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Upcoming events

    • 18 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Rhode Island College
    Register


    • 18 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 AM - 4:00 PM
    • Rhode Island College
    Register


    You are cordially invited:

    CONFERENCE SCHEDULE 
    (see detailed session information here)

    7:30-7:45 Registration, Breakfast, and Networking  

    Gaige Hall Lobby

    8:00-8:45 Opening Session: Welcoming Remarks - RIFLA, RITELL, Coalition for a Multilingual RI

    Gaige Hall 100 Auditorium, First Floor


    8:45-9:45
    Keynote Address: Linguistic Liberation for All

    Dr. José Medina

    Gaige Hall 100 Auditorium, First Floor

    9:45-10:10 Exhibits and Networking 

    Gaige Hall 200

    10:10-11:10 Concurrent Sessions I  

    11:10-11:40 Exhibits and Networking

    Gaige Hall 200

    11:40-12:40 Concurrent Sessions II 

    12:40-1:30 RIFLA Lunch Break 

    Donovan Dining Hall Faculty Dining Center (left rear area of Donovan)

    12:40-1:00 RITELL Raffle & Closing Session (RITELL attendees only)

    Gaige Hall 100 Auditorium

    1:15-2:10 Exhibits and Networking Coffee Break (RIFLA & RITELL)

    Gaige Hall 200


    2:10-3:10
    Concurrent Sessions III 


    3:10-3:30
    RIFLA Raffle and Final Conference Evaluation (Gaige 100 Auditorium)

    Fill out the Evaluation Form and get your Certificate of Attendance



    All full-day attendees will receive 7 PLUs for attending this conference.
    (Unfortunately, we cannot give out partial PLUs.)

    • 23 Oct 2025
    • 7:00 PM - 8:00 PM
    Register

    Assessment in the Proficiency Oriented Classroom: An Introduction

    Changes in instruction require changes in assessment. If we're teaching for communicative proficiency, we should also be assessing and grading with the same focus. This webinar will guide you on how to assess what students CAN DO in the target language, using a proficiency-oriented approach.

    Elicia Cárdenas is a former middle school Spanish teacher with extensive experience across levels, ages, and subjects. She has also worked with preservice teachers at Westminster College and as a teaching assistant for MIT Teaching Systems Lab. Originally trained as an elementary teacher, she shifted her focus to second language acquisition and its application in world language classrooms. Elicia presents regularly at national, regional, and state conferences, as well as for schools and districts across the USA and abroad. Her expertise includes instruction and assessment through an equity lens and ensuring all students succeed in acquiring another language. She is the Director of Professional Learning for The Comprehensible Classroom and founder of the blog Deskless Classroom.

    Active RIFLA members will gain 1 PLU for participating in this webinar.


Past events

25 Sep 2025 September Webinar: From Finish to Start: Backward Design for the Proficiency-based Curriculum
16 Jun 2025 Conference 2025 Committee meeting
20 May 2025 May Webinar: Putting Students In The Driver's Seat with Discovery Grammar
13 May 2025 General Membership Spring Meeting
28 Apr 2025 April Webinar: Languages for All: Universal Design for Differentiation from the Start
24 Mar 2025 March Webinar: On Becoming a Comprehensible Teacher
18 Feb 2025 February Webinar: Bro! Let's Go! Motivation and Engagement in the World Language Classroom
29 Jan 2025 January Webinar: Unleashing the Power of AI Across the Modes with Heidi Trude
17 Dec 2024 Project-Based Learning in the WL Classroom
12 Nov 2024 What the Tech - Technology in the WL Classroom
19 Oct 2024 2024 Participant Registration RIFLA Fall Conference
14 May 2024 ChatGPT: Friend or Foe?
26 Feb 2024 Webinar: Leading with Culture through CI techniques
14 Oct 2023 2023 Participant Registration RIFLA Fall Conference
14 Oct 2023 2023 Sponsor/Exhibitor/Presenter/Volunteer Registration RIFLA Fall Conference
23 May 2023 Webinar: Slowing Down to Move Faster
05 Apr 2023 Teaching Neurodivergent Learners in the World Language Classroom
27 Mar 2023 Equitable Grading Practices in the World Language Classroom
27 Feb 2023 The Path To Proficiency: Mindset and Materials
30 Jan 2023 Technology in the World Language Classroom
14 Oct 2022 RIFLA Membership
06 Oct 2022 Classroom Management Online Webinar
07 Sep 2022 The First Days of School Webinar
09 Apr 2022 2022 Spring Workshop
11 Jan 2022 Seal of Biliteracy Info Session
02 Oct 2021 RIFLA 2021 VIRTUAL Fall Conference
02 Jun 2021 RIFLA 2021 Membership Meeting
06 Mar 2021 RIFLA Winter Workshop 2021
26 Sep 2020 Post-Conference Workshop: Connecting your Units to the Communities Standard
26 Sep 2020 RIFLA 2020 VIRTUAL Fall Conference
24 Jun 2020 2020 VIRTUAL Teach for Proficiency Summer Institute
09 Apr 2020 VIRTUAL Multilingual Education Advocacy Day 2020
29 Feb 2020 RIFLA Winter Workshop 2020
03 Dec 2019 Webinar- RI Seal of Biliteracy Overview
26 Oct 2019 Encontro de Professores de Português
05 Oct 2019 2019 Participant Registration RIFLA Pre and Fall Conference
05 Oct 2019 2019 Sponsor/Exhibitor/Presenter Registration RIFLA Fall Conference
26 Jun 2019 Summer 2019 Teaching for Proficiency Institute
09 May 2019 Celebrating 50 years of RIFLA!
23 Apr 2019 Multilingual Education Advocacy Day
29 Mar 2019 Seal of Biliteracy Orientation for Teachers
09 Mar 2019 RIFLA Winter Workshop
06 Dec 2018 RIFLA Advocacy Committee & Collaborators Meeting (Open to All)
08 Nov 2018 RIFLA Advocacy Committee & Collaborators Meeting (Open to All)
13 Oct 2018 RIFLA 2018 Fall Conference
21 Jun 2018 Summer 2018 Teaching for Proficiency Institute
03 May 2018 RIFLA Spring Dinner and Annual Member Meeting
24 Mar 2018 RIFLA Spring "unConference"
17 Oct 2017 Strengthen Your Core...Practices! RI/CTLILL Practitioner's Corner Online PD Series
14 Oct 2017 RIFLA 2017 Fall Conference
13 Oct 2017 Pre-Conference Workshop: Attending to the Needs of Heritage Language Learners in Mixed Classrooms
26 Jun 2017 Summer 2017 Proficiency Institute
04 May 2017 RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting
01 Apr 2017 RIFLA Spring "unConference"
01 Dec 2016 RIFLA 2016-2017 World Language Proficiency Institutes
01 Oct 2016 RIFLA 2016 Fall Conference
28 Apr 2016 RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting
02 Apr 2016 RIFLA 2016 Spring Workshop (2nd in Series): Designing a Standards-Based Unit
30 Jan 2016 RIFLA 2016 Winter Workshop (1st in Series): Designing an Integrated Performance Assessment
01 Dec 2015 RIFLA 2015-2016 World Language Proficiency Institutes
26 Sep 2015 RIFLA 2015 Fall Conference
08 May 2015 RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting
28 Mar 2015 RIFLA 2015 Spring Workshop:
15 Mar 2015 French Film Festival at Salve Regina
24 Feb 2015 Tournées French Film Festival at URI
01 Dec 2014 RIFLA 2014-2015 World Language Proficiency Institutes
14 Nov 2014 RIFLA Fall Social Networking Event
04 Oct 2014 RIFLA 2014 Fall Conference
13 Sep 2014 Student Learning Objectives (SLOs) and the Second Language Classroom
12 Jun 2014 RIFLA Fall Conference Call for Presenters
04 Jun 2014 Southern RI Early Language Learning/Immersion Task Force Initial Meeting
08 May 2014 RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting
12 Apr 2014 RIFLA Spring Workshop 2014: Yes, You CAN!
01 Nov 2013 RIFLA 2013-2014 World Language Proficiency Institutes
05 Oct 2013 RIFLA Fall Conference
15 Jul 2013 Register by May 31, Save $100 - Developing Classroom Materials for Less Commonly Taught Languages at CARLA
11 Jul 2013 AATF Annual Convention 2013 - Destination Providence!
01 Jul 2013 RIFLA Fall Conference Call for Sessions
25 Jun 2013 FREE Teaching Methodologies & the Art of Teaching Workshop for teachers of Spanish at Brown University
15 May 2013 Cuban Film Series at Hera Gallery
08 May 2013 ACTFL Webinar: Purposeful Lesson-Planning
02 May 2013 RIFLA Spring Dinner Meeting
17 Apr 2013 ACTFL Webinar: Content-Rich Units of Instruction
16 Apr 2013 NECTFL Webinar: "Student Empowerment: Exemplary Practices to Support Student Achievement!"
07 Apr 2013 National Chinese Language Conference: Engage the Future
06 Apr 2013 RIFLA Spring Workshop 2013 "Bringing the Buzz..."
04 Apr 2013 NECTFL Webinar: Supporting Professionals: Leadership through Research, Resources, and Relationships!
02 Apr 2013 RIFLA Advocacy Committee Meeting
21 Mar 2013 National Network for Early Language Learning (NNELL) Webinar

To Contact RIFLA:

Email: riflainfo@gmail.com

Mailing address: RIFLA, PO Box 95Foster, RI 02825-1326

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