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
My conference work grows directly from classroom practice: proficiency portfolios, creative evidence of learning, inclusive instructional design, assessment, and student engagement. This selected record includes presentations for ACL, ACTFL, NECTFL, MCATFL, and SCS/ACL programming, alongside my NECTFL Fellowships and professional leadership.
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.
Selected record reviewed August 2026.
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.
Session themes at a glance
- Proficiency portfolios and feedback
- Data-informed instructional design
- Leadership and professional growth
- Neuroinclusive language teaching
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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