Conference Speakers

March 13 & 14, 2024

 

  • March 13

     

    • Elizabeth Goff

      Elizabeth Goff

      Presentation
      Transformation: A Discussion of Relational Practices
      ESOL Teacher
      2023 Teacher of the Year, Cobb County School District
      • Sue Kasun

        Sue Kasun

        Presentation
        AI in Language Teaching - Tools for Today
        Associate Professor of Language Education
        Georgia State University
        • Pedro Noguera

          Pedro Noguera

          Presentation
          The Power of Language and the Language of Power
          Dean, Rossier School of Education
          University of Southern California
          • Paula J. Mellom

            Paula J. Mellom

            Presentation
            Supporting Our Newcomers-Assets-based strategies for Instruction
            Interim Director, Center for Latino Achievement and Success
            University of Georgia

            • March 14

               

              • Claudia Rinaldi

                Claudia Rinaldi

                Presentation
                Challenges Bring Opportunity: Supporting Dually Identified Students
                Chair of Education
                Program Lasell University
                • Sue Kasun

                  Sue Kasun

                  Presentation 
                  AI in Language Teaching - Tools for Today
                  Associate Professor of Language Education
                  Georgia State University
                  • Paula Mellom

                    Paula J. Mellom

                    Presentation
                    Supporting Our Newcomers-Assets-based strategies for Instruction
                    Interim Director,  Center for Latino Achievement and Success
                    University of Georgia
                    • Grant Rivera

                      Grant Rivera -

                      Superintendtent
                      Marietta City Schools

                      Mexican Native Scientists

                      Presentation: Mexican pedagogical dialogs: Toward ancestral wisdoms and cultural diversity

                      The teaching and learning processes today are influenced by a series of civilizational crises. It is thus necessary to recover ancestral practices and knowledge that allowed us to have a relationship of greater care for all of life. Three Mexican experts on Indigenous knowledge and education share their practical experiences related to engaging Indigenous knowledge from their region, Totonacapan, Veracruz. Their projects have won awards despite institutional barriers and lack of resources. Their work inspires teachers to make connections with communities that are often overlooked but have a lot to teach us.

                      • March 13 & 14

                         

                        • Sara Arcos Barreiro

                          Sara Arcos Barreiro

                          Sara Arcos Barreiro is Professor at the Universidad Veracruzana’s Indigenous University System based in Totonacapan, and she is a descendent of the Totonaco people. A former elementary school teacher, she is also a PhD student in curriculum & instruction in Mexico and using the curriculum design of this project as part of her own doctoral dissertation research at the Mexican Universidad Campesina Indígena en Red.

                          • Omar Lazaro

                            Omar Lazaro

                            Omar Lazaro is a national leader and activist in the Concejo Nacional Indígena, Master’s level graduate of community education of the University of Veracruz, and documentarian. He is also a Totonaco healer and community educator. His co-written and co-produced documentary, “El Canto del Papán,” can be viewed here:

                          • Dr. Armando Lozada

                            Dr. Armando Lozada

                            Dr. Armando Lozada is Professor of molecular biology at Universidad Veracruzana and has won awards for interdisciplinary scholarship in Indigenous communities, including Totonacos and Nahuas.

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