NJ Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages/
NJ Bilingual Educators

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NJTESOL-NJBE Mission Statement

NJTESOL/NJBE, Inc. is a not-for-profit professional and educational organization whose purposes are:

1. To actively support the development of bilingual education and the teaching of English as a Second Language;
2. To strengthen instruction at all levels;
3. To disseminate educational information as related to professional development;
4. To provide educational services such as workshops, conferences, and consulting assistance;
5. To promote scholarship and foster research in first and second language acquisition and bilingual/bicultural studies; and
6. To cooperate in appropriate ways with other groups having similar interests and concerns.

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2010/2011 NJTESOL/NJBE Executive Board

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New Jersey TESOL-NJBE Chapters

Information: Karen Von Riman, Representative-at-Large

NO CHAPTER HERE FOR YOU?
If you do not have a chapter near you and wish to help organize one, please contact Karin Von Riman

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These are upcoming national, state, and local events. If you have something to add, send an e-mail to Roselyn Rauch. Put Voices Calendar in the subject line. Thank you.

Be sure to check our web site https://njtesol-njbe.org for any changes in schedules and for additional programs. Click on Chapter News.

OCTOBER 2010
10/31 Deadline for submission for Call for Proposals. The Call for Proposals is currently online at the NJTESOL-NJBE web site at https://njtesol-njbe.org/

November 2010
11/4 -11/5 NJEA Convention, Atlantic City. Keynote Speakers: CNN Anchorwoman Soledad O’Brien and innovation expert Sir Ken Robinson.
11/10 Bergen Passaic Chapter- BJ Franks and Barbara Tedesco will present Teaching Writing to ELLs and Special Education Students
11/10 Ocean County Chapter- NJTESOL-NJBE President Judie Haynes will present Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas 4:00 – 6:00 PM at Lacey Township High School, Lanoka Harbor.
11/19-11/21 ACTFL (The American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages) Annual Convention and World Languages Expo. Registration Deadline: October 13, 2010 at Hynes Convention Center, Boston, MA

December 2010
12/3 William Paterson University, 30th Annual Bilingual Conference, Details TBA, Check their web site www.wpunj.edu (snow date of Saturday, December 4th)

January 2011
1/19 (snow date: 1/26) Bergen-Passaic Chapter: Speaking in Tongues At a time when 31 states have passed English Only laws, four pioneering families put their children into public schools where, from the first day of Kindergarten, their teachers speak mostly Chinese or Spanish. Speaking in Tongues follows four diverse kids on a journey to become bilingual.

February 2011 
2/16-2/19 NABE 40th Annual Conference “Celebrating 40 years of Educational Excellence in Reforming, Renewing and Achieving Equity through Bilingual Education and Biliteracy for All” at Morial Convention Center, New Orleans, Louisiana.

March 2011
3/26 Bergen-Passaic Chapter Annual March Half-Day Workshop. Details forthcoming.
3/17-3/19 TESOL National 45th Annual TESOL Convention and Exhibit, New Orleans, Louisiana, with the opening plenary taking place on the evening of March 16, in the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center & the Hilton New Orleans Riverside Hotel.

May 2011
5/11 Bergen-Passaic Chapter Annual End-of-Year Dinner, Que Pasta Restaurant, Saddle Brook
5/24 – 5/25 NJTESOL-NJBE 42nd Annual Spring Conference at the Hyatt Regency in New Brunswick.

Be sure to check our website https://njtesol-njbe.org for any changes
in schedules and for additional programs. Click on Chapter News.

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