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<DIV><BR>We would like to remind you about an exciting opportunity for teacher educators to come together and share in dialogue about the preparation of teachers of ELLs across the New York City metro area. The First Annual <B>Teacher Education Spring Symposium on ELLS </B>will take place on Friday, May 18th, at Hunter College in New York City from 9:00 am till 12:00 pm. <BR></DIV>
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<DIV><BR><B>This is a pre-registration event only and there are only a few spots remaining, so register today!</B> If you are unable to attend, please post at your college and make sure your institution is at the table! <BR></DIV><B></B>
<DIV><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR>Angelica Infante, the Executive Director of the New York City Department of Education Office of ELLs, will be our opening speaker and will brief us on ELL education in the NYC DOE. We will then have a chance to choose break-out sessions for collegial dialogue on topics relevant to us across our institutions:</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR><I>Preparing Teachers of Adult English Language Learners:</I><BR>Gabriel Diaz Maggioli, The New School<BR><BR><I>Preparing Teachers for Bilingual Contexts</I>:<BR>Tatyana Kleyn, City College of New York<BR><BR><I>Preparing Teachers to Support Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Educatio</I>n:<BR>Helaine Marshall, Long Island University, Westchester<BR><BR><I>Fieldwork and Supervision of TESOL Candidates:</I><BR>John Balbi, Teachers College, Columbia University<BR><BR><I>Preparing Teachers for ELLs in Special Education:</I><BR>Jennifer Samson, Hunter College, City University of New York<BR><BR><I>Preparing Teachers for Collaborative ESL Models:</I><BR>Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove, Molloy College</SPAN></DIV>
<DIV><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR>You must register in advance to attend due to space limitations! Register online now to join us to share concerns, resources, ideas, and come together as a community so that we can better support English language learner teacher education from P-adult. To read more and to register, please visit the New York State TESOL website at: <A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://nystesol.org/" target=_blank>http://nystesol.org/</A>. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Dr. Laura Baecher at </SPAN><SPAN class=gI><A href="mailto:lbaecher@hunter.cuny.edu">lbaecher@hunter.cuny.edu</A></SPAN><BR><SPAN style="BORDER-COLLAPSE: collapse; FONT-FAMILY: arial,sans-serif; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); FONT-SIZE: 13px"><BR>We hope to see you there!<BR><BR>Best,<BR>Laura Baecher & Drew Fagan<BR>Conference Co-Chairs, <SPAN style="BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,204); COLOR: rgb(34,34,34)">TESS</SPAN> (Teacher Education Spring Symposium)<SPAN class=HOEnZb><FONT color=#888888></FONT></SPAN></SPAN><BR></DIV></DIV></DIV></DIV></BODY></HTML>