Shifting Tides: Preparing for a Changing Tomorrow

WAESOL, the Washington state affiliate of Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL), is a professional, non-profit organization whose purposes are to:

• Promote scholarship
• Disseminate information related to ESOL
• Strengthen instruction, teacher training, and research in the teaching of English to speakers of other languages

READ Proposal Guidelines Carefully.  Submissions exceeding the limits will not be considered.

• Session Title: 10 word limit. Use Title Case.
• Session Description: 300 word limit (2000 characters). Full description of session for reviewers. This will not appear in the conference program. 
• Abstract for Program: 50 word limit (360 characters).  This will appear in the program both online and in print. 
• Speaker Biographies: 100 word limit per presenter.  Will appear only online.  Please note that speaker photo is optional. 

 8 Categories related to this year's theme

• Retooling TESOL Career Paths: Shifting into materials writing, K-12 certification, instructional design, editing, etc. 
• Changing Demographics in K-12, adult, and post-secondary language institutions
• Supporting Students with Disabilities
• Policy and Advocacy in a time of change
• Technology and language learning: instructional design, assessment, etc.
• Instructional Strategies
• Research 
• Other relevant topics