ANNOUNCING
RHODE ISLAND FOREIGN LANGUAGE ASSOCIATION
2020 FALL CONFERENCE
Connecting Communities Through Languages
Saturday, September 26, 2020
8:00 AM-2:30 PM
with a Post-Conference Workshop 3:00-6:00 PM
Hosted by
Rhode Island College
600 Mount Pleasant Avenue, Providence, RI 02908
Keynote Speaker:
Jessica Haxhi
ACTFL President-Elect
Supervisor of World Languages for New Haven Public Schools
Jessica Haxhi is the Supervisor of World Languages for New Haven Public Schools, a mid-size urban district with 90 world language teachers and six languages taught. Previously, she spent 20 years teaching Japanese in an elementary magnet school in Waterbury, CT. She has been teaching world language methods courses at Southern Connecticut State University for 15 years. Jessica has served on the Board of the Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages (NECTFL) and has been President of the National Council of Japanese Language Teachers (NCJLT) and Co-President of the American Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ). She worked with CT COLT to advocate for Seal of Biliteracy and served on the the NCSSFL-ACTFL Can-Do Statements Revision Committee. Jessica is ACTFL President-Elect for 2021.
CALL FOR PROPOSALS
Due June 15, 2020
Submit a Proposal: bit.ly/rifla2020present
Register here as a Sponsor/Exhibitor
Join us also for our Post-Conference Workshop on Intercultural Communicative Competence on Saturday, September 26, 2020 following the conference from 3-6 PM with Jessica Haxhi. We are fortunate to have Jessica join us. Don't miss this unique opportunity! Register for both events with one click on the Fall Conference registration page!
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Tentative Conference Agenda
8:00-8:30 am Registration, Exhibits, & Coffee
8:30-9:20 am Opening Session:
Welcoming Remarks and Keynote
9:30-10:30 am Concurrent Sessions I
10:30-11:00 am Exhibits and Networking
11:00- 12:00 pm Concurrent Sessions II
12:00-1:20 pm Exhibits and Networking Lunch
1:20-2:20 pm Concurrent Sessions III
2:30-2:45 pm Distribution of Certificate of Attendance*
3:00-6:00 pm Optional Post-Conference Workshop with Jessica Haxhi
*6.5 hours of PLUs will be awarded to all participants at the end of the conference. There will be no partial hours distributed.
Members of other state language organizations are welcome to attend at the member rate. Please contact RIFLA for a special registration code.
**Organizations/Departments that wish to register and pay for multiple individual registrations may now do so online! To register multiple attendees, return to the event registration page after confirming each registration but before paying.
***If you prefer to pay by mail, please mail a check along with your name, organization, address, phone number, and email to RIFLA 2020 Fall Conference, PO Box 200, Peace Dale, RI 02883.
Unfortunately, we cannot issue refunds.
