who needs additional professional development targeted to the teaching of reading and writing in language arts and the content areas, Grades 6–12.
Judy Cheatham, Ph. D., is Jefferson-Pilot Professor of English and inaugural director of the master’s in TESOL program at Greensboro College in North Carolina. A popular presenter, Dr. Cheatham has edited a series for adult new readers and author of four books on the teaching of reading to children and adults. Her research focuses on literacy instruction and assessment for nontraditional populations, and she has worked with teachers, tutors, parents, schools, and school systems in 31 states.
Meeting All Learner Needs in a Multilevel Class (S-5)
Donna Moss, Workshop Leader
All across the United States, adult education ESOL teachers face the challenges of teaching multilevel classes. Learners vary in many ways including their language proficiency, age, education, years in the United States, goals, and expectations. In this hands-on workshop, we explore strategies for building community in the classroom, working with learners’ short-term goals, varying tasks, and managing small groups to meet all learners’ needs.
In this workshop you
Who should attend?
Adult education teachers and administrators.
Donna Moss has worked in adult ESOL education as a teacher, trainer, curriculum developer, and consultant. She has taught teacher education courses at American University and University of the District of Columbia. She is a contributing author of the Collaborations: English in Our Lives series and has written articles on project-based learning, communicative language teaching, and applying second language acquisition research to practice. She holds a master’s degree in adult education with a specialty in TESOL.
Use the TESOL Standards for ESL/EFL Teachers of Adults to Develop a Personal Professional Development Plan (S-6)
Rob Jenkins, Workshop Leader
This workshop explores effective teaching strategies and provides a systematic way to improve skills and develop a personal professional development plan. The presenter addresses lesson planning, instructional strategies and assessment as core elements in effective teaching followed by reflection on what we are currently doing and how we might improve no matter how much or how little experience we have.
In this workshop you
Who should attend?
ESL/EFL instructors of adults in adult/community, workplace, college/university, intensive English, and/or EFL settings.
Rob Jenkins has been developing professional development programs and workshops for several years. He is an associate professor of ESL and the professional development coordinator for continuing education at Santa Ana College in California. Rob is the author of several textbooks and chaired the team that developed the TESOL publication, Standards for ESL/EFL Teachers of Adults.
Continuing Education Units
Continuing Education Units (CEUs) for attending a TESOL Academy are offered through a select university. Please note that the institution granting CEUs charges a fee. Applications and instructions for receiving CEUs will be included with your confirmation materials.
Certificate of Attendance
To meet continuing education requirements, Academy attendees receive a Certificate of Attendance to verify their participation.
Group Discount
Register five participants from the same institution or employer at the early discount or regular rate and the sixth registrant from the same location attends for free. Registrations must be submitted together and paid in full. Purchase orders are acceptable for the group discount.
Additional Information
Workshop sessions are held in air-conditioned buildings with traditional classroom seating. Although the weather may be warm during the academy, it is recommended that you pack a sweater. Dress is casual.
Special Services
Please inform TESOL at the time of registration if you require special services or assistance.
If you have any questions about the program, please contact edprograms@tesol.org.
