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August 2022
World Language Consultant for Lake Washington School District, WA

July 2022

11-15th: APSI at Pacific Lutheran University, WA
​19-29th: Graduate Faculty at Middlebury Language School in Middlebury, VT


June 2022
6th: World Language Curriculum PD at Waterford School, Salt Lake City UT
27-30th: Bellevue AP Summer Institutes 


April 2022
22-23rd: MBWLP Leadership Retreat at Chaminade in Soquel, CA
30th: Keynote Speech: "Gather, Heal, Engage" at HALT Conference, HI


March 2022
​12th: Giving Students Choice and Voice Webinar for Chinese Language Association of Secondary-Elementary Schools

February 2022
10th: Engaging Online Language Learners Through SEL
26th: Transforming Teaching Practice Trough an Effective Coaching Model at CLTA Conference


December 2021
4th and 11th: Power of Storytelling for CAJLT
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November 2021

21st: Transforming Teaching Practices Through an Effective Coaching Model at ACTFL Conference

September 2021
4th and 18th: CAJLT Series #4: Teacher Learner Community

July 2021
16th-20th: From Empathy to Action Strand in CLTA Summer Seminar "Socially Just World Language Classroom"
19th-23rd: Japanese APSI at Augsburg University

February 2021
6th: Keynote Speech - "Journey to America" Civic Lesson and District Wide Collaboration Model - for WATJ, WA
13th: CAJLT Workshop #3: Equitable Grading and Effective Feedback

22nd: Workshop - Lesson Design to Promote Learner Engagement in New Learning Environment for International Schools of Japan, Japan
27th: 3-hour Workshop on Equitable Grading Practice to promote Language Learning, CLTA Conference, CA
28th: Promoting Civics in Language Classroom, Effective Virtual Learning Walk. CLTA Conference, CA

 
January 2021
16th: Keynote Speech for Japan Foundation in Madrid, Spain
23rd: CAJLT Workshop #1: Equitable Grading and Effective Feedback
30th: CAJLT Workshop #2: Equitable Grading and Effective Feedback


November 2020
7th: 
Teaching with Clarity: Task Design with Global Competence Framework Part 3
20th: 
Re-Building Civics Through the Lens of a World Language Classroom for ACTFL Conference


October 2020
14th: 
Focusing on Language Proficiency in Uncertain Times for World Language Teachers at Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
24th: Teaching with Clarity: Task Design with Global Competence Framework Part 1

28th: Focusing on Language Proficiency in Uncertain Times for World Language Teachers at Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA
31st:Teaching with Clarity: Task Design with Global Competence Framework Part 2


September 2020
5th: Teaching with Clarity for CAJLT 
12th: Teaching with Clarity: Designing a Weekly Lesson Plan with Global Competence Part 1 for MBWLP
19th: 
Teaching with Clarity: Designing a Weekly Lesson Plan with Global Competence Part 2 for MBWLP
26th: Teaching with Clarity: Designing a Weekly Lesson Plan with Global Competence Part 3 for MBWLP
30th: Focusing on Language Proficiency in Uncertain Times for World Language Teachers at Berkeley High School, Berkeley, CA

August 2020
8th: Get Ready for the New School Year Webinar for CAJLT
12th: Get Ready for the New School Year Webinar for CLTA
22nd: Teaching with Clarity for CAJLT
29th: Teaching with Clarity for CAJLT

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July 2020
6-9th: AP Summer Institute at Hawaii Pacific University, HI
17-22: CLTA/CWLP Summer Seminar at UC Santa Barbara, CA
21st: Deeper Engagement in Learning Webinar for AATJ
22-26: JLEAP Training, Bellevue, WA


June 2020
21-30th: Program Consulting for Middlebury College, VT

May 2020
30th: Keynote and Workshop for CATJ Conference, MN
Webinar: Remote Learning: Keeping Our Learners Close - ACTFL

April 2020
11th: Integrated Performance Assessment Workshop for HATJ, Honolulu, HI


February 2020
4th: Unpacking New California World Language Standards Workshop at Monterey County Office of Education
8th: "
Inspiring Students to Find Their Voices in an Ever Changing World" Keynote Speech for WATJ Seattle, WA
27th: Path to Proficiency Workshop for World Language Teachers at Waterford School, Salt Lake, UT


January 2020
12 and 19th: MBWLP Winter Tech Workshop at CSUMB

November 2019
21-24th:
Engaging Learners in Social Change Through Authentic Resources at ACTFL Conference, DC

October 2019
18th: Keynote Address at Kyushu Regional English Educators Conference in Okinawa, Japan

August 2019
13th: Workshop for World Language Teachers at Elk Grove Unified School District Elk Grove, CA

July 2019
8th-11th: AP Summer Institute, Honolulu, HI 
18th: Workshop at AP Annual Conference, Orlando, FL
19-24th: CLTA Summer Seminar at UC Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA
​24th-28th: JLEAP Training Seattle, WA


May 2019
1st: Focusing on Assessments for Learning Workshop at University of Michigan Ann Arbor, MI
4th: 
Deepening Literacy for Emerging Language Learners Workshop #2 at CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA

April 2019
6th: East Language Pedagogy Workshop at University Wisconsin-Madison, WI 
13th: HATJ Workshop, Honolulu, HI
27th:Deepening Literacy for Emerging Language Learners Workshop #1 at CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA
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March 2019
2nd: Keynote for SEATJ Conference at Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, North Carolina
9th and 16th: Workshop for World Language Teachers at Berkeley High School Berkeley, CA

February 2019
9th: MBWLP Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA

January 2019
12 and 19th: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, Seaside, CA

November 2018
1-4th: Keynote at National Symposium on Japanese Language Education in Sydney, Australia 
​15-18th: ACTFL Conference in New Orleans, LA
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October 2018
5-7th: Workshop at FLAVA Conference in Williamsburg, Virginia

September 2018
29th: Incorporating Social Justice Issues in the World Language Classroom at Stanford University, CA

August 2018
10th: Workshop for elementary school teachers at Clarendon Elementary School, San Francisco, CA
14th: Workshop for World Language Teachers in Elk Grove Unified School District, CA

July 2018
19th: AP Workshop in Houston, TX
20-25th: CLTA/CFLP Summer Seminar at UC Santa Barbara, CA
26-29th: JLEAP Training in Seattle, WA

June 2018
19-22nd: APSI in Fairfax, VA
26-29th: APSI in Monterey, CA

May 2018
12th: Workshop in Chicago, Il

April 2018
8th: Keynote at NCJTA Conference at University of San Francisco S.F, CA
14th: MBWLP Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, CA
24th: Workshop at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN
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March 2018
8-11th: CLTA Conference in Ontario, CA
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February 2018
3rd: CAJLT Workshop at Lynbrook High School San Jose, CA
6th: Workshop for World Language Teachers San Mateo Union School District San Mateo, CA
10th: Workshop for Japanese Teachers in Southern California
24th: MBWLP Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay
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January 2018
14th: Workshop in Detroit, MI
20th: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, CA
26th: Workshop at Christopher H.S. Gilroy, CA 
27th: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay, CA

December 2017
2nd: MBWLP Workshop #3 at CSU Monterey Bay, CA

November 2017
4th: Workshop at The Ohio University, OH
7th: AP Workshop, NY
14-15th: JLEAP Training Nashville, TN
16-19th: ACTFL Conference, Nashville, TN

October 2017
28th: MBWLP Workshop #2 at CSU Monterey Bay, CA

September 2017
9th: Assessment to Inspire Workshop at University of Minnesota, MN
30th: MBWLP Workshop #1 at CSU Monterey Bay, CA


July 2017
14th-19th: CLTA/CWLP Summer Seminar at UC Santa Barbara
26th-30th: J-Leap Training in Seattle, WA

June 2017
6th-19th: AP Japanese Reading in Cincinnati, OH
27th-30th: Pacific AP Summer Institute at CSU Monterey Bay

April 2017
29th: MBWLP Workshop #5 at CSUMB

March 2017
4th: One day Workshop for COFLT, Portland, OR
18th: Core Practice Workshop for CAJLT in Los Angeles, CA

February 2017
16-19th: CLTA Conference Monterey, CA

January 2017
14 and 21st: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay

December 2016
3rd: MBWLP Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay
8th: "Inspire and Engage Learners through IPAs" Workshop for FLENJ, Monroe Township, NJ

November 2016
15-17th: JLEAP Training in Boston, MA
17-20th: ACTFL Conference in Boston, MA

October 2016

8th: Keynote at "Teachers Make the Future Happen!" Event at San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
22nd: CAJLT Workshop "Build Your CORE!" at Davis High School, Davis, CA
29th: Keynote at FLANC Conference at Berkeley City College, Berkeley, CA 

September 2016
7-11th: ICJLE Symposium at Bali Nusa Dua Convention Center (BNDCC), Bali
16-17th: Keynote at Kentucky World Language Association Conference in Louisville, KY
24th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB 

July 2016
​15-20th: CLTA/CWLP Summer Seminar at UC Santa Barbara

27-31st: JLEAP Training in Atlanta, GA

June 2016
13-15th: MBWLP Technology Workshop at CSUMB
20-24th: AP Pacific Summer Institute at CSUMB
27-29th: Summer Seminar for Japanese Teachers of Canada, Edmonton, Canada

May 2016
28th-June 10th: AP Reading in Salt Lake, UT

April 2016
16-17th: Keynote and Session at the IUP Spring Methodology Conference in PA
23rd: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB

March 2016
4-6th: SWCOLT Conference in Honolulu, HI
6th: Workshop for HATJ
18-20th: CLTA Conference in Visalia, CA

26-27th: Workshop for Japanese Language Teachers of Vancouver in Vancouver, BC

​February 2016
13-14th: Workshop for Japanese Language Teachers of Alaska in Anchorage, AK
20th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB

January 2016
17th: Workshop at Southern California Arabic Language Teachers' Council in New Port Beach, CA
23rd and 30th: Technology Workshop at CSU Monterey Bay

December 2015
5th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB


November 2015
7th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB
17-18th: JLEAP Workshop in San Diego, CA
20-22th: ACTFL Conference in San Diego, CA

October 2015
9th: Workshop for CAJLT in Davis, CA
23-25th: Keynote and Session at FLANC in North Carolina

September 2015
19th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB
26th: One-Day Workshop for Japanese Teachers in Colorado

July 2015
2nd-3rd: Workshop for Japanese Teachers of Canada, Vancouver, BC
17-22nd: CLTA/CFLP Summer Seminar in Santa Barbara
21st-25th: Hawaii AP Summer Institute 

27-31st: JLEAP Training, Atlanta GA

June 2015
19, 20, and 22th: MBWLP Technology Workshop
23rd-26th: Pacific AP Summer Institute at CSU Monterey Bay


April 2015
Saturday, 18th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB
Saturday 25th: One-day Workshop at TJSC in LA, CA
Thursday 30th: Webinar on Motivation

March 2015
Friday-Sunday, 5-8th: California Language Teachers Association Conference in Sacramento, CA

February 2015 
Saturday, 7th: Beginning to End/ Top to Bottom Common Core Learning Experiences for 21st Century World Language Learners for IEFLA at CSU San Bernardino, CA
Friday and Saturday, 20-21st: Workshop for AZLA in Phoenix, AR
Saturday, 28th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB


January 2015
Saturday, 17th: One-day Workshop in Michigan
Saturday, 24th: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSUMB
Saturday, 31st: MBWLP Tech Workshop at CSUMB

December 2014
Saturday, 6th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB

November 2014
Friday and Saturday, 21-23th: ACTFL Conference in San Antonio, TX


October 2014
Saturday, 4th: One-day Workshop in Austin, TX
Friday and Saturday, 10-11th: Keynote and Three-hour workshop in Rochester, NY
Friday and Saturday, 17-18th: One-day Workshop in Philadelphia
Friday and Saturday, 24-25th: Keynote and Three-hour workshop at Minnesota Council on the Teaching of Languages and Cultures Conference
Friday and Saturday, 31-Nov.1: Academic Advisory Committee Meeting in NY, NY

September 2014
Saturday, 20th: MBWLP Workshop at CSUMB
Saturday, 27th: One-day Workshop on "Meeting the Needs of 21st Century Learners" in Chicago, Ill
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