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    • Congratulations to April’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Daryl Perkins
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    • Free Resources to Explore and Use ChatGPT and AI
  • 2025 Winter Weekly Voices
    • Professional Development Opportunities in 2025
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Scholarships and Awards for your students and you!
    • Congratulations to January’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Brittany Fuentes
    • English Learners With Disabilities: The Rules Schools Have to Follow
    • 2024 Higher Ed Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • 2024 Higher Ed Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • Resources for Educators Pertaining to Immigrant Students, Families, and Preparation for Response
    • How to Identify and Serve English Learners with Disabilities
    • 2024 Raquel Sinai Newcomer Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • How to Connect With English-Language Newcomers: Teachers Share Their Favorite Lessons
    • Congratulations to March’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Juliana Neno
    • 2024 Pedro J. Rodriguez High School Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Spring Conference Invited Speakers
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  • Home
    • Annual Voices Journal Submission Guidelines
  • Annual Voices Journal 2025
    • Journal 2025 Picture Word Indicative Model (PWIM)
    • Journal 2025 Creating ESL Bilingual Units
    • Journal 2025 Creating Lessons for All through Picture Books
    • Journal 2025 Faculty Resources for ML Student Success
    • Journal 2025 Fostering Inclusive Environments
  • 2025 Spring Weekly Voices
    • Teaching Newcomers? Effective Writing Strategies for ELL Newcomers
    • Proposed Changes of HS Requirements for Districts and Students
    • Congratulations to April’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Daryl Perkins
    • Preserving Family Culture and Language: A Parent Workshop in Irvington’s Early Childhood Department
    • Trauma Informed Considerations and Strategies for Multilingual Learners
    • Addressing Student Trauma, Anxiety, and Depression
    • Free Resources to Explore and Use ChatGPT and AI
  • 2025 Winter Weekly Voices
    • Professional Development Opportunities in 2025
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Scholarships and Awards for your students and you!
    • Congratulations to January’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Brittany Fuentes
    • English Learners With Disabilities: The Rules Schools Have to Follow
    • 2024 Higher Ed Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • 2024 Higher Ed Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • Resources for Educators Pertaining to Immigrant Students, Families, and Preparation for Response
    • How to Identify and Serve English Learners with Disabilities
    • 2024 Raquel Sinai Newcomer Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • How to Connect With English-Language Newcomers: Teachers Share Their Favorite Lessons
    • Congratulations to March’s NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month: Juliana Neno
    • 2024 Pedro J. Rodriguez High School Scholarship Winner’s Essay
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Spring Conference Invited Speakers
  • About Us
    • Mission Statement
    • Executive Board
    • Membership Information
    • The Hotlist
    • W25 January 21

Invitation to Write an Article for the Yearly Voices Journal

As we reflect at the end of the year, it is good to look back and think about our successful teaching practices, collaborations, and research findings, as well as other areas of success. Self-reflection is a useful tool, but sharing these successes is a gift we can give to our colleagues.

A great way to share that information is to write an article for the NJTESOL/NJBE Voices Journal, our annual winter publication. We are looking for articles from our members before the submission deadline of January 15. To promote all voices in our organization we encourage articles from Black, Indigenous, and people of color (BIPOC) members and/or topics that focus on race and power within language instruction, or linguistic justice more broadly. Submission guidelines indicate articles in these categories:

  • Current issues: a submission for the current issues category should provide a clear analysis, critique, discussion, or presentation of key topics in New Jersey ESL, Bilingual Education, and Dual Language programs.
  • Classroom explorations: a submission for the classroom explorations category will enable teachers to share their perspectives on instructional techniques, challenges, issues, and successes. It should include viewpoints in developing multiple avenues to address the numerous issues in ESL, Bilingual Education, Dual Language education, and student learning. Each submission should include the type of program, the instructional techniques, and an overview in the first paragraph, then provide supporting evidence throughout the rest of the article.
  • Program descriptions/exemplary scheduling: a submission for this category will detail a school or district program that has created a solution to an issue impacting effective instructional settings for English language learners, bilingual students, and dual language learners. These programs do not need to be all-encompassing but rather provide insight into creative strategies for scheduling and/or lesson planning to enhance student learning.
  • Alternative perspectives: a submission in this category will provide an opportunity for diverse perspectives on one issue or topic. We encourage innovative commentary on issues or teaching methodologies as a way of including all voices in a professional conversation.

 

Articles must be current and appropriate as related to the teaching of English to speakers of other languages, Bilingual Education, and Dual language programs including students who are U.S.-born bilinguals, ethnically and/or racially diverse multilingual speakers, “generation 1.5”, immigrants, and international students. Articles may focus on any educational level, from kindergarten to university/teacher education, as well as on adult school and workplace literacy settings. Article length is recommended to be 500-1200 words and photos are accepted. In recognition of the disproportionate impacts upon Black multilingual language learners, we encourage submissions at the intersection of race and language. Please check the complete guidelines here.

NJTESOL/NJBE thrives on the scholarship and teaching skills of its members. Please take the time to share some of your expertise with your colleagues in the NJTESOL/NJBE Voices Annual Journal. The deadline for submission is January 15, 2025. Click here for submission information.

Thank you,
Kathleen Fernandez, Executive Director NJTESOL/NJBE

Announcements

NJTESOL/NJBE Essex-Union Chapter Presents: Starting off Right: A Bilingual/ESL Conversation about ACCESS for Students
December 4, 2024, 4:30-5:30, Linden Public Library, 31 E. Henry Street, Linden, NJ 07036
Let’s talk shop and plan for the future together!
Everyone is welcome!

Register for our next PLC event: How to Teach MLs with Reading Difficulties to Read in Spanish When They are Past the Age They Were Expected to Learn to Read, Wednesday, December 11 @ 7pm

There will be no Advocacy Meeting in December. Thank you for all of your hard work this year, the Advocacy Committee is grateful for all you do for MLs and their families every day!

Registration for the 2025 Spring Conference is open!
Theme – Intersectionality: Shaping Experiences and Creating Opportunities
Two components to choose from:
In-Person Conference at the Hyatt Regency Hotel
May 20, 21 & 22 (Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday) – All Three Days: General Interest, Content Area Instruction/ESL Pre-K through 12, Higher Ed, Teacher Ed, Adult Ed, K-12, Dual Language/Biliteracy
OR
Virtual Library Conference: Access starting on May 27 through August 21
Take advantage of discounted early registration through January 31, 2025
or regular registration through April 25, 2025
See more information here.

Padres con Poder/
Parent Power Parent Expo

parent expo graphicTeachers, have your students’ families register for this important event!
NJTESOL/NJBE Virtual Parent Expo 5 – Padres con Poder/Parent Power
Parent Expo Saturday, January 25, 2025, 9:30-12:00.

Parents of Multilingual Learners join us for Padres con Poder/Parent Power, NJTESOL/NJBE’s FREE Virtual workshop on Saturday, January 25, from 9:30 – 12:30! There will be live presentations, recordings, and an online library of resources available. Topics will include applying for financial aid and college preparation, free health insurance programs for children, attendance issues, parent advocacy at school, and a presentation by Seal of Biliteracy graduates.
Gift card drawing and certificates for participants. Register on Eventbrite

Parent Expo Sábado, 25 de enero de 2024, 9:30-12:00.
¡Los padres de estudiantes multilingües se unen a nosotros para Padres con Poder/Parent Power, el taller virtual GRATUITO de NJTESOL/NJBE el sábado 20 de enero, de 9:30 a 12:30! Habrá presentaciones en vivo, grabaciones y una biblioteca en línea de recursos disponibles. Los temas incluirán apoyo a estudiantes y familias con problemas escolares, cómo apoyar el aprendizaje de los estudiantes, información preescolar para familias y una presentación de los graduados del Sello de Bilingüe.
Sorteo de tarjetas de regalo y certificados para los participantes. Regístrese en Eventbrite

Parent Expo Samdi, 25 janvye 2025, 9:30-12:00.
Paran k ap aprann plizyè lang vin jwenn nou pou Padres con Poder/Parent Power, Atelye Virtual GRATIS NJTESOL/NJBE nan samdi 25 janvye, ant 9:30 – 12:30! Pral gen prezantasyon an dirèk, anrejistreman, ak yon bibliyotèk resous ki disponib sou entènèt. Sijè yo pral enkli aplikasyon pou èd finansyè ak preparasyon pou kolèj, pwogram asirans sante gratis pou timoun, pwoblèm prezans, defans paran nan lekòl la, ak yon prezantasyon pa gradye Seal of Billiteracy.
Desen kat kado ak sètifika pou patisipan yo. Enskri sou Eventbrite

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2024 Spring Conference Platinum Sponsor

Inspirational Quotations
and
A Chorus of Reasons Why We Teach

ARTICLES:

Meet Our New Executive Board Members

Science of Reading Podcast 3:
Diagnosing Dyslexia in Multilingual Learners
– with Francisco Usero-González
and
Science of Reading Podcast 4:
Practical Strategies for Multilingual Learning
– with Diane August, Ph.D.

Communication is KEY!
and
Anti-Immigrant Rhetoric Has Consequences. What Schools Can Do to Help

Congratulations to October’s
NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month Kellie Cuccaro

and
Every Teacher Is a Language Teacher: Strategies for Supporting Multilingual Learners of English in the Mainstream Classroom– Naashia Mohamed

3 Ways to Ensure English Learners Benefit from the Science of Reading
-Leslie Villegas
and
Supporting Multilingual Learners in Developing Reading Fluency across the School Day– Kate Kinsella

Announcing the 2025 Spring Conference Keynote Speakers!

Congratulations to November’s
NJTESOL/NJBE Member of the Month Mrs. Singh

and
4 Ways to Support Long-Term English Learners – Sarah Said

Word Analyzer Vocabulary Tool
and
Online Dictionaries

Notebook LM
-Jessica Duran
and
5 Ways to Use AI-Generated Images in Your Classroom -Brent Warner

Inspirational Quotations
and
A Chorus of Reasons Why We Teach

Invitation to Write an Article for the Yearly Voices Journal
and
Padres con Poder/Parent Power Parent Expo

5 Ways to Bring Cultural Diversity into Your Classroom -Carol Higho
and
Defying Labels at Tables -Joyce Farr

Season’s Greetings from the NJTESOL/NJBE Executive Board

NJTESOL/NJBE Voices Editorial Board

Executive Director
Kathleen Fernandez

President
LeighAnn Matthews, Bridgewater-Raritan Public Schools

Past-President
Michelle Land, Randolph Township Schools

Layout
Dale Egan, Bergen Community College

Technology
Marilyn Pongracz, Bergen Community College

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