STLinATL

Discover how SEE Learning (Social, Emotional, and Ethical Learning) can transform the World Languages classroom into a space where language acquisition and emotional growth go hand in hand. In this session, we will explore practical strategies for integrating SEE Learning’s core principles—cultivating self-awareness, compassion, and ethical engagement—into the curriculum to enhance students’ linguistic and cultural proficiency.

Participants will learn how to design lessons that encourage empathy and cross-cultural understanding, helping students build deeper connections with the language, its speakers, and their peers. Examples will include activities that combine mindfulness practices, reflective exercises, and interpersonal dialogue to foster both emotional intelligence and communicative competence.

This session will provide tools for addressing challenges such as student disengagement, diverse learner needs, and cultural misunderstandings, making the classroom a supportive and inclusive environment. Attendees will leave with sample lesson frameworks and assessment methods, to implement SEE Learning within their language instruction.

Let's just call it a B+ Group Grade ... What do I do about the introverts?... Shoot, I don't remember what he actually said! ...How many points should I take off for talking too much?
These are common - if not often verbalized -- challenges many teachers face when it comes to assessing class discussion. And for good reason! Great discussion is a deeply human experience that is hard to define, track, and ultimately quantify. So what assessment models are out there for formative and summative approaches to assessing discussion?

In this session, join Liza Garonzik, Founder of REAL Discussion, to learn strategies for an equitable, evidence-based approach to assessing discussion in your classroom. Get ready to hear answers to those-questions-we-all-have-but-don't-want-to-actually-ask about assessment, learn four research-backed strategies to make discussion assessment more equitable, practice them from multiple perspectives -- and laugh along the way!