Return-Path: <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id hB209dm00550; Mon, 1 Dec 2003 19:09:39 -0500 (EST) Date: Mon, 1 Dec 2003 19:09:39 -0500 (EST) Message-Id: <20031202000636.74536.qmail@web40905.mail.yahoo.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: Robb Scott <jayhawk76@yahoo.com> To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-esl@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-ESL:9664] KATESOL Spring Conference March 12-13! X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Status: O Content-Length: 7089 Lines: 206 KANSAS EDUCATORS TO MEET MARCH 12-13 TO CONSIDER NEEDS OF ENGLISH LEARNERS http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004 (Hays, Kansas) Educators who work with newcomers who speak Spanish, Vietnamese, Korean, Lao and Cantonese, as well as 100+ other languages, will gather at the 21st annual spring conference of the Kansas Association of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (KATESOL) on March 12-13, 2004, in Hays, Kansas. The theme of the conference is "Advocating for Language Learners in the Era of No Child Left Behind." At the opening session, on Friday evening, March 12, to be held in the Beach-Schmidt Performing Arts Center at Fort Hays State University, admission will be free and open to the general public as well as conference participants. Early Bird Rates for Pre-Registering by December 15! http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/registration.htm The audience at Friday's event will be entertained by international students from the Hays Language Institute, then welcomed by Dr. Edward Hammond, President of Fort Hays State University. An opening plenary will be given by Dr. Andy Tompkins, Kansas Commissioner of Education, who will report on how the state's 21,000+ English language learners are performing, based on the latest data from state assessments. The other Friday plenary will be given by Dr. Stephen Krashen, Professor Emeritus at the University of Southern California, who is an outspoken critic of No Child Left Behind, phonics instruction and English-only initiatives. Dr. Krashen revolutionized the field of ESOL in the 1980s when he spearheaded a trend away from grammar-based teaching and towards a content-based, "natural approach." KATESOL is the Kansas affiliate for the international Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) organization, as well as the National Assocation of Bilingual Educators (NABE). KATESOL/BE President Chris Renner will preside over the spring conference in Hays. "We believe it is our obligation to inform and support the Kansas Department of Education in assuring that assessment of English language learners is not only valid and reliable," said Renner, "but also guarantees equity for our ESOL population." Early Bird Rates for Pre-Registering by December 15! http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/registration.htm "With the prescriptive and limited view of intelligence put forth in No Child Left Behind," said Renner in explaining the theme of the KATESOL Spring Conference, "Kansas school districts need every tool they can use to ensure that their schools are not destroyed by this law." On Saturday, March 13, conference participants will get down to the serious business of sharing ideas and learning new strategies for helping students from Pre-K to college-age and adults to acquire English language skills for success in American schools and society. Early Bird Rates for Pre-Registering by December 15! http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/registration.htm Keynote speakers for Saturday include Joy Reid, author of composition textbooks for college ESOL and new research on learning styles; Jacqueline Boyd, coordinator of pre-service teaching in the School of Education at Haskell Indian Nations University; Bill VanPatten, author of Spanish language learning textbooks and video series, as well as textbooks on instructional strategies which enhance second language acquisition; and Rebecca Kopriva, director of the Center for the Study of Assessment Validity and Evaluation at the University of Maryland. Dr. Kopriva will teach a three-hour, Saturday morning, keynote and workshop on assessment of English language learners (ELLs). Lupe Martinez, of Metro State College of Denver, will facilitate a noon-time panel on the conference theme, "Advocating for Language Learners in the Era of No Child Left Behind," with the participation of nearly every keynote speaker, in the Fort Hays State University Ballroom. Early Bird Rates for Pre-Registering by December 15! http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/registration.htm Ana Garcia Neilman and Lorena Amaya Dickerson, Education Program Specialists with the Office of English Language Acquisition, U.S. Department of Education, will hold two informal question-answer Saturday sessions to help Kansas educators understand the details of "No Child Left Behind," the Elementary and Secondary Education Act reauthorized by Congress in 2002, and the requirements of Adequate Yearly Progress (AYP) which schools and teachers are grappling with under this new law. Another important Saturday session will be the 2nd Annual Roundtable of ESOL Program Directors, where teacher educators will discuss the training which licensed Kansas P-12 teachers undergo to earn the State of Kansas ESOL endorsement, a 15-18 credit hour program which includes courses in linguistics, cultural diversity, ESOL methodology and ESOL assessment. Confirmed participants in this roundtable discussion are: Dr. Socorro Herrera, Kansas State University; Dr. Art Hoernicke, Fort Hays State University; Dr. Paul Markham, University of Kansas; Heather Morrison, Neuman University; Dr. Abdelilah Sehlaoui, Emporia State University; Dr. Tatiana Sildus, Pittsburg State University; and Dr. Anh Tran, Wichita State University. Also participating in the panel discussion on ESOL endorsement programs will be Melanie Stuart, ESOL Education Program Consultant with the Kansas Department of Education. The Roundtable will be facilitated by Edith Palmberg, an ESOL teacher in the Olathe, Kansas, School District USD 233. Early Bird Rates for Pre-Registering by December 15! http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/registration.htm Publishers' representatives from the following companies have confirmed they will be at the KATESOL Spring Conference to display and demonstrate new materials and resources for ESOL instruction, for all ages from Pre-K to college and adult: Ballard & Tighe, Encomium Publications, Glencoe West Applied Group, Hampton-Brown, Harcourt, Lakeshore Learning Materials, McGraw-Hill, New Readers Press, Pearson ESL, Pearson Learning Group, and Scholastic. These are the heaviest hitters in the field of ESOL, regionally, nationally and internationally. ### Thank you for printing this flyer and sharing with colleagues http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/katesolflyer.pdf Thank you for printing this news release for local papers http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004/newsrelease.pdf For more information about the KATESOL Spring Conference, please contact: Robb Scott, Conference Chair, 785-628-5568 / rbscott@fhsu.edu. For more information about the KATESOL/BE organization, please contact: Christopher Renner, President, 785-770-8309 / rennerch@emporia.edu . To join KATESOL/BE or to register for the KATESOL Spring Conference, please contact: Bernice Altenhofen, Secretary-Treasurer, 785-238-8319 ext. 2840. For online information: http://www.fhsu.edu/katesol/spring2004 . __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/
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