We are thrilled to have Tan back this year as our keynote speaker. We are even more excited that he will be here IN PERSON on June 27th. Please join us for either or both keynotes - his message will not disappoint!

Tan Huynh (@TanKHuynh) is a career teacher, consultant, and author specializing in language acquisition and literacy development. Tan has taught students from 5th to 10th grade in public, private, charter, and international schools. He has served as a language specialist and is currently a secondary social studies teacher. Tan shares teaching strategies on his blog, podcast, and online courses with the hopes of celebrating teachers who answer the call to serve multilingual learners. You can learn more about his work by going to TanKHuynh.com.

In-person keynote June 27th: Creating the Conditions for Long-Term Success

Let's evolve beyond the limits of the long-term English learner (LTEL) label and embrace a new way of honoring secondary multilinguals’ valuable life experiences and academic potential. By focusing on experienced multilinguals’ strengths and what teachers can do, we will create the conditions for long-term success. In this keynote, Tan will share the conditions where experienced multilinguals can thrive. While the examples will be from secondary schools, these conditions are applicable to elementary school MLs as well. The goal of this keynote is to affirm what participants are already doing to serve their MLs and to offer additional approaches.

Virtual keynote June 28th: Moving Forward with the Essentials

Each year, new initiatives around instructing emergent bilinguals are introduced. As our field evolves, it is essential was we remember to keep the most important instructional principles of serving multilingual learners. In this keynote, Tan will identify these core principles, explain why they are so important, and share examples of how to integrate them into their practice.

Registration for Day 1, In-Person, Symposium, June 27th at the Region 10 ESC Spring Valley Conference Center is now open. You can register for the entire day here. Since the event will be in-person, you do not need to select your breakout sessions ahead of time. The schedule will be published by May 15th to allow you to take time to take a look at the breakout sessions that will be available for you to select on the day of the event.

One easy registration click will provide you access to the Keynote speaker and all of the breakout sessions.

Registration for Day 2, Virtual Symposium, June 28th is now open. Click on the link below to see the breakout sessions that will be available virtually during that day.

Please note you will need to register for each breakout session you want to attend. You can do that here. The Zoom link will be sent only to those participants that register.