2023 NJTESOL/NJBE Annual Spring Conference

Theme: Strengthening Collaboration

Suggested Proposal Topics

For our annual NJTESOL/NJBE Spring Conference, we invite proposals that will strengthen collaboration to support our students, their families, educators, support staff, and the communities in which we work and live. Collaboration is at the core of our work and reflected in the 2020 WIDA Standards Framework. Presentations should 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. To promote all voices in our organization and in support of our Spring Conference theme of Strengthening Collaboration we encourage submission of proposals 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. Presentations may focus on any educational level, from kindergarten to university, as well as on adult school and workplace literacy settings. 

We invite proposals that particularly explore strengthening collaboration, such as (but not limited to): 

• Collaboration in a variety of forms:
  • With supporting content area teachers 
  • With special education teachers
  • With Child Study Teams
  • With supervisors and administrators
  • With community based organizations
  • With families
  • In adult education
  • To transition beyond high school
• Key topics in New Jersey ESL, Bilingual Education, and Dual Language programs
• Co-teaching language and content
• Intersection of race and language
• Educational technologies
• Growth Mindset and Asset-based Teaching
• Diversity, Inclusion, Equity, and Social Justice
• Translanguaging
• Student-Centered Learning
• Social-Emotional Learning
• Trauma-sensitive teaching
• Dual Language learners in early childhood
• Science of Reading
• Writing instruction and strategies
• Supporting newcomers, SLIFEs and refugees
• Activities and ideas to support speaking and listening