1st Annual WyoTESOL Conference

The 1st Annual WyoTESOL Conference will be Friday, April 23 to Saturday April 24, 2010 in Cody, Wyoming

Cost is only $25.00!! This price includes dinner Friday night, keynote speech, Saturday workshops, lunch on Saturday, and .5 units of continuing ed units through PTSB (if you complete all 7 hours of the conference).

Make plans to attend NOW!!!

If you would like to attend the WyoTESOL Conference this April, please send your name and email address to: elizabeth@wyotesol.org to receive a complete information packet. Deadline for resgistration is: March 30, 2009.

Accomodations: Skyline Motor Inn (complimentary breakfast is included)

***Call for special Conference Rates*****
1919 17th St.
Cody, WY 82414
(307) 587-4201
http://www.skylinemotorinn.com/

If you are staying at the Skyline Motor Inn, complimentary shuttle service will be provided between the hotel and the conference venue.

Venue: Park County Complex
1501 Stampede Ave.
Cody, WY 82414

Conference Program:

Friday, April 23, 2010

6:00 p.m. Park County Complex NWC Conference Room
Dinner and Keynote Speech by George Miller, President, Glacier Bay Training and Global Cyber Technology/WyoTESOL President (nominee)

7:30 p.m. Park County Complex NWC Conference Room
Annual WyoTESOL general membership/business meeting
Meet the WyoTESOL Board nominees

Saturday, April 24, 2010

9 a.m.-11:00 a.m. Seminars I (one hour each: 9-10 & 10-11)--see below for topics & speakers

11:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m. Panel Discussion: "Challenges and Solutions in TESOL" Taten Sheridan/NWC, Chair

12:30 p.m.-1:30 p.m. Lunch Break/Vendors (complimentary--provided by WyoTESOL)

1:30 pm.-3:30 p.m. Seminars II (one hour each: 1:30-2:30 & 2:30-3:30)

3:30 p.m. Conference Concludes

Speakers/Topics (as of March 15, 2010) **More speakers being added daily

Adult/Higher Ed

Milo Asay, ESL Instructor, NWC, Topic TBA

Cynthia Turner, The ELS Program on the campus of UW

On-Line Education

Danel La Rose: "That's Entertainment!" (What made Katharine Hepburn such an incredible actress? Why does Jim Carrey get paid the big bucks? How can Johnny Depp help me to teach English? Come to this seminar & find out!!)

George Miller, M.Ed., President, Glacier Bay Training & Susan Watkins, M.A./ESL, Director of Program Development, Glacier Bay Training: "Global Cyber Technology's New On-Line TESOL Certification Course"

High School

Ashlee Clark, ELL Coordinator, Big Horn School District #1: "Providing Classroom Support for ELL Students"

Middle School

Mary Jane Keffer, Writing Teacher, Park County School District #6: Picture Books and Struggling Middle-Level Writers: Strategies for Improving At-Risk and ELL Student Writing"

Grades 3-5

Speakers and Topics TBA

Grades K-2

Speakers and Topics TBA

Panel Discussion

Taten Sheridan, MFA, CELTA: "Challenges and Solutions in TESOL"

Vendors

Eleutian Technology and Back to Basics School Supply

**Attendees will receive .5 continuing ed credits from PTSB (if they attend all 7 hours of the conference i.e. Keynote Speech, Panel Discussion and 4 seminars--credit is given for presenting as well as attending seminar sessions).