65th Annual MALT Spring Conference
MALT Spring Conference
A face-to-face conference is no longer possible due to COVID-19.
See Below for Details on MALT's First Ever Virtual Conference!
Spring Conference 2020 Speaker: JON COWART
Jon is the director of world languages at KIPP collegiate middle and high school in Memphis, TN. He has been teaching Spanish for 9 years in inner city Memphis merging best practices between CI and urban education. Jon also coaches world language teachers through Memphis teacher residencies and Teach for America. Jon's areas of expertise are classroom management with CI and Total Physical Response. He has also presented on Star Student and spinning PQAs into stories.
Components and Details for the MALT Virtual Spring Conference
Components:
-MALT Members Meeting (1 hr)
-Seal of Biliteracy Info Session (.5 hrs)
-MALT Members Conversation: Online Instruction! (1 hr)
6 CEUs available for completion of online course
4 CEUs available for completion of meeting and discussion hours on April 18
University credit unavailable - We're very sorry, we tried our best! If any of you are taking Tina Hargaden's CI Liftoff course "CI for Language Acquisition" and, like me, haven't yet completed it, Jon's course could be the perfect "project" to use for credit through Tina's course, which IS set up through the University of the Pacific for 2 graduate credits (additional fees apply).
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 WHO REGISTER!
Send in your registration fees and form - Same pricing as the original face-to-face conference (Jon's online class is valued at $130, and there's no hotel to pay for anymore!!) When we receive your registration you'll get the link and your coupon code to take Jon Cowart's online class through CI Liftoff, a virtual version of his would-be presentation in Helena
Anyone ALREADY REGISTERED for the Spring Conference is automatically on the list! If you already registered, check your email very soon for your link to the class and the coupon code.
If you registered and are no longer interested in "attending" the conference please let us know ASAP so we can offer your spot to someone else.
PLEASE do not share the coupon code once you get it!! Jon and MALT need to have the exact same list of names for conference registration as those who use the coupon code to enroll in the class.
ALSO! Please think about nominating your colleagues for the 2021 MALT Awards and two upcoming vacancies on the MALT Board! All these will be voted on at our Fall Conference in Great Falls. Please consider nominating someone for an award or board position! And yes, you can volunteer/nominate yourself for a board position! We'd LOVE to have you! (We will confirm with all nominees before we put you on the final ballot!)
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE 2021 NOMINATIONS!
If you are NOT yet registered for the Spring Conference, please send your registration fees and form to Paul ASAP and we will send the coupon code to the first 50 who register!
email maltboard@gmail.com with questions
Thanks for your patience with the Spring Conference, we sincerely apologize about the University Credit, and we hope to see you on April 18!
- A 6-hour interactive online course hosted by Jon Cowart, complete online at your leisure before April 18: This class is super similar to what Jon was going to present in Helena. It's organized in a 4-week class, but is about 6 hours of work, total, which is what our conference was going to be.
- Read Jon's book "Behavior Management in the CI Classroom" (he's offering it as a FREE download currently on his blog!)
- A 4-hour Zoom meeting on Saturday, April 18 consisting of:
-MALT Members Meeting (1 hr)
-Seal of Biliteracy Info Session (.5 hrs)
-MALT Members Conversation: Online Instruction! (1 hr)
6 CEUs available for completion of online course
4 CEUs available for completion of meeting and discussion hours on April 18
University credit unavailable - We're very sorry, we tried our best! If any of you are taking Tina Hargaden's CI Liftoff course "CI for Language Acquisition" and, like me, haven't yet completed it, Jon's course could be the perfect "project" to use for credit through Tina's course, which IS set up through the University of the Pacific for 2 graduate credits (additional fees apply).
REGISTRATION IS LIMITED TO THE FIRST 50 WHO REGISTER!
Send in your registration fees and form - Same pricing as the original face-to-face conference (Jon's online class is valued at $130, and there's no hotel to pay for anymore!!) When we receive your registration you'll get the link and your coupon code to take Jon Cowart's online class through CI Liftoff, a virtual version of his would-be presentation in Helena
Anyone ALREADY REGISTERED for the Spring Conference is automatically on the list! If you already registered, check your email very soon for your link to the class and the coupon code.
If you registered and are no longer interested in "attending" the conference please let us know ASAP so we can offer your spot to someone else.
PLEASE do not share the coupon code once you get it!! Jon and MALT need to have the exact same list of names for conference registration as those who use the coupon code to enroll in the class.
ALSO! Please think about nominating your colleagues for the 2021 MALT Awards and two upcoming vacancies on the MALT Board! All these will be voted on at our Fall Conference in Great Falls. Please consider nominating someone for an award or board position! And yes, you can volunteer/nominate yourself for a board position! We'd LOVE to have you! (We will confirm with all nominees before we put you on the final ballot!)
HERE IS THE LINK TO THE 2021 NOMINATIONS!
If you are NOT yet registered for the Spring Conference, please send your registration fees and form to Paul ASAP and we will send the coupon code to the first 50 who register!
email maltboard@gmail.com with questions
Thanks for your patience with the Spring Conference, we sincerely apologize about the University Credit, and we hope to see you on April 18!
Classroom Management in the World Language Classroom
In this interactive session, participants will engage in a variety of classroom management topics that are the highest impact and applicable to all contents (but with at “World Language Twist”). Participants will walk away from this session with concrete macro and micro power moves that can be implemented immediately in order to get a better-managed classroom.
In this interactive session, participants will engage in a variety of classroom management topics that are the highest impact and applicable to all contents (but with at “World Language Twist”). Participants will walk away from this session with concrete macro and micro power moves that can be implemented immediately in order to get a better-managed classroom.
- The Power of Emotional Constancy (warm / strict, teacher register, and emotionally constant language)
- In the Moment Decisions (what to do directions, scanning aggressively, narrating the positive, redirections, and the art of the consequence)
- Routines and Procedures 101 (entry procedure to class and the “First 5 minutes”, last 5 minutes of class, 100% right is right)
- Managing Whole Group Behavior (explicit directions, giving the “why”, at-bats)
- Managing through Engagement (“CI-ifying” your lessons to meet student Socio-Emotional needs, eliminating side conversations, limiting cell phone use, making 100% of students do the “heavy lifting”)
- Cultural Investment (building community through World Language curriculum, using blended learning lessons to connect prior knowledge, deep personalized questioning and answering, TPR and Star Student, “Why Language” day, class compacting, leveraging Investors
- Academic Investment (setting academic goals using ACTFL standards (Literacy and Verbal), grounded in grades, using data to invest kids)
*Please return registration form via mail or scan/snap a pic and email to maltboard@gmail.com
Payment can be made by check and mailed or through PayPal. CLICK HERE TO PAY ON PAYPAL
Registration is limited to the first 50 people to register!
Please email us if you are mailing in your registration and we'll put you on the list!
Paul Asleson
Billings West High
2201 St Johns Ave Billings, MT 59102
Hotel Information
All MALT member reservation that were made at the Doubletree by Hilton Downtown in Helena have been cancelled by the MALT board.
Reservation made elsewhere must be cancelled by the individual that made the original reservation.
All MALT member reservation that were made at the Doubletree by Hilton Downtown in Helena have been cancelled by the MALT board.
Reservation made elsewhere must be cancelled by the individual that made the original reservation.
