Tentative ScheduleSee the Spring Conference page for more about the keynote speakers, registration, and the Awards Ceremony.
Your registration is for all three days.
See below for Wednesday, Thursday & Library.
Workshops in the Library are accessible at any time for the next three months.
Keynote: Dr. José Medina, Founder and Chief Educational Advocate at Dr. José Medina: Educational Solutions
Topic: The Importance of Sociocultural Competence in Serving Diverse Student Communities
Tuesday Evening – NJTESOL/NJBE Rutgers GSE ESL Teachers Book Club with Mary Curran
| Title | Presenters | Interest Sections |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote Breakout Session: Leading Dual Language Programs Through an Anti-Bias and Anti-Racism lens | Dr. Jose Medina | All Interest Sections |
| NJDOE Information Session | Lori Ramella, Jacquelyn Leon & Maria Encarna B. Romero | All Interest Sections |
| Spanish for Teachers: Building Relationships with Latinx Students and Families | Jacquelyn Leon & Mary Curran | All Interest Sections |
| Making Spanish Sight Words Seriously Fun! | Elsa Mena | Bilingual Education, Elementary Grades 1-4 & Pre-K - K |
| Bilingual Lessons for People and the Planet | Rafael Woldeab | Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Interactive Notebooks for Mixed Grade and Mixed ELP Classes | Emily Rosenblum & Amanda Borzielle | Elementary Grades 1-4 & Middle School |
| Is It Language or Something Else? | Mary Quiroz & Diane Phelan | Elementary Grades 1-4 & Special education |
| Language of Math - The Forgotten Standard | Jeffrey Branchek | Elementary Grades 1-4, Bilingual Education & Middle School |
| Newcomer to Sentence Maker | Jeffrey Branchek | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| The 2020 WIDA ELD Standards Overview | Lynn Shafer Willner, PhD | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Using Read Alouds for Explicit Vocabulary Instruction | Alyssa May & Lucy Lakata | Elementary Grades 1-4, Pre-K - K & Middle School |
| Reading, Writing and ELLs - A Balanced Literacy Approach | Sharon Kernan | Elementary Grades 1-4, Teacher Education & Special education |
| Teach Abroad with the English Language Fellow Program | Andrew Shannon | Exhibitor Session & Higher Education |
| Lowering the Affective Filter of ELs Through Mindfulness | Laurine Sibilia | Middle School, Secondary Education & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| WIDA MODEL as an Interim Assessment | Stephen O'Connell | Program Administration |
| Structuring Teacher Collaboration to Support Instruction | Alyssa May & Lucy Lakata | Program Administration, Teacher Education & Adult Education |
| Visual Thinking Strategies for working with English Language Learners | Anamaria Llanos | Secondary Education, Bilingual Education & Middle School |
| What To Do with All That Data | Ashley Singh & Nicole Sanyigo | Secondary Education, Middle School & Program Administration |
| Content Area Support for the English Language Learner | Yasmine Rana | Secondary Education, Middle School & Teacher Education |
| E-learning Series on Supporting Students Affected by Forced Migration | Claire Balani & Sara Rowbottom | Teacher Education & Administration |
| Self-Care During a Pandemic | Alamelu Sundaram-Waters | Elementary Grades 1-4, Secondary Education |
| Sponsor Workshop: Engagement: Face-to-Face, Online, and Blended! | Christina Cavage & Gosia Jaros-White | Higher Education, Adult Education, Exhibitor Session |
Keynote: Jane D Hill, Principal Consultant for McREL
Topic: Create the Culture for Academic Talk
President’s Awards Ceremony – 6:00 PM
| Title | Presenters | Interest Sections |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote Breakout Session: Purposeful Talk | Jane Hill | All Interest Sections |
| Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners | Diane Staehr-Fenner | All Interest Sections |
| Sheltered Instruction - Strategies for Connecting Language and Content | Tina Kern | Bilingual Education, Secondary Education & Middle School |
| Reading Practices that Leverage Students Identities | Valentina Gonzalez | Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Social Emotional Learning for All Learners | Jenna Maneri & Jennifer Pinho | Elementary Grades 1-4 & Middle School |
| The 2020 WIDA Standards into Practice | Lynn Shafer Willner, PhD | Elementary Grades 1-4 & Middle School |
| How to Talk the Talk: Targeting Speaking | Julie Ochoa & Angela Pape | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Removing the ELL Deficit Lens | LeighAnn Matthews | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Would Those Classroom Behaviors Suggest a Disability? | Solange Lopes Murphy | Elementary Grades 1-4, Special education & Middle School |
| How To S.E.E. Vocabulary in Reading and Writing | Leah Carmona | Higher Education, Adult Education & Teacher Education |
| Bringing the Language Lens to the Gen. Ed. Classroom | Julie Ochoa & Joyce Wang | Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Technology in the Classroom | Ashley Singh | Middle School, Secondary Education & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Equity Right from the Start: PreK-K ELLs | Karen Nemeth | Pre-K - K |
| Create A Calendar Math And Beyond | Ivelis Sanfilippo | Pre-K - K & Bilingual Education |
| Creating Equity and Opportunity: Option 2 for Newcomers | JoAnne Negrin & Andrea Fontenez | Program Administration, Secondary Education & Bilingual Education |
| Modifying the Instruction for ELLs in the Secondary Social Studies Classroom | Nicholas Stucka | Secondary Education |
| Interactive Workshop: Advocacy for College-Bound ELLs | Patricia George & Hana Prashker | Secondary Education, Higher Education & Program Administration |
| Building a Professional Learning Network for Equity | Ken Bond | Secondary Education, Middle School & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Dialogue Journaling: Building Language Proficiency and Relationships | Jaime DePaola | Secondary Education, Middle School & Special education |
| Meeting the Program Needs of Classified Emergent Bilingual Students | Sonya Bertini | Special education & Bilingual Education |
| Sponsor Workshop: Get Ready to Meet the Needs of Newcomer English Language Learners | Tracy Peterson | Bilingual Education, Elementary Grades 1-4, Program Administration |
| Sponsor Workshop: Using LAS Links to Progress Monitor English Learners | Maxine McCormick & Nina Tigger | Bilingual Education, Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School |
Keynote: Dr. Kate Seltzer, Assistant Professor, Rowan University
Topic: Translanguaging Practices of Emergent Bilinguals
| Title | Presenters | Interest Sections |
|---|---|---|
| Keynote Breakout - Translanguaging in Action | Dr. Kate Seltzer | All Interest |
| "Shift Happens." | Steve Krashen & Nooshan Ashtari | All Interest Sections |
| Formative Assessment of ELs in Virtual Learning | Diane Staehr-Fenner | All Interest Sections |
| Gifted English Language Learners | Roberta Braverman | All Interest Sections |
| Equity Through Content, Language and Literacy Integration | Sandra Mercuri & Vivian Pratts | Bilingual Education, Elementary Grades 1-4 & Pre-K - K |
| Supporting Content Area Teachers with ESL Strategies | Jody Nolf | Bilingual Education, Secondary Education & Middle School |
| Teaching Content and Language Through TPR, Song, and Dance | Ava Kiss-Gallagher & Kirstie Nafey | Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| 2020 WIDA Standards: Features of Language | Lynn Shafer Willner, PhD | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Read, Speak, Solve: Word Problem Detectives Using Flipgrid | Jennifer Ostrega | Elementary Grades 1-4, Parents & Program Administration |
| Mentoring Second Language Writers: A Case Study | Miriam Ebsworth & Timothy Ebsworth | Higher Education, Bilingual Education & Adult Education |
| Mejorando Ourselves: Targeting Anti-Blackness | Anel Suriel, Alexis Cuccinogta & Diana Cornwall | Middle School, Secondary Education & Bilingual Education |
| The Family and School Partnership | Gabriela Colon | Parents, Bilingual Education & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| NJTESOL/NJBE Advocacy in Action | Elizabeth Franks | Parents, Special education & Program Administration |
| Creating a Thoughtful and Cohesive Program | Julie Ochoa | Program Administration |
| Getting Parents Involved - ESL Parent Nights | Ashley Singh & Sheila Hickman | Program Administration, Secondary Education & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Science for ELLs | Maria Sfondouris & Teresa Schittone | Secondary Education & Middle School |
| Strategies for ELLs in the Secondary Classroom | Hana Prashkker | Secondary Education & Middle School |
| Promoting Collaboration and Peer Response in Remote Learning Environments | Clara Bauler | Secondary Education, Middle School & Elementary Grades 1-4 |
| Countering Anti-Black Racism: A Process and Action | Kathleen Fernandez & Jessica Hunsdon | Program Administration, Elementary Grades 1-4, Teacher Education |
| NJPSA ELL Committee | JoAnne Negrin & Laura Arredondo | Program Administration |
You can access these workshops at any time during the conference and for the three months following.
| Workshop Title | Presenters | Interest Sections |
|---|---|---|
| Scaffolding Learning for All Proficiency Levels | Angela Pape | Elementary Grades 1-4 & Teacher Education |
| Help They Don't Speak English! Tips to Help Your Coworkers 2.0 | Dr. Lisa Rose Johnson | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Integrating Trauma Informed Approaches | Dr. Lisa Rose Johnson | Elementary Grades 1-4, Middle School & Teacher Education |
| Developing a Thematic Unit on Stress | Lauren Lesce | Higher Education, Adult Education & Secondary Education |
| Designing a Middle School Lesson | Joyce Wang & Shari Levine | Middle School |
| Supporting ELLs in Math Project-Based Learning | Meghan Greenfield & Elena Greenwood | Middle School |
| NJPSA ELL Committee/NJTESOL/NJBE Supervisors SIG Meeting | JoAnne Negrin & Laura Arredondo | Program Administration |
| Principals and Supervisors: Working Together for ELLs | David Nash, Esq. & JoAnne Negrin, Ed.D. | Program Administration |
| Flipping The Lens for ELL Advocacy | JoAnne Negrin & Catherine Michener | Program Administration & Bilingual Education |
| Data-Based Decision Making and Writing SGOs | Dr. Lisa Rose Johnson | Program Administration, Middle School & Secondary Education |
| Heritage Spanish Programs: A Matter of Equity for Spanish Speakers | Michele Schreiner | Program Administration, Secondary Education & Middle School |
| What Does Equity Look Like for Multilingual Learners? | Elizabeth "BJ" Franks & Barbara Tedesco | Program Administration, Teacher Education & Parents |
| Securing Equity for High School Language Learners | Jose Chanez Mendia | Secondary Education |
| Let Me Tell You a Story | Delfina Picchio & Mary Curran | Secondary Education, Adult Education & Elementary Grades 1-4 |