EVENT PROGRAM

9:00 – 9:30 AM

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Welcoming remarks - Anna Montserrat, Chapter Vice-president

Greetings - Bernard A. López, Chapter President and Sheri Spaine Long, Executive Director, AATSP

 

9:30 – 10:30 AM

Session A - Preparing for AP Spanish from Level 1 – Ken Stewart, Vista Higher Learning

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Success on the AP Spanish Language and Culture exam is the result of years of preparation. What strategies can be used from first and second year to introduce students to the speaking and writing tasks they’ll be asked to do in years four and five? Ken will share test-taking tips for students taking the exam this spring as well as activities to prepare students starting at the novice and intermediate proficiency levels. He will also share common pitfalls for heritage and native speakers to avoid in order to improve their performance.

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Session B - My Favorite Things: Best Practices for the Elementary World Language Classroom – Liz Sacco, Vista Higher Learning

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Description: Motivation and success are the key elements in learning another language. In this workshop we will fill your bag of tricks with a variety of fun and effective activities that will keep your students engaged and eager to speak, read, listen and write in the target language. 


10:30 – 10:50AM

Student/Teacher Awards

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Watch the Awards Presentation Video

First Place Digital Poster Contest – Michaell Santos, Bronx School for Law, Government and Justice

First Place Hand Drawn Poster Contest – Jiahe Wang, Stuyvesant High School

First Place Website Contest – Sumiko Yu, Midwood High School

Ruth Bennett Award – Vilma I. Fernández 

Teacher of the Year Award – Rosanny Genao

Theodore Huebener Award – Anna Montserrat 

10:50 – 11:50AM

Los Caminos a Santiago, los Caminos en el Aula – Jacobo Gutiérrez, Asesor Técnico de Educación. Consulado General de España en Nueva York

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Resumen: 2021 es Año Santo Compostelano. En esta presentación expondremos la utilidad del Camino como un recurso cultural y lingüístico en la clase de español. De él se puede aprovechar todo: historia, geografía, literatura, arte, gastronomía, tradiciones y costumbres, simbología… Viajaremos todos por los Caminos, que son muy variados: por dónde, cómo, por qué, para qué, cuándo.

 

11:50 – 12:20PM

Health and Wellness for the Classroom Teacher – Luz Mariela Álvarez

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Description:In this workshop, participants will learn three easy techniques for navigating stressful situations, as well as how to use reiki to sooth and calm their body. Attendees will also learn what elements they can change in their environment in order to reduce stress.

 

12:20 – 1:20PM

¡Sí puedes!  La tortilla de patatas a tu alcance – Nieves Baranda, Ph.D., Agregada de Educación. Consulado General de España en Nueva York

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Resumen: Taller dedicado a explicar cómo se hace una tortilla de patatas o tortilla española. Aunque se tratarán brevemente de los orígenes e historia de este plato tan rico y famoso, el centro de atención será explicar la receta y mostrar muchas de sus alternativas, de modo que todos puedan encontrar cómo hacerla de acuerdo a su familiaridad con la cocina.

1:20 – 1:30

Tómbola

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Evaluación para el Congreso de Profesores

Learn about our presenters!

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Ken Stewart was the first ACTFL National Foreign Language Teacher of Year. He currently teaches Advanced Spanish Writing at Duke University in North Carolina. A National Board Certified high school Spanish teacher, Ken has served on the ACTFL Board of Directors, the SCOLT Board, and the Executive Council of the AATSP. He was the recipient of ACTFL’s Florence Steiner Award for Leadership in Foreign Language Education K-12. He has served on the AP® Spanish Language and Culture Test Development Committee, as a question leader at the AP® Reading, and has been a national consultant for over 25 years. He has conducted over 200 workshops and summer institutes throughout the US as well as in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Latin America. Ken works as a freelance world language consultant and keynote speaker. An aficionado of languages and cultures, Ken speaks Spanish, Portuguese and some French; he has traveled to 50 countries. 

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About Liz: I am an experienced and energetic professional educator and World Language Supervisor having spent thirty-two years teaching all levels of high school French and Spanish including Advanced Placement. I have thirteen years of experience in presenting and training World Language resources where I also created and delivered workshops that focus on current pedagogical issues including, integrated performance assessments, strategies for working in the interpretive mode, and connecting to communities. I have been actively involved in assisting educators in the development of units of study that incorporate ACTFL’s World Language Standards and best practices.

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Nieves Baranda es catedrática de literatura española de la Universidad Nacional de Educación a Distancia (UNED) de Madrid, experta en las escritoras españolas de la Edad Moderna. Desde finales de 2018 es agregada de educación en Nueva York. Sus amigos se alegran cuando los invita a comer a casa, porque una de sus aficiones es la cocina y se atreve a arriesgar con recetas alternativas. Esta vez asume riesgos mayores al hacer este taller, por lo que de antemano pide benevolencia a los asistentes.

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Jacobo Gutiérrez, licenciado por la Universidad de Santiago de Compostela y nativo de esa misma ciudad, es profesor de enseñanza secundaria en España. Actualmente es el asesor técnico del Ministerio de Educación de España destinado en Nueva York, puesto que desempeñó anteriormente en Boston, MA. También ha sido agregado de educación en la Embajada de España en Ottawa, Canadá.

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Luz Mariella is Co-founder and Director of the Luz Reiki Academy and co-owner of Luz Reiki Wellness Center. Luz is also a Reiki Master, a Certified Life Coach, and an International Instructor of Reiki Conscious Transmutation (RTC) - a comprehensive healing method that applies Reiki energy healing, Bio-decoding, Epigenetics, NLP (Neurolinguistic Programming) and Hypnotherapy. 

Prior to working in the health and wellness field, Luz spent over twenty-five years in the education field as a Spanish teacher, first in Lima, Perú for 10 years and then in NJ for an additional 15 years. Luz presented on Perú with a colleague at an AATSP conference and served on the Executive Council of the AATSP for a term. While teaching, Luz opened the doors to Luz Reiki Wellness Center LLC in 2011. It was in 2015 that she decided to leave teaching and dedicate her life full-time to Health and Wellness. She was originally brought into the world Health and Wellness when she read a book titled “Embraced by The Light”. The book triggered something within her that then lead her to meditate, find Reiki, A Course in Miracles, Bio-decoding, PNL and much more that lead to the well-rounded knowledge that Luz currently has.  This ultimately led to the founding of Reiki Conscious Transmutation. Fast forward to just a few months ago Luz co-founded the Luz Reiki Academy LLC where new students are taking courses and becoming therapists.  They will now be able to help others as well as themselves. 

Meet your Vista Higher Learning Team! 

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Ada Ricardo
Vista Higher Learning Rep for Long Island and Mid Hudson NY
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Layla Lamchahab
Vista Higher Learning Rep for NYC Metro