2025 CLTA Conference San Diego: Full Schedule

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8:00am PST

D05 Integrating Project-Based Learning: Language, Content, and Technology in Multilingual Classrooms (ticket required)

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

This workshop explores how Project-Based Learning (PBL) can be used to integrate language instruction with social studies, science, and other content areas, fostering both content knowledge and language proficiency in multilingual classrooms. Participants will learn how to design interdisciplinary PBL units that promote comprehensible input and output through authentic, inquiry-based tasks.

Presenters

Yiyuan (Tiffany) Zhang

Friday March 7, 2025 8:00am - 11:00am PST
Shutters West 2

Workshop, 3-hour

Major Focus Framework
Appropriate Level All Levels
Language Focus Mandarin
Session conducted in: English

12:45pm PST

E05 Puentes entre Culturas y Comunidades a través de las 3 C's - Bridging Cultures and Communities: Through the 3 C's (ticket required)

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

Shutters West 2

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This workshop explores how language teaching can foster global connectedness through the 3 C’s—Communication, Cultures, and Connections. Participants will engage in interactive activities and strategies that build culturally responsive classrooms, empowering students to communicate across borders and deepen their global awareness.

Presenters

Vivanie Barrios

Ana Mendoza

Friday March 7, 2025 12:45pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 2

Workshop, 3-hour

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

5:00pm PST

F04 (2-hr) AI-Powered Differentiation for Enhanced Global Connectedness in Language Education (ticket required)

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

Shutters West 2

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This presentation explores the transformative potential of Artificial Intelligence (AI) in creating personalized, adaptive learning experiences in World Language classrooms. By leveraging AI technologies, educators can break down barriers to language acquisition, fostering a more inclusive and effective learning environment that truly embodies the spirit of global connectedness.

Presenters

Nicole Bradford

Teacher, Taft Charter High School

Friday March 7, 2025 5:00pm - 7:00pm PST
Shutters West 2

Workshop, 2-hour

Major Focus Artificial Intelligence
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

11:15am PST

G06 Cultivating Compassion and Language: The Power of Culture and SEL in Education

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

Shutters West 2

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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Discover how to integrate Social Emotional Learning (SEL) into world language classrooms using cultural comparisons. Gain strategies to enhance student engagement, character development, and cultural competence. Collaborate to create lesson plans that align SEL with language goals, leaving with practical tools and a renewed commitment to holistic education.

Presenters

Brooke Campbell

World Language Sales Consultant, Klett World Languages

At Klett World Languages, we strive to foster a love for learning world languages by creating meaningful content that not only sparks students’ curiosity but also transitions into real-life practice. Through our inclusive, communicative, and collaborative Spanish, French, German... Read More →

Saturday March 8, 2025 11:15am - 12:00pm PST
Shutters West 2

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

2:00pm PST

H05 Unlocking the World with Virtual Exchanges

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

Shutters West 2

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EXHIBITOR SESSION: Explore transformative benefits of virtual exchanges. Virtual exchanges offer authentic communication experiences, enhance interpersonal speaking skills, boost confidence for proficiency assessments, pave the way to the Seal of Biliteracy, and develop 21st-century skills. See how you can empower your students to become adept communicators and global citizens.

Presenters

Leonardo Islas

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

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Major Focus Virtual Learning, Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level Elementary (K-8) & Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: English, Target Language

3:00pm PST

I02 AI as a Tool in the Language Classroom

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

Shutters West 2

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Learn about ChatGPT and other AI platforms. This session will review how AI can assist language teachers with lesson planning, assessment, and provide better feedback to students. We will learn what this tool is, its capabilities, and how it can make our teaching tasks more efficient.

Presenters

Elizabeth Cisneros

UC Merced

Saturday March 8, 2025 3:00pm - 3:45pm PST
Shutters West 2

Interest Session

Major Focus Communication Standards, Connections Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12) & College/University
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

4:45pm PST

J07 Cultivating a Global Mindset for a Connected World (Part 1)

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

Shutters West 2

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What does it mean to be globally competent in a world language classroom and beyond? Through two domains of the Global Competence framework, this interactive session will explore how to investigate the world and recognize perspectives and help educators integrate these concepts into classroom practices to enhance students' cultural understanding.

Presenters

Stefanie Fan

Cupertino High School

Jie Bai

Cupertino High School

Saturday March 8, 2025 4:45pm - 5:30pm PST
Shutters West 2

Interest Session

Major Focus Global Competence, Social Justice
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

5:45pm PST

K07 Cultivating a Global Mindset for a Connected World (Part 2)

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

Shutters West 2

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What does it mean to be globally competent in a world language classroom and beyond? This interest session will address two of the four domains of the Global Competence framework for classroom practice. Investigating the world and recognizing perspectives are the focus of practical instructional strategies, real classroom examples, and collaborative activities designed to deepen understanding.

Presenters

Ying Jin

Teacher, Cupertino High School

Freya Li

Saturday March 8, 2025 5:45pm - 6:30pm PST
Shutters West 2

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

8:00am PDT

L07 Unlocking the Power of Reading: Strategies for Pre-Reading, Reading, and Post-Reading Success

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

Shutters West 2

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Empower language teachers with effective strategies for boosting student reading comprehension. This session covers pre-reading, reading, and post-reading techniques to activate prior knowledge, set reading purposes, and encourage reflection. Gain practical tools to help students become confident, skilled second-language readers.

Presenters

Dahiana Castro

French /Spanish teacherCI practitioner who loves learning new strategies that promote litercy and increase target language use in the classroom.

Sunday March 9, 2025 8:00am - 8:45am PDT
Shutters West 2

Interest Session

Major Focus Framework, Communication Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12)
Language Focus All languages
Session conducted in: English

10:00am PDT

M09 Enhance Your Playlist and Liven up Your Classroom with Songs that Reinforce Spanish Language Structures: Let’s Share Our Playlists!

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

Shutters West 2

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Want to enhance your classroom playlist? Come see how you can post songs and create activities in your LMS that are centered in music from around the Spanish-speaking world. Participate in an interactive session that highlights songs that showcase culture and all the tenses we teach. Let’s share the songs we use to enhance our upbeat classrooms while promoting cultural understanding for students.

Presenters

Ann Sitig

Sunday March 9, 2025 10:00am - 10:45am PDT
Shutters West 2

Interest Session

Major Focus Global Competence, Cultures Standards
Appropriate Level Secondary (9-12) & College/University
Language Focus Spanish
Session conducted in: English

11:00am PDT

N10 Become a Language Friendly School that Fosters Inclusive and Culturally Responsive Learning

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

Shutters West 2

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This session will provide an overview of the Language Friendly School's initiative and outline the steps that your school can pursue to become a member of its international network. The network supports schools to create language friendly environments that integrate students' home language into the school's curricula and leverage its language program offerings to create multilingual citizens.

Presenters

Duarte Silva

Executive Director Emeritus, Stanford University

The California World Language Project (CWLP) is a collaborative, statewide network that sponsors year-round professional development programs for World Language educators intended to strengthen the teaching of languages and cultures in California. The project aims to involve every... Read More →

Nancy Pérez

CCWLP Site Director, CLTA Past President

-CCWLP Site Director CLTA: Executive Board Member since 2011 Spanish Retired Teacher Visalia, CA

Sunday March 9, 2025 11:00am - 11:45am PDT
Shutters West 2

Interest Session

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