2026 NYSAFLT Annual Conference

2026 NYSAFLT Annual Conference

Welcome to the 109th NYSAFLT Annual Conference!

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7:00am EDT

Meet and Greet FLES Colleagues King Street Atrium

8:00am EDT

Coffee and Conference Exhibit Viewing Fort Orange Atrium Conference Registration Fort Orange Atrium

8:30am EDT

Connecting Language Acquisition and the Science of Reading Town Hall AmphitheaterMartina Bex All Things IPAs (6-12) Fort Orange 9Jenny Maldonado Beyond Points: Constructing Proficiency-Aligned Grading Systems Fort Orange 7Sarah Woodward-Jones • Amie Dubos • Shari Ebert • Pamela Stano Higher Education Committee - Methodologists' Roundtable High Street 22Erin Kearney • Marisol Marcin L'art en classe : plus qu'une trace, une audace ! Shaker RoomFrançoise "Swaz" Piron • Joy Cumming Little Eyes, Big Language: Engaging Youth with History and Language High Street 26Raynelda Calderon Maximizing All Modes of Communication Through Podcasts High Street 24Steven Lopez Screen-Free, Student-Focused: Energizing Your Classroom Fort Orange 5Daniela Casadei-Berwind • Katina Price • Faith Tripp Turning Ideas into Action: Designing a Compelling MEAD Proposal High Street 28Elcie Douce

9:30am EDT

Coffee and Conference Exhibit Viewing Fort Orange Atrium

10:00am EDT

General Session and Keynote (General Session and Keynote) King Street Ballroom

11:00am EDT

Final Conference Exhibit Viewing (Raffle) Fort Orange Atrium New Member and First Timer's Lounge Fort Orange Atrium

11:30am EDT

Capital-East Regional Breakout Session Fort Orange 7Shannon Lundgren • Meghan Chance Central New York Regional Breakout Session Fort Orange 9Brianna Jaspersohn • Erica Stark Mid-Hudson/Westchester Regional Breakout Session Fort Orange 5Kaleigh Thomas • Elcie Douce NYC/LI Regional Breakout Session Shaker RoomDavid Schultz • Maria Quintanilla Western NY Regional Breakout Session Town Hall AmphitheaterAnna Cartwright • Joshua Wigle-Harris

12:30pm EDT

Lunch (all conference attendees) and NYSAFLT Service Recognition Awards, NYSED Update King Street Ballroom

1:30pm EDT

The Wi-Fi Is Down: Quick Pivots for Real Communication High Street 28Kate Sanders Bridging Language and Culture: Using AI to Deepen Cultural Understanding High Street 26Trinidad Arizmendi Gen AI and Language Pedagogy: Practical Applications Fort Orange 5Shanaaz Mohammed Google Slides to Make Paper Documents... What the TECH?! Town Hall AmphitheaterMeredith White Implementing Free Choice Reading Program in Checkpoints B/C Shaker RoomNicole Alberico-Farr Leaders of Tomorrow information session Meeting Suite 120Melanie Thomas • Shannon Lundgren Past President Advisory Council High Street 22Françoise "Swaz" Piron Safe Spaces for DEI in 2026 and Beyond (formerly the DEI Roundtable). High Street 24Abi Cleary • Diana Zuckerman Supercharge your Seal of Biliteracy Program Fort Orange 7Candace Black • Yunxiao Zhang Talk, Read, Talk, Write: a student-centered approach to NYS World Language Fort Orange 9Maria Quintanilla

2:45pm EDT

Building a Week of Comprehensible Input: Simple Routines That Work High Street 28Qin Wu 2 Worlds Colliding: Special Ed and WL- They can thrive! Fort Orange 9Shannon Lundgren Megan McGinnis Addressing Needs to Empower the Heritage Learner and ELL High Street 24Emilio Sosa • Daniel Rodriguez • Karla Hernandez Assigned but Unprepared: Supporting New Teachers Without Burnout Fort Orange 5Nicholas Amster Auditory Processing Disorder in the WL Classroom High Street 26Anna Cartwright • Daniel Cartwright AuD Enhancing Language Learning Through Interactive Notebooks Shaker RoomCarina Morales Hauser Grab and Go Games and Activities for the World Language Classroom Town Hall AmphitheaterValerie Greer Italian Teachers’ Roundtable on the Revised Standards for World Language Meeting Suite 120Melissa Stio Member Organizations Round Table High Street 22Wendy Mercado Stop the Freeze: Helping students think less and talk more Fort Orange 7Shari Ebert

3:45pm EDT

Regional Basket Raffle (must be present to win) Fort Orange Atrium