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    • Teachers Of Intermediate & Advanced ELLs Should Consider Radically Redesigning Their Classes
    • 10 things for teachers to know about English language learners
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  • Home
  • Submission Guidelines
    • Journal Submission Guidelines
  • Annual Voices Journal 2026
    • What New Jersey Bilingual Educators need now: WIDA’s Marco DALE, the Spanish language development standards
    • Bridging Languages, Building Confidence: A Three-Year Journey with the Bridge Technique
    • Utilizing Home Languages to Support Reading Comprehension
    • Equity is a How, Not a What: Partnering with a Shared Vision for Multilingual Student Success
    • From Chalkboard Lines to AI Maps: Reimagining Sentence Diagramming for Today’s English Learners
    • Say More! With Nina and Ms. Lee
    • College Readiness – Bridging Pathways to Higher Education
  • 2026 Fall Weekly Voices
    • How to Make Feedback More Effective for Young L2 Learners
    • Helping Every Student Find Their Story
    • Meet Your Bilingual Early Childhood/ Pre-K–K Representative
    • Is your ELD curriculum aligned to the 2020 WIDA Standards Framework? Now is the time to act!
    • 3 Ways to Learn Language With Music in Primary Education
    • Strategies to Help English Learners Master New Math Skills
    • Boots on the ground! Highly Effective example of integrating ESL and Language Arts in a push-in model at the Elementary level.
    • Looking Beyond Grades for Signs of Multilingual Students’ Progress
  • 2026 Summer Weekly Voices
    • A Scaffolding Strategy to Help Experienced ELLs Express Complex Ideas
    • Free Resources to Support Students Affected by Forced Migration
    • Targeted Exercises That Develop Students’ Revision Skills
    • Keys to Making Videos Comprehensible to MLs
    • Why dual language programs may be one of our best school attendance levers
    • Getting Ready for College: What ELL Students Need to Know
    • 10 Activities to Improve Your English Grammar
    • Should You Really Use AI to Write That First Draft? (And What to Do Instead)
    • Teachers Of Intermediate & Advanced ELLs Should Consider Radically Redesigning Their Classes
    • 10 things for teachers to know about English language learners
    • Get In-Formed: The Power of Forms to Get to Know Your Students
    • A TESOL International Membership Benefit for NJTESOL/NJBE Members
    • Let Students Teach the Tools: Empower Learners From Day One
  • About Us

2026 Spring Conference

The Best of the Photo Caption Contest

two female attendees showing jacket with superwoman
You have to be Superwoman
large full workshop waiting to start
Wow! almost time
Cecilia with 4 colleagues
What a lucky lady!
2 images - food setup and everyone getting lunch
We're here!
JoAnne with 4 colleagues
Vineland reunion
Jenna with sign for coaching group
TUESDAY - Come find me!
6 teachers wearing matching orange t-shirts - Mary Callirgos on right
Throw-back Thursday
Aphrodite with a teacher who was her former student
This beautiful person
bracelet with NJTESOL-NJBE made by daughter of an exec board member
The thoughtful little gift
poster session
Thank you - poster session
workshop presenter
Standing with students and families
Soyoun with teacher
Soyoun with 2nd grade ESL teacher
2 presenters for the Science of Reading
Presenting with my colleague
Mary Callirgos poster session
Power to the Max
12 teachers from Plainfield
Plainfield family
20 teachers from Newark in yellow matching t-shirts
Newark Public Schools
Michelle Land - left Maggie Churchill - right
Maggie Churchill (right) Presidents Award
Barbara Tedesco - Julie Ochoa - JoAnne Negrin - B.J. Franks
LLAMAME EDUCATION Barbara Tedesco, Julie Ochoa, JoAnne Negrin, & B.J. Franks
cute robot
Juice Robot
selfie of workshop attendees
Is Black English Relevant
6 teachers from Hillside
Hillside Public Schools
reps from equipping ELLs
Equipping ELLs diamond sponsor
2 teachers
College friends reunited
3 presenters
Bilingual Family Night
Barbara Tedesco with the 2 Collaboration Award teachers
Barbara Tedesco Collaboration Award
man holding a chocolate cake
Accept no substitutes

2026 Spring Conference Photos

Summer 2026 Weekly Voices

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President
Maria Cecilia Vila Chave, Township of Ocean School District

Past-President
Michelle Land, Randolph Township Schools

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Dale Egan, Bergen Community College

Technology
Marilyn Pongracz, Retired from Bergen Community College

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