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Fall 2026 CoTESOL Convention

14 November 2026 – 15 November 2026Colorado TESOL

48th Annual CoTESOL Convention for ESL and multilingual education professionals.

Sessions (65)

ADULT EDUCATION (AE)CONTENT AREA (CA)EDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGYELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)GENERAL AUDIENCEHIGHER EDUCATION / IEP SIGSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)SOCIO POLITICALTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)

Check In

Sat, 9 May · 1:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
EAL/D
Session

Continental Breakfast

Sat, 9 May · 1:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Session

Exhibits

Sat, 9 May · 1:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Session

FRIDAY OPENING KEYNOTE: Attention TESOL Professionals: The Globe IS Our Campus. Empowering Our Multilingual Learners to Ignite Positive Change…It All Begins with Us!

Sat, 9 May · 2:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
EdTechEAL/DArts
Keynote

HE/IEP SIG FEATURED PRESENTATION: Strategies to Uplift and Empower Your Teaching Community

Sat, 9 May · 3:45 pmHIGHER EDUCATION / IEP SIG
InclusionHumanities
Session

Cross-Institutional Partnerships for TESOL Teacher Development and Multilingual Learner Success

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
EAL/DEarly Childhood
Session

Divide and Conquer: Maximizing Co-Teaching Through Specific Facilitator Roles

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
Session

Elevating Academic Vocabulary Learning Through Structured Conversations and Visuals

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
EdTech
Session

Empowered and Engaged: Reimagining Adult EFL Online with Purposeful Participation

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
WritingEdTechEAL/D
Session

Intentional Co-Teaching for Multilingual Learners

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
EAL/D
Session

Making Complex Text Accessible to Experienced Multilinguals

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
PhonicsEAL/D
Session

Making Language Stick: Practical Strategies for Combining Scaffolding, the Lexical Approach, and Vocabulary Recycling

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
LiteracyExplicit InstructionEAL/D
Session

Research and Resources for Newcomers and ML Students

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
Inclusion
Session

Teaching That Sticks: Comprehensible Input for Inspired Language Learning

Sat, 9 May · 3:50 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
Session

Bringing High School Multilingual Students Together: DCSD's Youth Multilingual Conference

Sat, 9 May · 4:45 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
EAL/D
Session

Building the Literacy Trinity: A Daily Routine for Strengthening Knowledge, Vocabulary and Writing

Sat, 9 May · 4:45 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
LiteracyWritingAssessment
Session

ED TECH SIG FEATURED PRESENTATION: From Translation to Language Transformation: The TAIL Model for Empowering MLs with Technology

Sat, 9 May · 4:45 pmEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
EdTechEAL/D
Session

Read, Write, Play: Joyful Literacy for Children at the Boulder Public Library District

Sat, 9 May · 4:45 pm
Literacy
Session

Supporting SLIFE and ML Students from Trauma-Affected Backgrounds

Sat, 9 May · 4:45 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
EAL/DEarly ChildhoodSTEM
Session

Mastering Academic Vocabulary and Content: Practical Routines for Secondary ELLs

Sat, 9 May · 5:10 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
EAL/DEarly Childhood
Session

Raffle!

Sat, 9 May · 6:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Session

A Whole New World: Preparing Newcomer Students for Classroom Success

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
LiteracyEarly Childhood
Session

EFL Online Teaching/Learning: Insights from the Cameroon Distance Education Center

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
EdTechSTEM
Session

Enhancing Vocabulary Development for English Learners in Adult Literacy Education

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
Literacy
Session

From Classroom to Newsroom: Empowering Beginning Writers Through Collaborative Publishing

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmHIGHER EDUCATION / IEP SIG
Writing
Session

Global Citizenship in the Language Classroom: Teaching the UN SDGs

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
Session

Making Language and Content Accessible to All Students

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmCONTENT AREA (CA)
AssessmentEAL/D
Session

SOPOL SIG FEATURED SPEAKER: Supporting Immigrant Students in a Time of Fear

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmSOCIO POLITICAL
EAL/D
Session

Unlocking More Resources with Intercambio

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
Curriculum
Session

Welcoming Newcomer Students: Essential Knowledge, Resources, and Skills in the Teaching of Newcomer Students

Sat, 9 May · 7:00 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
Session

Broadening Access to the Seal of Biliteracy in Rural & Mountain Districts: A Peer-Led Dialogue

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
Assessment
Session

Enhancing Refugee ELLs’ Digital Literacy with Trauma-Informed SLA

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
LiteracyExplicit InstructionEdTech
Session

Essential Belonging through the Transformational Equity Framework

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
EAL/DEquity
Session

From Newcomers to Native Speakers: Teaching Tools and Techniques that Work

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
Session

SE SIG FEATURED SPEAKER: Every Teacher is a Language Teacher: Building Systems that Empower CLDE Staff and Multilingual Learners

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
EAL/DLeadership
Session

Shadowing: What Is It? And Does It Work?

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmHIGHER EDUCATION / IEP SIG
Literacy
Session

SIG Networking

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Session

Sound It Out: Supporting Learners through Practical Pronunciation Strategies

Sat, 9 May · 8:00 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
Session

AI Prompt Engineering for Enhanced Lesson Planning: Hyper-focused Success for CLD

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
EdTechEAL/D
Session

Developing and Piloting a Secondary Newcomer Welcome Week

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
Session

Digital Literacy Skills in Support of Adult English Language Learners

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
LiteracyEdTechEAL/D
Session

EE SIG FEATURED PRESENTATION: Maintain Rigor with Strategic Questioning

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
Session

Supporting Secondary Students New to Country

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
Leadership
Session

Teaching English and High School Agency to Highly Mobile Agricultural Students and Out of School Youth through the Title I-C Family Education Program and the Innovative Services for Out of School Yout

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
STEM
Session

Zero Prep: Ready-to-Go Activities for the Language Classroom

Sat, 9 May · 9:00 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
Early Childhood
Session

"Proud to Be Bilingual" Project

Sat, 9 May · 9:25 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
AssessmentEAL/D
Session

FRIDAY CLOSING KEYNOTE: Finding Empowerment and Inspiration Today

Sat, 9 May · 10:00 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Keynote

Raffle #2!

Sat, 9 May · 11:00 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Session

Certificate of Attendance (Fillable)

Sun, 10 May · 10:00 am
Arts
Session

SATURDAY OPENING KEYNOTE: Embracing Our Role: Empowering Learners and Leading by Example

Sun, 10 May · 2:30 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
Keynote

CA SIG FEATURED PRESENTATION: Teaching and Learning in Linguistically Inclusive Spaces

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmCONTENT AREA (CA)
Inclusion
Session

Culturally Immersive Learning: Living Traditions in Action

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
AssessmentEdTechEquity
Session

Education in the Age of AI: Power of Slow Education for International Students’ Success

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
WritingEdTechWellbeing
Session

Enhancing Writing with Padlet

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmEDUCATIONAL TECHNOLOGY
WritingEdTech
Session

Like-Peer Comparative Data

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmELEMENTARY EDUCATION (EE)
EAL/DEquityArts
Session

Putting Your Oxygen Mask on First: How We as Teachers of English Language Learners Can Support Ourselves and Our Peers During This Time of Sociopolitical Uncertainty

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
EdTechEAL/DWellbeing
Session

Reading with Purpose: Real-Life Literacy that Inspires and Equips

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
LiteracyEdTech
Session

TE/AR SIG FEATURED PRESENTATION: Building Strong Relationships With Students to Support Social-Emotional Development in Elementary Classrooms

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
EAL/DWellbeingEquity
Session

Translanguaging Design and Shifts that Support Multilingual Students' Learning and Sense of Belonging

Sun, 10 May · 3:50 pmCONTENT AREA (CA)
EAL/DEquity
Session

Advocacy in Times of Strife: Cutting through the Disquiet to Help Instigate Meaningful Change

Sun, 10 May · 4:45 pmSOCIO POLITICAL
Session

AE SIG FEATURED SPEAKER: Pronunciation Instruction in a Hybrid Flexible ESL Classroom

Sun, 10 May · 4:45 pmADULT EDUCATION (AE)
EAL/D
Session

Coming Out of the Teaching Trenches!

Sun, 10 May · 4:45 pmTEACHER EDUCATION/ACTION RESEARCH (TE/AR)
EAL/D
Session

ELL Strategy Library from Colorin Colorado!

Sun, 10 May · 4:45 pmSECONDARY EDUCATION (SE)
PhonicsEAL/D
Session

SATURDAY CLOSING KEYNOTE: Beyond Grammar and Vocabulary: Courageous Care and Audacious Hope in the (Language) Classroom

Sun, 10 May · 5:45 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
AssessmentEAL/DWellbeing
Keynote

CoTESOL Annual Business Meeting and Luncheon

Sun, 10 May · 7:15 pmGENERAL AUDIENCE
EAL/D
Session