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    • Annual Voices Journal Submission Guidelines
    • Spring Conference Photos
  • Annual Voices Journal 2026
  • 2026 Spring Weekly Voices
  • 2026 Winter Weekly Voices
    • Season’s Greetings from the NJTESOL/NJBE Executive Board
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Scholarships and Awards for your students and you!
    • AI-Powered, Integrated Unit Goals and Lesson Objectives for K-12 English Learners
    • AI as a Tool for Inclusive Bilingual Education
    • Raquel Sinai Newcomer Award Winning Essay
    • NJTESOL/NJBE Represented at the NJPSA/FEA Administrator’s Conference
    • Supporting Muslim Students During Ramadan: 4 Suggestions for Teachers to Consider
    • Seal of Biliteracy Scholarship Award Winner’s Essay
    • AI Tools in a ML Classroom
    • Reframing the Narrative: Why Are We Waiting to Value Home Languages?
    • Migrant Education Programs in New Jersey
  • About Us
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    • The Hotlist

2025 Spring Conference Success!

The Spring Conference Committee would like to thank you for making this a great conference! We also appreciate your positive comments and helpful suggestions on the survey. The committee looks at them every year to see what changes are possible to improve your experience. This month, as we start our planning for 2026, your suggestions will be considered unless they have been tried in the past and did not work or are not logistically possible. Last year, following your suggestions, the committee, led by the Conference Coordinator, Caia Schlessinger, sent out a survey to our membership to gauge which sessions would be most attended. We used the data from the survey to schedule the presentations, which resulted in fewer sessions being overcrowded. Some attendees requested a designated lunch period. Please know that you can eat during sessions or you can choose a lunch time based on the schedule. If you dedicate time for lunch, you can also use that time to visit our Sponsors and Exhibitors!

The Call for Proposals will be going out in September, so if you have something to share, or something has worked for you, please put in a proposal to share your success with others. If you have a practical lesson idea for any grade, a presentation is a great way to let others know about it!

Early registration will also open in September, so you can plan ahead with your school and district so that you can attend. We hope to see you there May 19, 20, & 21, in 2026 or online!

Here are some of your best pictures from the photo caption contest and others from the conference.

You can also view current and past photo galleries here.

Thank You to Our

The Dreaded Intermediate Plateau And How to Get Past It
and
Long Term English Learners Do Worse on Tests

ARTICLES:

Learning for Justice Website
and
Learning for Justice Educator Resources

The Importance of Advocacy

Learning a language?
Four ways to smash through the dreaded ‘intermediate plateau’
-Jill Boggs, The Conversation
and
Long-term English learners do worse on tests than peers with fewer years in U.S. schools, data shows– Zaidee Stavely

2025 Spring Conference Success!

My High School Spanish Teacher Taught Me about the Original AI–Authentic Interaction -Becca Katz for Chalkbeat
and
AI Can Personalize Learning–It Can’t Make Students Care– Thomas Arnett, Clayton Christensen Institute

Eight Ways To Help English Language Learners Feel Motivated To Read & Write
-Larry Ferlazzo
and
Scaffolding, Technology, and Context: Writing Strategies for MLEs-Eric Gómez Burgos

6 Strategies for Teaching Phonics to Older Students
and
Improving Reading Comprehension in English: Tips & Strategies for Beginners-Suci Rahmadillah, Nia Wardani, Aries Bachtiar Dega, and Yani Lubis

More Than Scaffolds…Providing the Right Space For Oracy Instruction -Sarah Said
and
How to Motivate Students to Work in Collaborative Teams -Sarah Said

Sentence Patterning Chart for Language Acquisition and Writing -Nahal
and
Hexagonal Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion
-Betsy Potash

Why Do You Teach? -Aleta Margolis
and
This Newark educator missed out on support as a new immigrant. Years on, she became the teacher she needed. -Jessie Gómez

Newly Arrived English Learners a Positive for Existing ELs -Kara Arundel
and
The Home Language: An English Language Learner’s Most Valuable Resource -Fred Genesee

Beyond Sentence Frames: Scaffolding Emergent Multilingual Students’ Participation in Science Discourse -Laura Alvarez, Sarah Capitelli, and Guadalupe Valdés
and
Using an Input-Output Loop to Help Newcomer Students Learn Class Content
-Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton

Universal Literacy Screening for Multilingual Learners: Addressing Common Concerns -Amy Garner, OG-TH and Kathryn Tepedino, OG-T
-Tan Huynh and Beth Skelton

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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