Elicia registered as a participant and it was only after she came to Agen that I learned that she was already well-known by several members of our team. She told me once that Agen was much more than what she had expected. I replied that Elicia was much more than anything I had expected.
Elicia Cárdenas is a former middle school Spanish teacher with extensive experience teaching a variety of levels, ages, and subjects. Her experience also includes working with preservice teachers at Westminster College, and as a teaching assistant for MIT Teaching Systems Lab. Although she was trained as an elementary teacher, she shifted her focus to understanding of second language acquisition and its application to classroom instruction in a world language classroom. She presents regularly at national, regional, and state conferences and for school districts all over the USA and abroad. Her areas of expertise include instruction and assessment with an equity lens and working to make sure all students are successful at acquiring another language. She is the Director of Professional Learning for The Comprehensible Classroom, and is the founder of the blog Deskless Classroom.
Elicia’s favorite role at Agen is to work with a Language Lab teacher to facilitate and debrief the classes, and to work as part of the Coaching team. Her favorite thing about Agen is probably sitting in the square at sunset, sipping something cool and enjoying the reality of being in SW France!