Proficiency Portfolios & Feedback
ACTFL Annual Convention (2025, 2026) · GWATFL Annual Conference (2025) · MCATFL Spring Workshop (2026) — building assessment portfolios that document real growth.
Speaking
Conferences & Presentations
I've delivered more than 25 professional presentations since 2014 — at national, regional, and classics conferences — on proficiency-based assessment, data-driven instruction, and neuroinclusive language teaching. Below is a selection of recent sessions, my NECTFL Fellowships, and the organizations I serve.
Tabula I · Selected presentations
Recent sessions
A sample of the workshops and talks I've given recently. Reach out to bring one to your conference, chapter, or department.
Nurturing the Creative Classroom
Society of Classical Studies / American Classical League (2025) — designing classics instruction that invites curiosity and higher-order thinking.
Teaching Classical Studies Across the Curriculum
Society of Classical Studies / American Classical League (2025) — connecting the ancient world to disciplines well beyond the language classroom.
The LEAP Program
NECTFL Annual Conference (2024, 2026) — leadership, governance, and professional growth for world-language educators.
Mind the Gap: Understanding Your Data
NECTFL Annual Conference (2023) — the Mead Fellowship project, helping teachers read and act on their own assessment data.
Neurodiversity in the Language Classroom
ACTFL DEI Special Interest Group (2026) — neuroaffinity-centered strategies that open language learning to every kind of mind.
Tabula II · Fellowships
Recognition & fellowships
Two NECTFL Fellowships that shaped the work I present today.
2023 NECTFL Mead Innovation Fellow
Selected by NECTFL's committee from nominees across 14 partner states. Designed and launched “Mind the Gap: Helping World Language Teachers Understand Their Data,” a multimedia, asynchronous curriculum and webinar series on data-driven instructional design.
2024 NECTFL LEAP Fellow
Completed a rigorous, cohort-based program in executive leadership, educational governance, and professional-development facilitation for the world-language field.
Tabula III · The community
Organizations I serve
I'm an active leader in the national and regional associations that bring this field together. Their calendars are the best place to find upcoming sessions.
- American Classical League (ACL)Vice President ↗
The national organization for classics teachers, where I serve as Vice President of Membership.
- NECTFLFellow ↗
The Northeast Conference on the Teaching of Foreign Languages — home of the Mead and LEAP Fellowships and an annual conference for the region.
- ACTFLNeurodiversity SIG ↗
The national association for language educators, where I serve as Vice President of the Neurodiversity Special Interest Group.
- Classical Association of the Atlantic States (CAAS)Regional ↗
The regional association for the mid-Atlantic, with an annual meeting for teachers and scholars alike.
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