Wisconsin TESOL and Wisconsin DPI Bilingual/ESL Program

Joint Conference 2009

"Tell Me a Story:  
Sharing our stories, Sharing our lives"

October 9-10, 2009

Annual Meeting for Bilingual/ESL Education Program Administrators and Title III Coordinators

October 8, 2009

The annual meeting will begin with registration/breakfast from 7:45 - 8:30 am. General sessions and breakouts will begin at 8:30 am and end at 3:30 pm. Breakfast, lunch, and breaks will be provided. Audience: Program administrators for state-aided bilingual-bicultural programs and Title III coordinators. Invited speaker: Karen Beeman, Illinois Research Center, whose specialties include instructional strategies, parent involvement, dual language, and Spanish literacy.

Share how you engage children and adults in imagining the possibilities for themselves as they learn language.  Tell authentic stories of culture.  Describe advocacy, successful instruction and current research and continue a tale of professionalism, cultural exchange and community that is evolving in Wisconsin and across the world.

Who should submit proposals?
In addition to original scholarly research and evaluation papers, the conference organizers welcome a broad range of practitioner perspectives including university students, classroom teachers, pre-service teachers, school and district administrators, district curriculum coordinators, community organizers, and parents and community specialists who work with ELL students and communities.

1. Please complete and print a hard copy of your proposal.  After typing in the information, you will not be able to save a completed copy, but you can print out a copy. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD A HARD COPY OF THE PROPOSAL FORM...

2. Then, complete the online form of your proposal.  You can go back to correct/add to information, but once you close the online proposal, you will not be able to return to the information.  You will have to begin again.  You will receive an email confirmation that your proposal was received. The conference committee will be reviewing all submitted proposals, will notify you by the middle to the end of August, and send out further information to those selected

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Holiday Inn Hotel and Convention Center
1001 Amber Avenue
Stevens Point, Wisconsin 54481

715-344-0200

A block of rooms has been set aside for the evenings of October 7, 8, 9, and 10 at the conference rate of $70/single, $104/double, $119/triple, and $129/quad.  For the convenience of guests, all rooms have microwaves and small refrigerators.  Room block and rates expire on Wednesday, September 16, 2009.

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Mai Neng Moa, writer, editor, and founder of Paj Ntaub Voice, a Hmong literary magazine, will deliver the keynote address and one sectional on Friday, October 9 and a sectional.

John Segota, Director of Advocacy for TESOL, will speak Saturday, October 10 and a sectional.

Carmen Tafolla, writer and poet, delivers a performance during lunch on Saturday.

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EAST: TAKE HWY 10W TO AMBER AVE. TURN RIGHT, HOTEL IS ON RIGHT.

WEST: TAKE HWY 10E THROUGH STEVENS POINT, 4 MILES TO AMBER AVE AND TURN LEFT. HOTEL IS ON RIGHT.

NORTH: I-39S. EXIT HWY 10E. PROCEED 2 MILES. HOTEL. IS ON THE LEFT.

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The meeting and conference are being supported in part by Title III funding, so we have been able to reduce registration fees from previous years.

$40    Thursday (October 8) only                                 
$70    Thursday and Friday (Sept. 27-28)                      
$70    Thursday and Saturday                                       
$105  Thursday through Saturday (Sept. 27-29)            
$40    Friday (Sept. 28) only                                         
$70    Friday and Saturday (Sept. 28-29)                       
$40    Saturday (Sept. 29) only

Online Registration

To register for this conference, go to:  http://www.regonline.com/729825A, and follow the directions.  Payment may be made with major credit cards, purchase orders, or check, or the participant may pay onsite (sorry, no credit cards onsite).

Checks should be made out to:  Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction.  Mailed checks and purchase orders should be sent to:  Debra Anklam, DPI, 125 S. Webster Street, PO Box 7841, Madison, WI  53707-7841

Online registrations will be accepted only through Monday, September 28, 2009.  After that date, only on-site registrations will be accepted, and only if there is space.

Onsite Registrations

Onsite registrations will be available only if there is space available at that time.  Onsite registration fees will be an additional $10.  We are unable to accept credit cards onsite.

Cancellations

Cancellations, in writing (letter or email), will be accepted until September 18, 2009.  After that date, substitutions are welcome.

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Sessions/Workshops

You are cordially invited to the

WITESOL Membership

Annual Meeting and Reception

Friday, October 9, 2009

4:30pm - 6:30pm

New this year:   On Friday evening, from 7pm and 9pm, after the WITESOL meeting and reception, we will be offering two movies (TBA) to be shown concurrently.   (With popcorn, of course...)

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Vegetarians/Vegans:  There is a place on the registration form to indicate a preference for vegetarian meals OR vegan meals (please choose only one of the two options).  For any other dietary needs, please contact Connie Ellingson (contact information below).  We will make every effort to accommodate all dietary needs.

Physical Accommodations:  Please contact Connie Ellingson (contact information below), if you need physical accommodations at the meeting site.  Please communicate any necessary accommodations in lodging directly to the hotel when making your reservations.

As information becomes available, it will be posted on these web pages:

http://www.dpi.wi.gov/ell/bilingual-esl.html (under Upcoming Events) and www.witesol.org

If you have any questions, please contact:
Connie Ellingson
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608.267.9155

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Tolu Sanabria
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A WITESOL board member

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