CATESOL24: Full Schedule

Welcome to the CATESOL State Conference 2024!
Empowering Voices / November 14-16 / Cal State Los Angeles

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CATESOL 2024 Digital Program: Note that changes and cancellations will be reflected at Sched.com and in the app only. Here is a simple schedule in PDF by date (Thursday Virtual, Friday, Saturday)
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8:45am PST

Communicative SEL Games with Love

Friday November 15, 2024 8:45am - 9:15am PST

KH B2019

Start your day with positive energy playing communicative games that support social emotional learning and are filled with love! This is a casual opportunity to network and gain inspiration for your classroom, led by the heart.

Speakers

Sherry MacKay

Founder, Transformational Learning Communities

Sherry MacKay (M.Ed. in T.E.S.O.L.) has extensive teacher training experience and more than 25 years of experience teaching adults with refugee and immigrant backgrounds. She is the co-founder of Glocally Connected, a non-profit organization that promotes community building in order... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 8:45am - 9:15am PST
KH B2019

Special Session, Networking

Level K-12, Adult, Community College, College/University, Intensive English Program
Focus Advocacy / Social Justice / DEI / Intercultural Communication, Content-Based Approaches / Integrated-Skills, Listening / Speaking / Pronunciation
Interest Group Intercultural Communication, LGBTQ+, Refugee Concerns, Teaching of Pronunciation
Type PD Hour

9:30am PST

CATESOL Publications: Great Venues for Sharing Your Expertise

Friday November 15, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am PST

KH C4071

This session explores the wide range of submissions The CATESOL Journal, Newsletter, and Blog welcome and how accessible these venues are for members to share their action research, conference presentations, and/or classroom activities. CATESOL publications editors explain the ins and outs of publishing: audience and editor expectations, submissions policies, review and revision processes, and ideas for article topics. Anyone interested in publishing is encouraged to attend, regardless of background experience.
Slides: Tips for Publishing in The CATESOL Journal

Speakers

Margi Wald

Lecturer, UC Berkeley College Writing Programs

Margi teaches first-year composition, reading, and grammar & vocabulary courses specifically designed for multilingual student writers. She directs UC Berkeley's Summer English Language Studies program, co-edits The CATESOL Journal, and has extensive experience presenting at and... Read More →

Kevin Wong

Associate Professor and TESOL Chair; Co-Editor of The CATESOL Journal, Pepperdine University

Kevin Wong, Ph.D., is an Associate Professor and Chair of the TESOL program at Pepperdine University. He is also Co-Editor of The CATESOL Journal and Editor of The Teacher Advocate. Kevin is a scholar of language learning and early literacy development in K-12 (primary and secondary... Read More →

Kara MacDonald

Defense Language Institute

CATESOL 2024 State Conference: President’s Reception Coordinator

Siyi Gao

Associate Professor, Defense Language Institute

Amy Sleep

Rebekah Sidman-Taveau

The CATESOL Journal ESL Professor and Honors Program Coordinator/Co-Editor, Canada College

I am a full time ESL professor at Cañada College. My area of expertise is advanced writing; however, I have taught all levels and skills of ESL. My doctoral research in the early 2000s focused on computer assisted project based learning in ESL. As Faculty Coordinator of the Academic... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 9:30am - 10:45am PST
KH C4071

Professional Development, Presentation

Level Adult, College/University
Focus Materials Development / Publishing, Teacher Training and Education
Interest Group Corpus-Informed Research and Teaching, Intercultural Communication, LGBTQ+, Materials Writers, Non-Native Language Educator Issues, Online Teaching, Refugee Concerns, Research Writers, Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Type PD Hour

1:15pm PST

Assessing Instructor Readiness for Implementing Multilingual Pedagogies

Friday November 15, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm PST

Golden Eagle Deck

This poster session shares emerging results from the development of the Multilingual Pedagogies Scale (MPS), developed by the researcher, to assess and support instructor readiness with multilingual pedagogies within the community college context. Designed to measure teacher attitudes toward multilingual pedagogies, the novel tool will benefit all instructors of multilingual learners.

Speakers

Lauren Ramers

Adjunct Faculty, San Diego Community College District-Continuing Education

Friday November 15, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm PST
Golden Eagle Deck

Professional Development, Poster

Level Adult, Community College
Focus Teacher Training and Education
Interest Group Corpus-Informed Research and Teaching, Intercultural Communication, LGBTQ+
Type PD Hour

1:15pm PST

CATESOL Interest Groups? Which One Will Empower You?

Friday November 15, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm PST

Golden Eagle Deck

CATESOL brings together so many voices. Members can join an unlimited number of Interest Groups. Our current array of IGs includes CIRT, CSU, IC, LGBTQ+, RW, RC, MW, NNLEI, OT, TELL, TEW, TOP, and USC! In this alphabet soup of acronyms, find a group of like-minded educators to empower your voice.
Present and past IG Chairs and coordinators will be there to chat and orient you to what each IG focuses on and which ones you should join.

Speakers

Randall Rightmire

CATESOL Interest Group Chair, UCSB

Friday November 15, 2024 1:15pm - 2:30pm PST
Golden Eagle Deck

Professional Development, Poster

Level K-12, Adult, Community College, College/University, Intensive English Program
Focus Advocacy / Social Justice / DEI / Intercultural Communication, English for Specific Purposes, Materials Development / Publishing
Interest Group LGBTQ+, Non-Native Language Educator Issues, Online Teaching, Technology-Enhanced Language Learning
Type PD Hour

1:30pm PST

Restate and Respond: Empowering Learners with Language to Address Microaggressions

Friday November 15, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm PST

KH B4014

Immigrants often experience verbal, behavioral, or environmental actions that communicate hostility. Teachers can support their adult English language learners with direct instruction in the language learners need to address these microaggressions at school, work, and in the community. Participants interact with the strategies, scaffolds and routines that enhance students' ability to manage these difficult conversations.

Speakers

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein

Instructional Coach - Curriculum Consultant, Self-employed

Jayme Adelson-Goldstein is a curriculum consultant and teacher educator who focuses on supporting teachers as they plan and provide instruction that respects (and differentiates for) the needs of adult ESOL learners. Jayme helps educators navigate their in-person and virtual learning... Read More →

Lori Howard

CASAS

The mission of CASAS is to assist adults functioning at or below a high school level in attaining the basic literacy skills to function effectively on the job, in the community, and in the family. We accomplish this by assisting state and local education, training, social service... Read More →

Friday November 15, 2024 1:30pm - 2:30pm PST
KH B4014

Civic Engagement, Workshop

Level Adult, Community College
Focus Advocacy / Social Justice / DEI / Intercultural Communication
Interest Group Intercultural Communication, LGBTQ+, Non-Native Language Educator Issues
Type PD Hour