2025 CLTA Conference San Diego: Full Schedule

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D04 Building Classroom Communities: Empowering Teachers with Strategies for Culturally Cohesive and Connected Learning (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST

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This workshop is designed to help world language teachers develop essential skills to foster strong classroom communities centered on culture. Participants will explore practical strategies for creating positive, culturally responsive learning environments, using high-leverage instructional methods, and integrating technology to engage students in meaningful cultural connections.

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Vivanie Barrios

Ana Mendoza

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
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Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Global Competence, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

12:45pm PST

E04 Learning Can and Should be Fun- Projects for Proficiency to Step up Your Game (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST

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Are you struggling to design or implement a project that will showcase your students’ abilities and grasp of the material? It is time to look at how project-based learning can revitalize teaching and learning!

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Yvonne Talavera

Daniela Labrador

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
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Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Communication Standards, SEL
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

5:00pm PST

F03 (2-hr) La cultura en el aula de español:el deporte (ticket required)

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST

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How do sports create a reality to hispanic culture in the Spanish classroom? Explore the origins of the Olympic games, the role of women in sports and celebrate hispanic champions and sports heroes. This session includes interactive activities that enrich cultural competence via sports.

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Ines Garcia Sal

Education advisor, Spanish Embassy Education Office

I work for the Spanish Embassy education office in Los Angeles. We promote and support the teaching and learning of Spanish through different programs such asSummer courses in Spain 2022: deadline April 1st 2022 North American Language & Culture Assistants (NALCAP) Application pe... Read More →

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
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Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Cultures Standards, Connections Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

11:15am PST

G07 Promoting Global Competence: Innovative Resources for Teaching Language, Literacy

Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST

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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Are you a world language teacher looking for free open resources for your classroom? Come learn about all the various (mostly free) resources that The Center for Educational Resources in Culture, Language and Literacy (CERCLL) has to offer and learn strategies and brainstorm ideas with colleagues to incorporate them into your classroom.

Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
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Major Focus Virtual Learning, Global Competence
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

2:00pm PST

H10 From Words to Action: Addressing the UN Sustainable Development Goals in the World Language Classroom

Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST

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This interactive presentation helps world language educators effectively integrate the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) into their teaching. Participants will explore innovative strategies for using real-world topics to enrich language learning, foster global awareness and social responsibility, and leave with ready-to-use activities to make language learning impactful and relevant.

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Ying Jin

Teacher, Cupertino High School

Saturday March 8, 2025 2:00pm - 2:45pm PST
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Major Focus Global Competence
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

3:00pm PST

I10 A Few of My Favorite Things: Winning Activities That Encourage Speaking

Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST

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These activities have been consistent winners in my classroom for the last eight years. They're simple, low prep, they work across all levels in all languages, and my students love them. Make them into a warm up, a review, an introduction, I've used them in all capacities. Please join me, especially if you are new to teaching and are looking for ways to get your students to talk!

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Brian Bernhards

Windward School

Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
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Major Focus Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12) & College/University
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

4:45pm PST

J02 Advocate and Elevate!

Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST

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How do you get people talking about your program? Come and learn how to elevate your World Language Program by advocating for its best elements. Our goal is to help your program shine so that the whole “town's” talking about it.

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Jon Hinthorne

High School Spanish Teacher, Central Coast New Tech High SChool

Spanish 1, 2, and 3 High School CI and PBLL teacher on the Central Coast at New Tech High School in Nipomo.

Ann Jordan

Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
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Major Focus Global Competence
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

5:45pm PST

K10 Global Connectedness Through Spanish Literature

Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST

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Did you know that there is exciting use for realia in literature class? Come learn how to use authentic materials to elucidate the texts and bring the literature to life in your classroom. The presenter received a CLTA travel grant to Salamanca this summer and will share her insights for making your Spanish literature class engaging. Learn to apply for the CLTA grants so that you can travel too!

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Mar Torres

Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
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Major Focus Global Competence
Appropriate Level College/University
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: Target Language

8:00am PDT

L08 Socratic Seminar in the world language classroom

Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT

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We will explore how to scaffold and structure classroom discussions through Socratic Seminar. It is a way to have authentic student led, student to student, interpersonal practice. Socratic Seminar incorporates the interpretive and interpersonal modes of communication and allows students to make meaning of texts and use the target language to deepen their understanding.

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Leigh Murrell

Spanish Teacher, Del Norte High School

Leigh Murrell is an AP Spanish teacher at Del Norte High School in Poway USD. She graduated from SDSU with her Masters Degree in Educational Technology and is a fellow of SAILN. Leigh has over 20 years of experience in education as a teacher, technology integrationist and instructional... Read More →

Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
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Major Focus Communication Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

10:00am PDT

M11 A Day at The Museum: Using PBLL to Design Engaging Language Experiences (Part 1)

Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT

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Project-based language learning (PBLL) has been shown to motivate students, but designing projects can be an arduous process. This session uses a museum project inspired by PBLL to provide a template for designing engaging projects that extend beyond the classroom and foster global connectedness even when it is not feasible to include all elements of traditional PBLL.

Presenters

Shandy Lemperle

Franck Lemperle

Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
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Major Focus Communication Standards, Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus French
Session conducted in: English

11:00am PDT

N11 A Day at The Museum: Using PBLL to Design Engaging Language Experiences (Part 2)

Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT

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Presenters

Shandy Lemperle

Franck Lemperle

Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
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Major Focus Communication Standards, Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus French, All languages
Session conducted in: English