STARTALK 2011 Spring Network for Program Excellence Conference

April 29–30, 2011 • Hyatt Regency, 330 Tijeras NW, Albuquerque, NM

The STARTALK 2011 Spring Meeting is for STARTALK grantees to come together in preparation for this year's programs.

Friday, April 29th, 2011

Betsy Hart, Catherine Ingold

Workshop: Designing Assessments to Develop Students' Language Performance	Paul Sandrock
Workshop: Failing To Plan = Planning To Fail	Greg Duncan, Myriam Met
Workshop: Increasing the Comprehensibility of the Target Language During Instruction	Richard Donato, Martin Smith
Workshop: Tell Me and I Forget... Involve Me and I Learn	Ann Tollefson

For Continuing Programs: Overview of STARTALK 2011	Betsy Hart, Laura Terrill
New To STARTALK: Managing Curriculum Template Process	Jennifer Eddy
Panel: Community Engagement Far and Beyond STARTALK	Shuhan Wang
Testing Interpersonal Listening Speaking	Daniel Conrad
Making The Most Of Your Site Visit	Betsy Hart, Acacia Reed
What CASL & CAL's Research Can Tell STARTALK About Student Assessment	Margaret Malone, Krystal Sundstrom
Framework For Foreign Language Teacher Effectiveness: The TEFL Project	Greg Duncan, Thomas Sauer, Alyssa Villarreal
Introduction to STARTALK Online Resources	Shuhan Wang
Managing Your STARTALK Grant: Continuing Programs	Carol Maynard, Diane Varieur
Sharing Tips for Recruiting	Rick Jackson
Planning An Effective Field Trip	Fauzia Farooqui, Joshua Pien
Why Self-Assessment Is Important and How to Do It Right	Margaret Malone, Kate Riestenberg

Creating Fun Ways to Bridge Instructional Gaps Using Brain-Compatible Strategies

Marjorie Hall Haley

Everything You Need To Know About Running A STARTALK Program	Betsy Hart
The Learning To Teach Continuum: Differentiating Teacher Programs to Support Participants, all Stages	Mary Curran, Duarte Silva
Managing Your STARTALK Grant: Continuing Programs	Carol Maynard, Diane Varieur
Open Forum: Supporting Your STARTALK Programs Through Technology: Before, During and After	Frederick Jackson
Planning An Effective Field Trip	Fauzia Farooqui, Joshua Pien
Why Self-Assessment Is Important and How to Do It Right	Margaret Malone, Kate Riestenberg
How Do We Start?: Orientation Sessions in STARTALK Programs	Nassim Abdi Dezfooli, Mouna Manna
Conducting Research on STARTALK Teacher Programs	Mary Curran, Melissa S. Ferro, Marjorie Hall Haley
K-5 Evaluation Field Test and Other Unique Features of Evaluation of K-5 Programs	Margaret Malone
Videotaping by Design: the Why, the What, and the How to Produce Purposeful Video Clips	Shuhan Wang

Shuhan Wang