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Multilingual Pathways

Empowering Language Learners and Educators

AZTESOL State Conference 2026

October 23–24, 2026
Mesa Community College · Mesa, Arizona

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Schedule at a Glance

Connect with educators from across Arizona for two days of professional learning, collaboration, and community focused on strengthening opportunities for multilingual learners and the educators who serve them.

Friday, October 23

Connect & Build Community

Kick off the conference with our featured TESOL guest speaker and opportunities to connect with colleagues through AZTESOL’s professional communities and shared areas of interest.

Evening Program

Saturday, October 24

Learn & Grow

Spend the day exploring research-informed practices, practical strategies, emerging ideas, and collaborative solutions for supporting multilingual learners.

Full-Day Conference

Why should you attend?

Learn. Explore research-informed practices, classroom-ready strategies, tools, and ideas you can apply in your professional setting.

Connect. Build relationships with educators, researchers, leaders, students, and partners from across Arizona.

Be Renewed. Share experiences, celebrate multilingualism, and return to your work with new perspectives, resources, and professional connections.

AZTESOL welcomes professionals and partners across the multilingual education community, including PreK–12 educators, higher education faculty, school leaders and administrators, ESL/ELL specialists, researchers, pre-service teachers, graduate students, international language teachers, and community partners.

Friday Connect & Build

Featured Speaker: Dr. Justin Shewell

Begin the conference Friday evening with professional learning and connection. Following our featured TESOL speaker, participants will have opportunities to connect around professional roles and shared areas of interest, exchange ideas, and begin building relationships that can continue beyond the conference.

Saturday: Multilingual Pathways

Saturday’s full-day conference brings the AZTESOL community together for concurrent sessions, featured presentations, networking, exhibitors, and opportunities to explore practices and research supporting multilingual learners across educational settings.

Saturday Learn & Grow

Keynote Speaker: Kathy Hoffman

Kathy Hoffman began her career as an educator serving students with disabilities and was elected Arizona Superintendent of Public Instruction in 2018, where she led the Arizona Department of Education and advocated for students, educators, and public schools statewide. In 2023, she joined Arizona State University to advance collaborative approaches to transforming education systems. Her current work includes the Responsive Systems Design Lab and the ASU Education Futures Roundtable, bringing education leaders together to address pressing challenges and expand opportunities for students.

Recommended Lodging
  • ~1.2 mi • Block rate available through Oct. 2: Courtyard by Marriott Phoenix Mesa 1221 S. Westwood, Mesa, AZ 85210 • $152 per night
  • ~1.5 mi • Residence Inn Mesa 941 W. Grove Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210 • $100-$140 per night
  • ~2.0 mi • Holiday Inn Phoenix-Mesa/Chandler 1600 S. Country Club Dr, Mesa, AZ 85210 • $83-$120 per night
  • ~2.5 mi • Days Inn & Suites by Wyndham Mesa Near Phoenix 333 W. Juanita Ave, Mesa, AZ 85210 • $66-$90 per night
  • ~5.0 mi • Hyatt Place Phoenix/Mesa 1422 W. Bass Pro Dr, Mesa, AZ 85201 • $80-$120 per night

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Sponsors & Exhibitors

Sponsors and exhibitors help AZTESOL keep professional learning accessible while connecting organizations with educators and leaders from across Arizona.

Become a Sponsor

Questions about sponsorship? secretaryaztesol@gmail.com

Thanks to our sponsors!

We thank the organizations whose partnership helps make the AZTESOL operations and outreach possible.