2027 NORTHEAST CONFERENCE

CALL FOR PROPOSALS IS OPEN!

The NECTFL Board of Directors is opening the Call for Proposals for The Northeast Conference 2027.  This year’s conference theme is “Languages NOW: Voices for the Future”.  There are so many ways that our students can use their language skills NOW to make a significant difference in the lives of others.   

It is my hope that positive multilingual interactions will energize our students to be lifelong language learners and  advocates for a lifetime of language learning for all.  It is through those two lenses that I invite you to submit a proposal for a session at The Northeast Conference 2027. As you prepare your ideas, allow these questions to inspire your thinking:

How do you engage our students in using their languages now?  

How do we ensure that we have strong voices for the future of language learning? 

The Conference Session lineup will include many different threads and themes, including Languages NOW (how you engage students in multilingual communities), Voices for the future (advocacy), community and workplace, culture and literature, instructional strategies, teacher innovation, fundamentals of language teaching, addressing the needs of neurodiverse students, curriculum and assessment, research, and heritage learners.  

Save this link to submit your proposal. The deadline for submission is July 15th.   

I can’t wait to meet you in Midtown on February 25-27, 2027.

Matthew Mangino

Spanish Teacher, Wethersfield High School, Wethersfield, CT                               

Conference Chair, 2027

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We always remember John Carlino, our former, beloved executive director of the Northeast Conference. John’s leadership in and advocacy for language learning echo across the wide landscape of our profession. Always ready to volunteer for any effort that promoted language teaching, always professional in his demeanor, John shone a light that radiated through constituencies and inspired colleagues to always reach for a higher caliber of professionalism. His stewardship of the Northeast Conference mission and vision provided the strong foundation for the work of the board of directors. Everything John has done at the Northeast Conference, he has done in service to educators and language learners. His greatest passion at the Northeast Conference was the annual conference and endeavoring to see it create meaningful experiences for each participant. We carry this work forward to honor his legacy.