Registration is now open for the MittenCI Conference, April 21st-22nd, 2023.   Mitten CI will be held at Saline High School on Friday, April 21st from 4:30-7:00 and Saturday, April 22nd from 7:30 A.M.-5:30 P.M. Registration includes sessions on Friday and Saturday, appetizers and beverages on Friday, light breakfast, snack, lunch, and beverages on Saturday.
Registration Deadline is April 7th!  
Early registration (ends December 2nd!!) - $124
Full registration- $149
Student registration- $ 49

Hotel info is here. Reserve your spot by April 6th to take advantage of conference rates!

Click here to register!

*MittenCI recognizes that Eid al Fitr falls on Friday, April 21st.  We apologize that this conflict could not be avoided due to facility availability.  Please complete this form if this impacts your ability to attend so we can work with you on this conflict. 
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Keynote- Kia D. London


We are proud to welcome Kia D. London as our keynote for MittenCi 2023!

Kia is a passionate educator, writer, and advocate for equity by way of representation in the world language curriculum. She carries seventeen years of experience in the classroom, and has taught Spanish to second language learners, native, and heritage speakers, for all grade levels K-12.
Through her brand, Trailblaze Into Language Learning, Kia has provided workshops, webinars, presented at local, state, regional, and national language conferences, as well as writes comprehensible short stories and articles. Her topics are focused on second language acquisition, the African Diaspora, DEI, and establishing community in the world language classroom and curriculum. 
Help us have an even better conference next year, take our survey!  Find presenter materials below as well, we will add them as they are sent in by the presenters (so the folder will grow). 
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Why a Comprehensible Input conference in Michigan?

Comprehensible Input is a different way of teaching a second (or third or fourth) language.  The focus is on comprehensible and interesting input, communicable language, pacing teaching to our student's learning progress, and using to the way our brains naturally learn to increase language acquisition.  To learn more about this method of teaching please go to the 'about' section of our website. 

Several summers ago, Michigan CI educators working together at IFLT and CiMidwest decided it was time to bring a Comprehensible Input conference to the Mitten state.  MittenCI became a reality because all of the excited teachers at IFLT and CiMidwest inspired us to continue to share this effective and fun method of teaching. There are many amazing educators in the Great Lakes area, and we hope to support you by bringing an exciting day of training close to home. Comprehensible Input in the Mitten, on the path to language acquisition.    
Photos 2018
Language Lab 2018
Conference in Review w/ Darren Way
Mark your calendar!!  MittenCI will be back April 21st and 22nd, 2023!
Why a pre-conference and a conference instead of a 2 day conference?
The MittenCi team works hard to give you a high quality training opportunity at a low price.  Friday, April 21st will be a smaller event in the evening at Saline High School, a snack will be provided. The Friday pre-conference will offer a few popular longer trainings that would be hard to host on Saturday.  This will allow teachers that attend Friday to take advantage of different sessions on Saturday.  The Friday pre-conference is covered in the cost of registration.  There is no Saturday only price available. 
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Presenters Include

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Kristy Placido, Teri Wiechart , Anabelle Williamson, Jon Cowart,  Carrie Toth, and many more inspiring CI teachers. 

Mitten CI features CI presentations, Open Coaching, great food, collegiality, and giveaways for teachers!
Will apply for Michigan SCHEC credits (more coming soon).

Conference
​Organizers

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 Erica Peplinski-Burge, Beth Gregones,  Rebecca Moulton, & our amazing volunteers!
How do I contact you if I have questions?
​MittenCI@gmail.com

​Sponsors & Donors

We would like to thank our sponsor Saline Area Schools for the support and use of the beautiful facilities. We would also like to thank the SAS Culinary students for the food,  Mr. Rodriguez and his graphic design students for the logo, and SAS Honors and World Language students for greeting and assisting teachers during the conference.
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