2025 CLTA Conference San Diego: Full Schedule

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11:15am PST

G03 Prep for Success: 90% TL Use for ALL

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

EXHIBITOR SESSION: Do you dream of a 90%+ target language classroom? This session shares tips to create an engaging classroom community where students are comfortably immersed in the target language. Attendees will leave with routines and strategies that encourage student TL use. Examples from Wayside Publishing’s series are referenced as supporting materials.

Presenters

Alexis Buschert

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

Interest Session

Major Focus Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Elementary (K-8) & Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

2:00pm PST

H07 Coffee and Curriculum: Crafting Thematic Units with Ease

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

Great Room 8

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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Join us to blend fresh ideas and practical strategies for crafting engaging thematic units. We’ll infuse your teaching with the rich flavors of coffee culture using versatile resources, including gems from Voces Digital. Leave with renewed energy and inspiration to create lessons as satisfying as your favorite cup of coffee!

Presenters

JJ Morgan

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

Interest Session

Major Focus Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

3:00pm PST

I06 Comic Creation in the World Language Classroom

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

Great Room 8

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EXHIBITOR SESSION: What’s more fun than a barrel of monkeys? Making comics about a barrel of monkeys in your target language! This session will focus on the many benefits of comic making in the world language classroom. Participants will be introduced to Pixton, an award-winning platform backed by research that makes language, storytelling, and creative expression accessible to all.

Presenters

Tammy McGraw

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

Interest Session

Major Focus Communication Standards, Connections Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

4:45pm PST

J06 CRT in the Language Classroom: Writing Our Way to Racial Justice and Language Proficiency

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

Great Room 8

This presentation examines the role of CRT in an intermediate, community-engaged college Spanish class, with gains in proficiency and social justice. The presentation will describe in-class writing assessments with prompts inspired by the tenets of CRT and will analyze student responses. Participants will come away with: deeper understandings of (1) what Critical Race Theory actually is and how it can aid teachers in creating instruction with a DEI lens, (2) writing prompts that engage and inspire students to think about their encounters with race while improving their language proficiency, (3) procedures for encouraging authentic, ChatGPT-free writing in the classroom.

Presenters

Ali Miano

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

5:45pm PST

K08 Motivating your students with MUSIC & DANCE in the classroom!

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

Great Room 8

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Come learn techniques to keep students motivated and engaged in the classroom! Music and dance enrich the learning experience, boost engagement, and promote cultural competence by exposing students to the diversity of Spanish-speaking countries. Incorporating music and dance offers a dynamic way to reinforce culture, language acquisition, and student engagement.

Presenters

Abraham García

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

Interest Session

Major Focus Communication Standards, Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: English

8:00am PDT

L10 Going Global in the World Language Classroom

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

Great Room 8

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Traditionally, we teach ABOUT the world; Global Education asserts that teaching WITH the world increases global readiness and more thoroughly supports a rigorous 21st century curriculum. Global connection plans re-imagine classrooms in exciting ways! Participants will leave with concrete ideas, strategies, and resources to make small shifts that yield big (and more equitable) results for students.

Presenters

Erin Austin

teacher, Poudre High School

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

Interest Session

Major Focus Global Competence
Appropriate Level Elementary (K-8) & Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

10:00am PDT

M06 Why do some learners benefit from feedback while others do not? Insights from a feedback literacy perspective.

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

Great Room 8

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Why do some students benefit from teacher feedback on written texts for learning, while others do not? This session will introduce the concept of feedback literacy to explore the multifaceted nature of students’ responses to feedback. Participants will discuss and share strategies to enhance student learning through written feedback.

Presenters

Jun Takahashi

Assistant professor, San Diego State University

Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Great Room 8

Interest Session

Major Focus Framework, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level College/University
Language Focus Japanese
Session conducted in: English, Target Language

11:00am PDT

N04 Culturally Connecting the Classroom with the School, Familes and Communities

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

Great Room 8

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What are ways to connect classroom content with the rest of the school, families, and local communities? Interactively learn to create "culture connect" activities for any language, at any level.

Presenters

Mari Takahashi

Teacher, South High School

Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Great Room 8

Interest Session

Major Focus Cultures Standards, Connections Standards
Appropriate Level Elementary (K-8) & Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Japanese
Session conducted in: English