what a wonderful opportunity to have had a conversation with you, Peter; I enjoyed every minute...indeed you are a leader's leader!

The 2024 Ellevation Scholarship application is now OPEN! 🌟 We're awarding ten $2k scholarships to help EL seniors pursue their dreams of higher education and alleviate some of the financial stressors that come with college. bit.ly/3vzdU5a #ELL #MLL #Education

Multilingual learners flourish when Instruction is infused with language. That means that every teacher and every content area, deliberately plans instruction that incorporates, listening, speaking reading and writing.

#ESOL #TESOL #MultilingualScholars #multilingual #bilingual

WIDA Assessment tip: With ACCESS for ELLs score reporting dates approaching, we encourage you to check out the ACCESS for ELLs Scores and Reports page: wida.wisc.edu/assess/access/…

Here’s an excellent comprehensive article on translanguaging. cal.org/wp-content/upl…

Supporting our ATL Public Schools ELs in CTAE programs is essential for equity and access and Atlanta College and Career Academy Dr. Ploetz is the 🔑!

Check out this amazing ATL Public Schools Alum and Achieve Atlanta partner: I am APS (Yo Soy APS): Augustine Jimenez - apstoday.us/2024/01/26/i-a…

Every child that reaches for a book today should be met with “windows AND mirrors.”

If readers don’t find themselves and their lived experiences in the books they read, they may find it difficult to connect with reading and to forge a love of reading.

So before we ask kids to

April is National Multilingual Learners Advocacy Month. As we celebrate multilingualism and embrace diversity, let’s support all learners on their journey. 🌐 Together, we thrive! 📚 #Multilingualism #DiversityInEducation #LanguageLearning

Registration is open!

On May 1, 8, and 15, learn effective strategies and activities to increase your newcomer students’ inclusion and learning in the classroom in this engaging and interactive virtual institute.

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Take advantage of WIDA’s digital tools to help you save time while planning your classroom instruction! Use the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Digital Explorer to quickly and easily reference grade-level cluster Language Expectations and PLDs: wida.wisc.edu/resources/wida…

During #nationalbilinguallearneradvocacymonth , we can share ways to appreciate, value, invite, and encourage languages! Here are a few.

#esl #ESOL #RootEDLinguistics #TESOL #education #multilingualism #ESL #teaching #bilingualkids #ReadingWritingELs #ELLs

After 30 years of teaching, she obtained her ESOL Endorsement to better help her students and families. Missy Testerman is a TN ESOL Teacher and now the National Teacher of the Year! 🤩 edweek.org/teaching-learn…

Join Paridad at their virtual Multilingual Special Education Symposium, May 9-10, 2024.
For more info and to register, visit paridad.us/multilingualsp…

As the immigrant population in the U.S. grows, the demand for bilingual educators is skyrocketing. Dive into the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics revealing the critical shortage of bilingual teachers nationwide by EdSurge bit.ly/3TfV8aQ

Learned so much from Michelle Ploetz from Atlanta College and Career Academy at Kennesaw State #KSUESOL conference today! She’s so knowledgeable!

We have two FREE #WIDAWebinars in May!
• Using Data and Research to Inform Practical Issues in EL Proficiency and Growth
• Administrator Supplement: WIDA ELD Standards Framework Implementation, What, Why and How?

Learn more on the WIDA Webinars page: wida.wisc.edu/grow/wida-webi…

Thanks UW–Madison School of Education for including WIDA's 20th anniversary in the latest edition of Learning Connections magazine.🤩

“What I love most about music is that it transcends cultural and linguistic barriers. It’s the language we all speak. That’s because music is understood with the heart. And it goes right to the soul.” - Secretary Miguel Cardona.

#MIOSM #MusicInOurSchoolsMonth #FridayFeeling

Incredible presentations by ATL Public Schools at the 22nd Annual KSU ESOL Conference! Atlanta College and Career Academy Dr. Danielle S. Battle