Fall 2026 CoTESOL Convention

Fall 2026 CoTESOL Convention

Welcome to the 48th Annual CoTESOL Fall Convention!
Dates: November 14-15, 2025
Location: The Conference Center, Adams 12 Five Star Schools, 1500 E. 128th Ave., Thornton, CO 80241

9:50am MDT

Making Language Stick: Practical Strategies for Combining Scaffolding, the Lexical Approach, and Vocabulary Recycling Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Yanina Seheda Empowered and Engaged: Reimagining Adult EFL Online with Purposeful Participation DogwoodSarah Burgess • Shereen Hill Cross-Institutional Partnerships for TESOL Teacher Development and Multilingual Learner Success SilvertonCarolyn Allen • Rai Farrelly • Barbara Flocke • Karis Lowe • Molly O'brien Divide and Conquer: Maximizing Co-Teaching Through Specific Facilitator Roles CottonwoodIsabel Clamons • Tom Parry Intentional Co-Teaching for Multilingual Learners Blue SpruceBeth Dove • Jennifer Harrington • Roya Juracek • Holly Porter Making Complex Text Accessible to Experienced Multilinguals Piñon PineBeth Skelton

10:45am MDT

Building the Literacy Trinity: A Daily Routine for Strengthening Knowledge, Vocabulary and Writing Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Sara Sharer Read, Write, Play: Joyful Literacy for Children at the Boulder Public Library District FlatironsJoey Graffagnino • Juan Jimenez Bringing High School Multilingual Students Together: DCSD's Youth Multilingual Conference DogwoodJesse Van Divier

11:10am MDT

Mastering Academic Vocabulary and Content: Practical Routines for Secondary ELLs Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Mishelle Kehoe-Seamons

1:00pm MDT

Enhancing Vocabulary Development for English Learners in Adult Literacy Education Piñon PineMarion E Martin Making Language and Content Accessible to All Students CottonwoodKat Bradley-Bennett From Classroom to Newsroom: Empowering Beginning Writers Through Collaborative Publishing Blue SpruceAgnes Farkas-Roszell EFL Online Teaching/Learning: Insights from the Cameroon Distance Education Center DogwoodRobert Kenfack Global Citizenship in the Language Classroom: Teaching the UN SDGs SnowmassErik Wennermark Welcoming Newcomer Students: Essential Knowledge, Resources, and Skills in the Teaching of Newcomer Students SilvertonSofia Chaparro

2:00pm MDT

Enhancing Refugee ELLs’ Digital Literacy with Trauma-Informed SLA Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Christine Doe Shadowing: What Is It? And Does It Work? FlatironsMishelle Kehoe-Seamons • Dr. Mark Tanner Broadening Access to the Seal of Biliteracy in Rural & Mountain Districts: A Peer-Led Dialogue CottonwoodDr. Miguel Salinas Essential Belonging through the Transformational Equity Framework Blue SpruceDr. Aspen Lopez (Oglala Lakota) • Dr. Remy Rummel

3:00pm MDT

AI Prompt Engineering for Enhanced Lesson Planning: Hyper-focused Success for CLD Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Emily Gonzalez Digital Literacy Skills in Support of Adult English Language Learners Piñon PineElias G. Flores Developing and Piloting a Secondary Newcomer Welcome Week SnowmassAudriana Alvarado • Stephanie Dewing • Mary Hanson Supporting Secondary Students New to Country FlatironsJen Hanson Teaching English and High School Agency to Highly Mobile Agricultural Students and Out of School Youth through the Title I-C Family Education Program and the Innovative Services for Out of School Youth’s Supplementary Academic Activity Program CottonwoodPaulina Cisneros • Daisy Fuentes • Lauren Radin

3:25pm MDT

"Proud to Be Bilingual" Project Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Lauren Plomer

9:50am MDT

Translanguaging Design and Shifts that Support Multilingual Students' Learning and Sense of Belonging DogwoodDr. Deena Gumina Putting Your Oxygen Mask on First: How We as Teachers of English Language Learners Can Support Ourselves and Our Peers During This Time of Sociopolitical Uncertainty Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Michelle Duvall Education in the Age of AI: Power of Slow Education for International Students’ Success SilvertonYoung Kyung Min • Vince Taluskie Enhancing Writing with Padlet FlatironsRobert Kenfack Like-Peer Comparative Data SnowmassBrie Johnson • Hunter Smith Culturally Immersive Learning: Living Traditions in Action Blue SpruceVeronica Chavez-Salgado • Jason Schlueter

10:45am MDT

ELL Strategy Library from Colorin Colorado! CottonwoodBeth Skelton Advocacy in Times of Strife: Cutting through the Disquiet to Help Instigate Meaningful Change Executive Board Room "Teaching Tips Theatre"Olivia Walt Coming Out of the Teaching Trenches! DogwoodDana Goodier