Maris Hawkins speaks with Michelle about how to navigate conferences,  why it's important to attend your local, state, regional and national conferences, how to choose which sessions to attend and the importance of attending pre-conference workshops. She also doles out tips on how to reach out to others, the magic of attending an unconference and how conference organizers can design conferences to foster connections.  

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Show Notes

Mentions:  

GWATCFL - Greater Washington Association of Teachers of Foreign Language 

ACTFL - American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages  

AATSP -  American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese 

NNELL - National Network for Early Language Learning 

NECTFL - Northeast Conference on Teaching Foreign Languages  

ATD and Training Magazine  

EDCamp- Unconference 

People:  

@MarisHawkins 

Samara Spielberg  

Thomas Sauer - TELL Collab 

Jim Ventosa  

Thomas Sauer and Alyssa Villlareal 

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Bio:  Maris is a lower and middle school Spanish teacher in Washington, DC. She is the co-author of the book, Common Ground: Second Language Acquisition Theory Goes to the Classroom. Maris has presented at various conferences including NECTFL, SCOLT and ACTFL and has facilitated various workshops through national organizations with school districts.