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  • Submission Guidelines
    • Journal Submission Guidelines
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    • What New Jersey Bilingual Educators need now: WIDA’s Marco DALE, the Spanish language development standards
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    • 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
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    • 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
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2019 Spring Conference Photo Galleries

Activities

Checking in
Checking in
breakfast
Breakfast
Wednesday's Keynote Lisa Tabaku
Wednesday's Keynote Lisa Tabaku
Thursday's Keynote Dr. Madeline Mavrogordato
Thursday's Keynote Dr. Madeline Mavrogordato
Friday's Keynote breakout session Dr. Alfredo Quiñones Hinojosa
Keynote Audience
Keynote Audience
Platinum Sponsor Lectura Books
Platinum Sponsor Lectura Books- The Latino Family Literacy Project
Presenter from Lectura Books
Presenter from Lectura Books
Presenter Michelle Land
Presenter Michelle Land
full workshop
A full workshop
Workshop presenter- Cynthia Lundgren
Workshop presenter- Cynthia Lundgren & Maggie Churchill
Workshop Presenter Larry Bello
Workshop Presenter Larry Bello
Workshop Activity
Workshop Activity
Workshop Presenter
Workshop Presenter
NJDOE workshop
Attending an NJDOE workshop
NJDOE Presenter Jacquelyn León
NJDOE Presenter Jacquelyn León
Workshop The Role of Makerspace
Workshop The Role of Makerspace in Language Acquisition for ELLs
Workshop Presenters Kenneth Kunz & Kathryn Diskin
Workshop Presenters Kenneth Kunz & Kathryn Diskin
Susana Matos-Kruck
Presenter Susana Matos-Kruck
Lunch
Lunch
Vendor Visit
Vendor Visit
Jackie Leon & Lori Ramella, NJDOE
Jackie Leon & Lori Ramella, NJDOE
Talking to an exhibitor
Talking to an exhibitor
Lectura books
Lectura books representative
exhibitor
Talking to another exhibitor
exhibitor
Interesting options at an exhibitor's table
Maggie, Caia, & JoAnne with Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa
Maggie, Caia, & JoAnne with Dr. Quinones-Hinojosa
The selfie station
The selfie station

Advocacy Summit

Assemblyman Jamel Holley
Assemblyman Jamel Holley
Yasmine Hernandez-Manno
Yasmine Hernandez-Manno
Nagla Bedir
Nagla Bedir
Carolyn Marano
Carolyn Marano
Elizabeth Franks
Elizabeth Franks
Dr. John Ravally
Seal Biliteracy Superintendent of the Year Dr. John Ravally

Poster Sessions

Michael Kinney
Michael Kinney
Attending a poster session
Attending a poster session
Sean Gleasure
Sean Gleasure
Karen Baker
Karen Baker
Jennifer Ostrega
Jason Velante
Jason Velante
Cristina Da Silva
Cristina Da Silva
Alamelu Sundaram-Walters
Alamelu Sundaram-Walters

Twitter Pictures

Union township teachers
Teachers from Township of Union Schools
Lyndhurst ESL Team
Lyndhurst ESL Team
Selfie Station Group
Selfie Station Group
Fun with MHS Colleagues
Fun with MHS Colleagues
Teachers from Highland Park
Teachers from Highland Park
Current President Caia Schlessinger with 1st President Janet Susi
Current President Caia Schlessinger with 1st President Janet Susi
BJ - Elizabeth Franks with Fred Carrigg
BJ - Elizabeth Franks with Fred Carrigg
Maggie, Caia, & JoAnne with Dr. Q.
Maggie, Caia, & JoAnne with Dr. Alfredo Quiñones-Hinojosa - Friday's Keynote
Conference Organizers, Maggie, Caia, & Sandee
Conference Organizers VP Maggie Churchill, President Caia Schlessinger, & Sandee McBride, Conference Coordinator
FLENJ Board of Directors
FLENJ Board of Directors
Selfie Station Group
Selfie Station Group
cELLebrating Our New Learning
cELLebrating Our New Learning
Teachers
Teachers Together
Meeting Together
Meeting Together
Marilyn - tech help
Marilyn - Wired up for tech help
cELLebrating
cELLebrating together

Behind the Scenes

Conference Organizers
Conference Organizers- Maggie, Caia, & Sandee
Executive Board
Executive Board
Preparing Folders
Preparing folders
Sandee & Marcella
Sandee & Marcella- stuffing bags
Tina & Husband
Tina & her husband
Helpful Hotel Staff
Helpful hotel staff
Assembly Line
Assembly line
Ready to Assist
Ready to assist
Technology Team
Technology team
Packed up for next year
Packed up for next year

Back to Features Summer 2019

NJTESOL/NJBE Voices Editorial Board

Executive Director
Kathleen Fernandez

President
Maria Cecilia Vila Chave, Township of Ocean School District

Past-President
Michelle Land, Randolph Township Schools

Layout
Dale Egan, Bergen Community College

Technology
Marilyn Pongracz, Retired from Bergen Community College

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