The PennTESOL 2023 Fall Conference will be held Saturday, November 4, 2023, from 9:00 AM to 2:00 PM a Furness High School in South Philadelphia (details about getting to the venue coming shortly).

This year’s theme is Building Bridges & Scaffolding Success.

Agenda
8:45 a.m.	Check-in & Breakfast
9:00 a.m.	Plenary Speaker: Mallory Fix-Lopez
10:00 a.m.	Breakout Session 1
10:30 a.m.	Breakout Session 2
11:00 a.m.	Lunch, Poster Sessions, and Networking
12:00 noon	Breakout Session 3
12:30 p.m.	Breakout Session 4
1:00 p.m.	Keynote Speaker: Daniel Peou

The keynote presentation, entitled Full Circle: How a Former Refugee Student Transformed a School to Support Immigrant Families, will be delivered by Daniel Peou, principal of Furness High School.

The plenary presentation, entitled Different Sectors, Same Cause: Activist Applied Linguistics as the Keystone of TESOL will be delivered by Mallory Fix-Lopez, of the Community College of Philadelphia and vice president of the Philadelphia Board of Education.

Call for Proposals

The call for proposals is open until October 6 at 5:00 PM:

Proposal Submission Form. Call for Proposals Proposal Scoring Rubric

PennTESOL East is a professional, non-profit association dedicated to the improvement and advancement of English language teaching in eastern Pennsylvania.