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Relevant Conferences 2017-2018

All ESL/BE licensure students need to attend at least one professional conference related to ESL/Bilingual Learners.  (See "Licensure" and "Planning Forms for Licensure" links for more information).  Directions for complying with this requirement are accessible here:  The following are relevant conferences that students may attend to fulfill this requirement:

• Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), March 27-30, 2018, Chicago, IL   http://www.tesol.org/convention-2018
• 5th Symposium of Spanish as a Heritage Language, April 5-7, 2018, Iowa City, IA  Selected sessions - check with an ESL/BE faculty member   http://5sshl2018.weebly.com/symposium.html
• UWW Early Childhood Conference, April 6-7, 2018, UW-Whitewater, Whitewater, WI  Selected sessions - check with an ESL/BE faculty member  http://www.uww.edu/ce/camps/additional/ecc
• Wisconsin Association for Bilingual Teachers (WIABE) April 27-29, 2018, Wisconsin Dells, WI  https://wiabe.org/wiabe-conference/
• Wisconsin State Reading Association 2018 Convention (WSRA), February 8-10, 2018, Wisconsin Center, Milwaukee, WI.  Selected sessions - check with an ESL/BE faculty member.  On Friday, February 9, Rethinking schools editor Lindas Christensen will present two workshops.  http://www.wsra.org/upcoming-conventions

*Please note that this list is not exhaustive.  There are other conferences that may meet this program requirement.  If you find a conference that you would like to attend in order to meet this requirement, please contact an ESL/BE faculty member.