<div dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">Dear Colleagues,</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">We are happy to announce that NYS TESOL will be holding its 43rd Annual NYS TESOL Conference at the Crowne Plaza in White Plains this year on </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span class="">November 15th and 16th</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">. This year's conference has more than 150 interesting and dynamic concurrent sessions along with keynote speakers, Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner (Colorin Colorado, DSF Consulting), Dr. Dorit Kaufman (SUNY Stony Brook) and Dr. Yvonne Pratt Johnson (St.John's University). We are also proud to have as a special guest speaker Angelica Infante, Associate Commissioner for NYSED Office of BE-LOTE.</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">The pre-registration process has already begun. Registration can be done either on-line or through a downloaded form and mail-in process (purchase orders only).</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">The link to the Annual Conference pre-registration web site is:</span><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">
<a title="http://nystesol.org/annualconf/2013/" href="http://nystesol.org/annualconf/2013/" target="_blank" style="font-family:Arial">http://nystesol.org/annualconf/2013/</a><br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">
<br style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">CONFERENCE PRE-REGISTRATION DEADLINE is </span><span class="" tabindex="0" style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial"><span class="">NOVEMBER 3</span></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-family:Arial">.</span><div>
<br></div><div>We hope to see you there!</div><div><br></div><div>Fran Olmos, Conference Chair</div><div style>Susanne Marcus, President</div><div style>NYS TESOL</div><div><br><div><br></div>-- <br>Rebekah Johnson, Ed.D.<br>
<br></div><div style>NYS TESOL Immediate Past President</div><div><br></div><div>Assistant Professor<br>Department of Education and Language Acquisition<br>LaGuardia Community College, City University of New York<br>Office: B234-NN<br>
718-482-6096<br><a href="mailto:rejohnson@lagcc.cuny.edu" target="_blank">rejohnson@lagcc.cuny.edu</a><br>
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