Schedule Overview
Dinner at Brookland Pint begins around 6:30. | Download the App!Get our guide here: https://guidebook.com/g/watesol2018 Android and iOS users:
Join us for DinnerAs a tradition, WATESOL has a conference dinner immediately after the sessions in order to meet together more informally. This is also a time when we honor our outgoing board members as well as welcome incoming board members. Join the WATESOL Board, our keynote speaker, and invited speakers at dinner! This year, our dinner will be at Brookland Pint located at 716 Monroe St NE, Washington DC 20017. We will get separate checks, but your $5 dinner registration fee will be used toward appetizers. Dinner tickets must be purchased by Thursday, October 4th. Register for the Dinner |
Conference Presentations
Session 1 - 10:00-10:45 (Workshops span to 11:45)
| Room | Title of Presentation | Format | Type |
| Payden 101 | Real-world Assessment Challenges and Ways to Address Them | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Assessment |
| Payden 102 | Co-Teaching Online: Benefits and Challenges | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Technology |
| Payden 103 | Reevaluating Student vs. Teacher Centered Paradigms in Actual Classroom Practice | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Teacher Training |
| Payden 104 | High Yield Scaffolds and Supports for Elementary ELs | Workshop | K12 |
| Payden 201 | Building Global Competence in PK-12 Classrooms through Global Thinking Routines | Practice-Oriented Presentation | K12 |
| Payden 203 | This is what a Numeracy Fair Looks Like! | Workshop | Adult Ed |
| Payden 204 | Burlington English | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
Session 2 - 11:00-11:45
| Room | Title of Presentation | Format | Type |
| Payden 101 | Addressing Undergraduate and Graduate Students’ Needs through Differentiated Instruction | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 102 | Professional Development that Inspires Adult ESOL Instructors to Access the English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Teacher Training |
| Payden 103 | Queer-inquiry and English Language Teaching | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Teacher Training |
| Payden 201 | Examining the Community Roots of Adult ESL Instruction in the U.S.: The 1880s-1920s | Practice-Oriented Presentation |
Invited Speaker |
| Payden 204 | Using a Norm-based English Language Proficiency Assessment to Support Test Preparation Classes (ITEP International) | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
Posters - 1:00-2:00 - All Posters in Payden 201
| Title of Presentation | Type |
| Mode-shift: Changing Roles of Instructors in Global Education Environments | Higher Ed |
| Forget the Textbook: Empowering Students to Become Independent Vocabulary Learners | HIgher Ed |
| Effective Editing Through Guided Practice | Higher Ed |
| Educational Conditions of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors (URMs) | Advocacy |
| Using Content and Task-Based Teaching to Address Grammar More Effectively | Higher Ed |
| “I don’t understand ‘concrete’!”: Teaching Effective Concrete Supporting Details with Easily-Accessible Authentic Materials | Higher Ed |
| “Bringing your cross cultural experience back to school” | Teacher Training |
| Assimilating International Educators into the US Academic Cultural System |
Teacher Training |
Session 3 - 2:15-3:00
The Path to Better Learning with Prism Reading (Cambridge University Press)| Room | Title of Presentation | Format | Type |
| Payden 101 | A Six-Step Approach to Creating Academic Reading Materials | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 102 | What ESOL Teachers Now Need to Know: Working with Students with Interrupted Formal Education (SIFE) |
Graduate Student Presentation | K12 |
| Payden 103 | TESOL Career Path Development: Opportunities for Communities and Collaboration | Research-Oriented Presentation | Professional Development |
| Payden 104 | From teacher to entrepreneur: Practical tips for business-curious educators | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Invited Speaker |
| Payden 201 | Interdisciplinary Cultural and Heritage PBL with Middle School ELL Students | Practice-Oriented Presentation | K12 |
| Payden 203 | Finding and Leveraging Numeracy in the Everyday Adult ESL Classroom |
Practice-Oriented Presentation | Adult Ed |
| Payden 204 | The Path to Better Learning with Prism Reading (Cambridge University Press) | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
Session 4 - 3:15-4:00 (Workshops span to 5:00)
| Room | Title of Presentation | Format | Type |
| Payden 101 | Engaging Learners’ Minds: Project-Based and Reading Lessons that Foster Critical Thinking | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 102 | Engaging Mixed-Level Classrooms: A Communicative Approach to ESP Grammar Instruction Using Enhanced Technology | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 103 | Beyond Cross-cultural Understanding: Preparing Tomorrow’s Language and Culture Educators | Research-Oriented Presentation | Teacher Training |
| Payden 104 | Adult Learners are Engaged and Learn Better When They Can Put English in Action! (National Geographic) | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
| Payden 201 | Extreme Differentiation for Writing and Grammar | Workshop | K12 |
| Payden 203 | Quotations as a Platform in a Collaborative Community for Reflective Conversation, Writing, and Presentations | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Adult Ed |
| Payden 204 | Get Dramatic in the Classroom! (Alphabet Publishing) | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
Session 5 - 4:15-5:00
| Room | Title of Presentation | Format | Type |
| Payden 101 | Fostering Dynamic Collaboration through ELLs’ Use of Online Resources | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 102 | Using Reading A-Z for Content-Based Reading and Writing Instruction | Practice-Oriented Presentation | All |
| Payden 103 | Curriculum Wellness: A Program Assessment and Improvement Process for International Pathway Programs | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Higher Ed |
| Payden 104 | Academic Language in WIDA, the CCSS, and Beyond | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Invited Speaker |
| Payden 203 | The Agony and the Ecstasy of International Online Teacher Education |
Practice-Oriented Presentation | Teacher Training |
| Payden 204 | Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program (U.S. Dept. of State) | Practice-Oriented Presentation | Exhibitor |
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