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You guys earned an A+.” Amy Elliot Wolcott School Chicago, IL For more information, contact our Custom Group Travel team: +1-858-428-6076 Email: [email protected] Visit: groups.experienceGLA.com 1 PRE-CONVENTION WORKSHOPS NOVEMBER 19 800+ EDUCATIONAL SESSIONS 7,000+ LANGUAGE EDUCATORS 260+ EXHIBITORS 100+ CRITICAL TOPICS VISIT ACTFL.ORG FOR ALL CONVENTION INFORMATION AND UPDATES REGISTRATION AND HOUSING OPEN MARCH 2020 2 Table of Contents NECTFL Board of Directors 4 NY Hilton Midtown Floor Plans 6 Welcome Message from the 2020 Chair 7 Local Committee 8 NECTFL State Associations 9 Program Overview 10 Schedule at a Glance 11 Conference Sponsors 12 Exhibit Hall Floor Plan 13 Directory of Exhibitors 14 Sessions at a Glance 19 Directory of all Workshops and Concurrent Sessions 21 Index of Presenters 63 2020 Award Winners 65 2020 Mead Fellows 66 Teacher of the Year Finalists 67 Past NECTFL Teachers of the Year 68 Past Award Winners 69 NECTFL Advisory Council 71 The NECTFL Review 72 Past Chairs of the Northeast Conference 73 Message from the 2021 Chair 74 3 2019–2020 NECTFL Board of Directors Vice Chair Chair Past Chair Michael Bogdan Nathan Lutz Rosanne Zeppieri South Middleton Kent Place School W. Windsor Plainsboro School District (PA) (NJ) RSD, retired (NJ) Class of 2020 Class of 2021 Cheri Quinlan Christopher Gwin Kathy J. Fegely Leslie Grahn Deborah Espitia Margarita Dempsey NJDOE and Toms University of Antietam High Howard County Howard County Smithfield High River Regional Pennsylvania (PA/NJ) School, retired (PA) Public Schools, Public Schools, School and Bryant Schools, retired (DE) retired (MD) retired (MD) University (RI) Class of 2022 Class of 2023 Cynthia Chalupa, Ph.D. Catherine Ritz, Ed.D James Wildman Georges Chahwan Xiaoyan Hu Jill Schimmel Sopa West Virginia Boston University Glastonbury Public Choate Rosemary University of Rhode New York City DOE University (WV) (MA) Schools (CT) Hall (CT) Island (RI) (NY) The NECTFL Review Staff Robert M. Terry Thomas S. Conner John Carlino Salvatore Glosek Haley Shanahan Editor Reviews Editor Executive Director Administrative NYSAFLT Assistant Administrative Assistant 4 Newly-elected Class of 2024 (terms begin July 2020) Carolina Bustamante, Ph.D. Beckie Bray Rankin Frank Ruggiero, Ed.D. SUNY Old Westbury (NY) Lexington High School (MA) Edison Public Schools (NJ) Dr. Carolina Bustamante, Beckie’s path towards Dr. Frank Ruggiero is the a native of Colombia, proficiency-focused district supervisor of world holds a master’s degree in teaching began at a languages for grades 6-12 Spanish education from regional conference her in the Edison Public the University of first year in the Schools (NJ) and was Nebraska-Kearney and a classroom. That taste of previously the K-12 doctoral degree in foreign performance-based supervisor of world language education from the University of assessing encouraged Beckie to lead a K-12 languages & ESL in both the Livingston Nebraska-Lincoln. She is an Assistant district move towards thematic units. Over a Public Schools (NJ) and the Nutley Public Professor in the School of Education and decade later, Beckie is still a teacher leader, Schools (NJ). In these roles, he implemented Modern Languages Department at the State modeling lifelong learning and empowering the Seal of Biliteracy and oversaw a University of New York at Old Westbury her students to grow their French language comprehensive program review leading to a since 2014. She coordinates the Graduate communication and intercultural programmatic shift that included the design Spanish Adolescence Education Program competence in the classroom, community, and implementation of integrated and teaches courses on language pedagogy and annual exchange. A member of the performance assessments. Under Frank’s for second language learners and heritage MaFLA and AATF Eastern MA boards leadership, the staff in his departments speakers, second language acquisition, among others, Beckie is a PD junkie who actively seek out professional development Spanish, and supervises graduate theses. She loves to network with other teachers and opportunities; and they also seek out has also worked as an instructor for share research-based best practices. opportunities to present their work with STARTALK programs at the University of Mindfulness, reflection, standards-based organizations such as NJEA, Nebraska-Lincoln providing professional grading, and social justice infused thematic NJTESOL/NJBE, FLENJ, NECTFL, and the development for teachers of Chinese and units are her current action research themes. American Classical League. Spanish, and seminars on mixed methods To recharge, she love to sail, cook, practice Frank initially saw himself studying research at the TESOL division at the yoga, travel, and garden. mathematics or science. However, when he University of Cambridge, England, and Both Beckie’s emerging leaders graduate attended his first NECTFL conference while Graduate School of Education at the program (MAEd at Wake Forest University) at Drew University, it became clear that he University of Pretoria, South Africa. She has and her involvement with ACTFL’s would pursue a career in language been a presenter at conferences at the state, Leadership Initiative for Language Learning education. After graduation, Frank worked national, and international level. (LILL) have pushed her to increase her in international business and in French Additionally, in an effort to empower pre- knowledge, skills, and passion for translation before joining the teaching service teachers through early engagement supporting teachers of all languages and all profession. He taught French and Spanish in in the professional community, she has levels. Her work as Chair for the 2019 the Edison Public Schools (NJ) for nearly 16 hosted a poster session at the New York Massachusetts Fall Conference combined a years and was an adjunct at Fairleigh State Association of Foreign Language vision for her state, a detail-oriented Dickinson University. While teaching, he Teachers (NYSAFLT), Northeast organization, and a desire to serve a variety completed an MAT in French and earned Conference on the Teaching of Foreign of teachers in a plethora of contexts. both an EdM and EdD in educational Languages (NECTFL), and Long Island Through MaFLA, she has initiated reflect administration from Rutgers. Frank’s Language Teachers (LILT) annual and work opportunities after longer dissertation research focused on how middle conferences within the last three years, workshops, round-table Q&A on hot topics school interdisciplinary teaming affected where her students have presented unit plans at the conference, and self-care members of a school community whose that feature an integrated performance opportunities during PD. Hoping to join the approach to teaming included core subject assessment (IPA). Her published research NECTFL Board to serve the region through teachers but excluded world language and has focused on professional development on advocacy and increased collaboration, all other related arts teachers. technology for teachers of Chinese, German, Beckie seeks to continue the cycle of Frank currently serves on the NADSFL and Spanish, the use of procedural diagrams educators providing opportunities to work advisory council and on the FLENJ board of and joint displays in mixed methods together towards excellent teaching and directors as president. Professional growth research, and the motivation, experiences, learning. has been a continuous thread throughout and challenges of heritage speakers of Currently, Beckie teaches French at Frank’s 19-year career in education in both Spanish as pre-service teachers. Her current his own pursuit of growth opportunities and research interests include development of Lexington High School (MA). Her highlight-of-career moments include a year in his desire to help prepare the next heritage speakers as language teachers, generation of teachers and leaders. Most implementation of IPA, and innovative of teaching French to gap year American students in Bouaké (Côte d’Ivoire), serving recently, Frank attended the ACTFL LILL methods to merge quantitative and summer institute and is spearheading a qualitative data. She enjoys spending time as the chair for ACTFL’s Global Engagement Initiative, writing for The mentorship program for pre-service and in- with her bilingual three-year-old son, service supervisors of world language family, and friends, traveling, biking, and Language Educator, and being elected to the executive track of MaFLA. departments, as part of his personal plan to dancing salsa. give back to the profession. 5 New York Hilton Midtown A Message from the 2020 Chair Second Floor Rhinelander – Exhibits Entrance Gramercy West Bryant Coat Check Dear NECTFL colleagues and friends, Welcome to the 66th annual Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages! The NECTFL Board of Directors, Executive Director