{"id":40972,"date":"2026-01-20T14:56:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-20T19:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/?p=40972"},"modified":"2026-03-23T14:31:07","modified_gmt":"2026-03-23T18:31:07","slug":"professional-learning-spotlight","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/professional-learning-spotlight\/","title":{"rendered":"Professional Learning Spotlight:"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:100px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">OU CALL Conference <\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ohio TESOL is excited to share an outstanding professional learning opportunity for educators: the <strong>Ohio University CALL Conference<\/strong> (Computer-Assisted Language Learning). This annual event brings together educators, researchers, and instructional leaders who are passionate about language learning, innovation, and effective classroom technology integration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Ohio TESOL proudly supports the CALL Conference as a partner professional development event that aligns with our mission of strengthening instruction and advocacy for multilingual learners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"277\" height=\"282\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-141600.png?resize=277%2C282&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-40975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-141600.png?w=277&amp;ssl=1 277w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Screenshot-2026-01-20-141600.png?resize=230%2C234&amp;ssl=1 230w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 277px) 100vw, 277px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:65px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-black-color has-text-color has-link-color has-medium-font-size wp-elements-42bdab670fa41f1f88ffb3057b0b6043\"><strong>Conference Date: <\/strong> Friday, April 17, 2026<br><strong>Featured Speaker:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/tricia-thrasher-phd-136a10203\/\">Soroush Sabbaghan <\/a>(University of Calgary)<br><strong>Theme:<\/strong> Collaboration and AI<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Newcomers Conference<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><strong>Conference Date: <\/strong> June 11-12, 2026<br><strong>Location:<\/strong>  Ohio Dominican University<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">The <strong>2026 Newcomers Conference<\/strong> is an <strong>Ohio TESOL sponsored event<\/strong> focused on supporting newcomer multilingual learners and the educators who serve them. <strong>More information coming soon!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:177px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The 2026 Ohio TESOL PK\u201312 Virtual Summit takes place March 14, 2026, on Zoom, offering a member-exclusive morning of professional learning focused on strategies to support multilingual learners. Participants can earn up to 3.5 contact hours. Ohio TESOL also highlights upcoming events, including the Ohio University CALL Conference in April and the Newcomers Conference in June 2026.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":10,"featured_media":41160,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_bbp_topic_count":0,"_bbp_reply_count":0,"_bbp_total_topic_count":0,"_bbp_total_reply_count":0,"_bbp_voice_count":0,"_bbp_anonymous_reply_count":0,"_bbp_topic_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_reply_count_hidden":0,"_bbp_forum_subforum_count":0,"pagelayer_contact_templates":[],"_pagelayer_content":"","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40972","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/Wordpress-Featured-Images-1200-x-675-px-5.png?fit=1200%2C675&ssl=1","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40972","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=40972"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40972\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":41288,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40972\/revisions\/41288"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/41160"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40972"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=40972"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ohiotesol.org\/web\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=40972"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}