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Professional Development Events

CoTESOL sponsors many events throughout the year with the goal of providing professional development and networking opportunities for our members.

Our largest annual event is the 2-day Fall Convention that usually takes place in November in the Denver metro area.  We also organize a smaller Spring Conference at various locations across the state of Colorado.  In 2020, we pivoted to offering a variety of virtual events due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

CoTESOL conventions regularly attract hundreds of attendees from all levels of ESL (i.e. K-12, adult ed, intensive English programs, higher ed, workplace ed, literacy, etc.).  In addition to Colorado, many attendees come from neighboring states and around the country.  CoTESOL events are an ideal place for first-time presenters because of the welcoming atmosphere and hospitable environment.

Many of CoTESOL’s events are aligned to the Colorado Department of Education's Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education Standards and support the attainment of the 45 hours of CLDE professional development required for CDE teacher licensure.  Participants receive a certificate upon completion of the event and a copy of the CDE CLDE Teacher Matrix prefilled with the training alignment.





2021 CoTESOL Summer CLDE Institute

The CoTESOL Board is excited to continue offering creative, informative, engaging, and yet safe ways to support our professional community in 2021. 

We invite K-12 educators from across Colorado to attend the 2021 CoTESOL Summer CLDE Institute on June 21 - July 2, 2021.  The event will combine synchronous and asynchronous online instruction on Monday through Friday, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM.  Participants who complete the 45-hour PD program will be issued a single CDE-approved certificate and the CDE Teacher Matrix aligned to CLD Standards to submit with their license renewal application. Completion of all 10 sessions will equal the 45-hours required by CDE.

Registration is open until 6/16 and space is limited!  The cost is $199 for CoTESOL members, and non-members can join to access the member rate. 

Please check back for details about the 44th Annual Fall Convention on November 5-6, 2021.  Follow us on Facebook and Twitter for the latest information!

Thank you to our 2020-2021 sponsors:


Upcoming Events

  • CoTESOL Summer CLDE Institute

    • 21 Jun 2021
    • 9:00 AM (MDT)
    • 2 Jul 2021
    • 12:00 PM (MDT)
    • Online via Zoom
    • 30
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    2021 CoTESOL Summer CLDE Institute

    June 21- July 2, 2021

    Monday - Friday, 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM (synchronous) + 1.5 hrs (asynchronous)

    In the 2021 CoTESOL Summer CLDE Institute participants will earn 45 CLDE contact hours. Instructors will use structured conversation techniques in flexible small groups to review session concepts with sentence stems to guide accountable talk. Participants will benefit from think-pair-share strategy variations along with graphic organizers used to gain first-hand experience of using the ELD strategies for learning. The program will cover the following content aligned to the CDE CLD Standards:

    Session 1: Understanding Cultural Lenses

    Session 2: ELD Federal Laws & Policies

    Session 3: ELD Foundations: CLDE 101

    Session 4: Academic Language

    Session 5: WIDA Framework and Standards

    Session 6: ELD Literacy & Strategies

    Session 7: ELD Strategies Across Content Area

    Session 8: ELD Progress Monitoring and Gifted Identification

    Session 9: Dually Identified: EL/SpEd Services

    Session 10: EL Parent Engagement and Program Reflection

    Each of the 10 sessions will consist of:

    • 3-hour live synchronous online session, 
    • 1-hour online asynchronous reflection homework assignment, and 
    • 30-minute online asynchronous discussion activity 
    for a total of 4.5 hours per session. 
      Participants who complete the CoTESOL PD 45-hour PD program will be issued a single CDE-approved certificate and the CDE Teacher Matrix aligned to CLD Standards to submit with their license renewal application. Completion of all 10 sessions will equal the 45 hours required by CDE. 

      Registration is limited to 32 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Participants are expected to attend all 10 sessions to receive the 45 re-licensure hours. If a participant misses any sessions, their CLDE re-licensure hours will be reduced by the number of hours missed and no refunds will be provided for the missed session(s). 

      Registration Deadline: June 16, 2021 (Wednesday) @ noon.

      Refund Deadline: June 16, 2021 (Wednesday) @ noon.

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    Past Events

      2020

      2019

      2018

      • 42nd Annual Fall Convention, Radisson Hotel Denver - Aurora
      • Spring Conference, Grand Junction High School

      2017

      • 41st Annual Fall Convention, Radisson Hotel Denver - Aurora
      • Spring Conference, Montrose High School

      2016

      • 40th Annual Fall Convention, Radisson Hotel Denver - Aurora
      • Spring Conference, Colorado Mountain College - Spring Valley, Glenwood Springs

      2015

      • 39th Annual Fall Convention, Radisson Hotel Denver - Aurora
      • Spring Conference, Colorado Mountain College - Spring Valley, Glenwood Springs

      2014

      • 38th Annual Fall Convention, Radisson Hotel Denver - Aurora

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