The Carlos Rosario staff and faculty presented at many local and national professional conferences.
Presentations from 2009-2010 included the following:
• Professional Development Specialist Susan Ryan presented “No/Low Prep Activities in the
ESOL Classroom” at the fall WATESOL Conference in October 2009 and “New Teacher Training
Videos” at the Spring WATESOL Conference.
• Teachers Rebecca Crawford and Lindsey Crifasi presented “Creating and Publishing a Literary
Magazine” at the fall WATESOL Conference in October 2009 and the Maryland TESOL
Conference in November 2009.
WATESOL Presentation
• Professional Development Specialist Robin Lovrien presented a keynote address to the Regional
Even Start Institute in Saratoga Springs, NY in October 2009.
• Ms. Lovrien also presented the following sessions:
Professional development sessions for teachers in the Hudson Valley - Catskills
Partnership Adult ESOL Professional Development Project.
“Reading and Adult ELLs for Teachers of ABE and GED Students” at Quinsigamond
Community College in Worcester, MA in October 2009.
“A Literature Review on the Possibility of Doing Direct Testing of Adult ELLS for
the Learning Disabled” at the Conference of the Learning Disabilities Association in
February 2010.
A preconference workshop “Adult ELLs who Struggle to Learn” as well as a conference
session on “Vision Problems in Adult Learners” at the Mountain Plains Adult Education
Conference in April 2010.
“Reading and the ESOL Student for Teachers of Adolescent and Adult ELLs” on behalf
of WATESOL at the Carlos Rosario School in June 2010.
• ESL teacher Jennifer Riggins presented “Activities for ESL Students Using Index Cards” at the
MAACE Conference in May 2010.
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