Invitation to the 2011 CT
COLT Fall Conference
at the Crowne Plaza in Cromwell
World Languages: Portal to the Future
Dear Members,
This year CT COLT is excited to announce that our Fall Conference will be returning to the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Cromwell, CT. This is a familiar and more intimate venue. The Fall Conference Planning Committee welcomes participants to a lunch where they can network with other professionals and discuss ideas together.
With its large assembly area, the Nutmeg room, an exhibit hall, break out rooms and pleasant sitting areas, the selection of this conference site was made with Connecticut's dedicated World Language teachers in mind. The Fall Conference Planning Committee therefore encourages you and your colleagues to attend the 2011 conference with its theme of "World Languages: Portal to the Future". Your presence as a presenter or a participant is very valuable to you and all of your colleagues.
To submit a proposal, simply go to the CT COLT web site at http://www.ctcolt.org and click on "Fall Conference". The workshop proposal form has been posted to the CT COLT web site.
Please see the information below regarding the structure of the registration fees and deadlines after this letter. Even though the Crown Plaza offers FREE PARKING, we suggest that you carpool if at all possible to be more environmentally green and to save some green for you.
We are planning to send out the fall conference brochure with workshop listings in July. Since the registration rates are structured by postmark date (see below), it is important that you register early and PAY LESS! Since at this year's conference, we will have a sit-down luncheon, we recommend very strongly that people PRE-REGISTER for the conference and NOT wait to register onsite. Onsite registration will add a $30.00 surcharge to your registration fee.
Thank you and we look forward to seeing you at the Crowne Plaza in October!
Vincenza McNulty and Janet Picerno
Fall Conference 2011
Registration Rates and Postmark Deadlines
Registration
CategoriesPostmark Deadlines
Onsite Fees
September 14th
or earlierSeptember 15th
through October 1stOctober 2nd
through October 14thFees Payable Onsite
on October 31thCT COLT Members $100.00 $110.00 $120.00 $130.00 Non-Members $130.00 $140.00 $150.00 $160.00 Retired Teachers $50.00 $60.00 $70.00 $80.00 Beginning Teachers* $75.00 $85.00 $95.00 $105.00 Student Teachers* $25.00 $35.00 $45.00 $55.00 Presenters $50.00
$60.00 $70.00 Committee $25.00
$35.00 $45.00 *Beginning Teachers (first year only) and Student Teachers must complete the special Beginning Teacher Fellowship or the Student Teacher Fellowship form that will be included in the fall conference brochure and submit it along with their completed registration forms.
All of the above registration rates include lunch.
Pre-registration will close on October 14th. Anyone who cannot meet this deadline MUST register ONSITE and pay a $30 surcharge (see chart for applicable fees). The amount that you pay ONSITE will vary with the Registration Category. We encourage people to pre-register EARLY and SAVE MONEY! We also encourage people to pre-register for the conference instead of registering onsite since we are having a sit-down luncheon and it will be difficult to accommodate onsite luncheon requests.
Parking at the Crowne Plaza is FREE!!!
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