68th Annual MALT Spring Conference
MALT Spring Conference 2023
April 7th & 8th in Livingston
Elicia Cárdenas
Spring MALT Presenter
Thank you for a great workshop!
Elicia Cárdenas is a former middle school Spanish teacher with extensive experience teaching a variety of levels, ages, and subjects. Her experience includes working with preservice teachers at Westminster College, as a teaching assistant for MIT Teaching Systems Lab, and writing with the Harvard Ethics Project (Graduate School of Education). Although she was trained as an elementary teacher, she shifted her focus to understanding of second language acquisition and its application to classroom instruction in a world language classroom. She presents regularly at national, regional, and state conferences and is proud to be a member of the IFLT coaching staff. Her areas of expertise include assessment with an equity lens and working to make sure all students are successful at acquiring another language. She is the Director of Training for The Comprehensible Classroom, and is the founder of the Deskless Classroom.
Conference Details
Please join us for our MALT Spring Conference!
Location: The Shane Center, Livingston MT
Dates: April 7th and 8th
Presenter: Elicia Cárdenas
Topic: Assessment for Acquisition
Changes in instruction require changes in assessment. Teaching for communicative proficiency
necessitates that we grade for communicative proficiency. Grades should communicate what students CAN do in the
target language, within the classroom context. And they should feel manageable for teachers.
• Brief introduction to standards based grades, gradebook conversion, and rubrics.
• Delve into grading practices that can reduce bias and promote equity.
• Practical strategies for creating interpretive and productive assessments.
• Hands-on activities for reflection and application of workshop content to classroom practices.
• Solutions for assigning grades to student work.
• Find practical solutions to common grading challenges.
Book Club Title: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles
to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship
with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from
the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
Friday:
Check-In: 8:30 - 9:00
Assessment for Acquisition Part 1: 9:00 - 12:00
Lunch & MALT Business Meeting: 12:00 - 1:00
Assessment for Acquisition Part 2: 1:00 - 5:00 PM.
Happy Hour: Details Coming Soon!
Saturday we will meet from 9:00 - 12:00
for discussions on Montana State Language
Standards, The Montana Seal of Biliteracy, and
for work time to implement what we learn on Saturday!
Total Possible CEU Credits: 10
Location: The Shane Center, Livingston MT
Dates: April 7th and 8th
Presenter: Elicia Cárdenas
Topic: Assessment for Acquisition
Changes in instruction require changes in assessment. Teaching for communicative proficiency
necessitates that we grade for communicative proficiency. Grades should communicate what students CAN do in the
target language, within the classroom context. And they should feel manageable for teachers.
• Brief introduction to standards based grades, gradebook conversion, and rubrics.
• Delve into grading practices that can reduce bias and promote equity.
• Practical strategies for creating interpretive and productive assessments.
• Hands-on activities for reflection and application of workshop content to classroom practices.
• Solutions for assigning grades to student work.
• Find practical solutions to common grading challenges.
Book Club Title: Born a Crime by Trevor Noah
Born a Crime is the story of a mischievous young boy who grows into a restless young man as he struggles
to find himself in a world where he was never supposed to exist. It is also the story of that young man’s relationship
with his fearless, rebellious, and fervently religious mother—his teammate, a woman determined to save her son from
the cycle of poverty, violence, and abuse that would ultimately threaten her own life.
Friday:
Check-In: 8:30 - 9:00
Assessment for Acquisition Part 1: 9:00 - 12:00
Lunch & MALT Business Meeting: 12:00 - 1:00
Assessment for Acquisition Part 2: 1:00 - 5:00 PM.
Happy Hour: Details Coming Soon!
Saturday we will meet from 9:00 - 12:00
for discussions on Montana State Language
Standards, The Montana Seal of Biliteracy, and
for work time to implement what we learn on Saturday!
Total Possible CEU Credits: 10
