
Alabama-Mississippi
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages

Conference Schedule

Wednesday January 26th
4:00-6:00 pm Registration Desk open
Thursday January 27th: Pre-Conference Advocacy Day
Learn about current issues and how you can support them.
8:00-11:00am Registration Desk open
9:30-10:30am Speaker: Amelia Steadman McGowan (Mississippi Center for Justice)
10:30-10:45am Coffee/Beverage Break
10:45-11:45am Speaker: L. Patricia Ice (Mississippi Immigrants Rights Alliance)
12:00-1:00pm Box Lunch
1:00-2:00pm Speaker: Carlos E. Alemán (The Hispanic Interest Coalition of Alabama)
2:00-2:10pm Break
2:10-3:00pm Q & A with Guest Speakers
3:00-3:50pm Workshop: Advocacy in TESOL: An Overview and Call to Action
3:50-4:00pm Break
4:00-5:00pm Lightning Rounds: Individual advocates from MS & AL sharing their work
4:00-6:00pm Registration Desk open
Friday January 28th: Pre-Conference Institute
7:30am-6:00pm Registration Desk open
9:00am-12:00pm Pre-Conference Institute: Workshops A, B, C, D
10:30-10:45am Coffee/Beverage Break
12:00-1:00pm Lunch for PCI attendees
Friday January 28th: Conference begins
1:00-6:00pm Exhibitors - Main Lobby
1:00-1:45pm Concurrent Sessions
2:00-2:45pm Concurrent Sessions
2:45-3:00pm Coffee/Beverage Break
3:00-3:45pm Concurrent Sessions
4:00-4:45pm Concurrent Sessions
4:45-6:00pm Poster Sessions & Networking
6:30-7:30pm Dinner
7:30-8:30pm Keynote Address: Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD*
Saturday January 29th: Conference
105 East Pascagoula Street
Jackson, Mississippi
7:00-9:00am Registration Desk open
7:30-9:00am Continental Breakfast
8:00am-12:00pm Exhibitors - Main Lobby
8:00-8:20am AMTESOL Business Meeting - everyone invited & welcome!
8:30-10:15am Workshop with Keynote Speaker Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD: Culturally Responsive Teaching*
9:00-9:45am Concurrent Sessions
10:00-10:45am Concurrent Sessions
10:45-11:00am Coffee/Beverage Break
11:00-11:45am Concurrent Sessions
12:00-12:45pm Concurrent Sessions
12:45pm Conference ends
*All Friday-Saturday conference attendees will receive a copy of Dr. Fenner's book, Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity