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color=#000000>NYSABE invites you to attend its 37<SUP>th</SUP> Annual
Conference<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></SPAN></B></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>The New York State Association for
Bilingual Education (NYSABE) invites you to attend its 37th Annual Conference
which will be held on<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>March 6th-8th,
2014<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>LaGuardia Airport Marriott
Hotel<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></B></P>
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class=MsoNormal align=center><FONT size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT
color=#000000><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">102-05 Ditmars Boulevard,
East Elmhurst, New York 11369</B>.<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P>
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<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>This year´s conference, whose
theme is <B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><I
style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal">Educating Our Next Generation of Biliterate
Citizens,</I></B><I style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal"> </I>will celebrate the
<B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">New York State’s Seal of Biliteracy</B>
and will honor our students’ efforts in becoming biliterate. The conference will
also offer participants a variety of major sessions and special presentations
where teachers, support personnel, parents, and educational leaders will engage
in exploring varied research-based optimum educational practices and
methodologies to ensure the achievement of biliteracy skills, academic success
as well as college and career readiness among English language learners
(ELLs)/bilingual learners. Topics for all presentations will be connected to
current issues such as the Common Core Standards for ELLs/bilingual learners,
data driven instruction, Bilingual Education for early childhood/preschool
children, and instructional leadership for quality Bilingual Education programs.
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size=3><FONT face=Calibri><B style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><U>Please be
aware that conference registration must be done electronically</U></B><U> <B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">at</B></U><B
style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"> </B></FONT></FONT><SPAN
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">For
additional information regarding registration, please contact María-Angélica
Meyer at </SPAN><A title=mailto:mariameyer03@gmail.com
href="mailto:mariameyer03@gmail.com"><SPAN
style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">mariameyer03@gmail.com</SPAN></A> </P>
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face="Times New Roman CYR"><FONT size=3><STRONG><U>Registration Deadline:
February 14, 2014</U></STRONG>.<SPAN
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt">Attached
please find our conference packet that provides details about the conference’s
events and guest speakers.<SPAN
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style="LINE-HEIGHT: 115%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Arial','sans-serif'; COLOR: black; FONT-SIZE: 10pt"><SPAN
class=953010502-08022014>Also attached is the latest issue of <EM>Bilingual
Times</EM>, NYSABE's newsletter. Please feel free to share with your
colleagues.</SPAN></SPAN></P>
<P style="TEXT-ALIGN: justify; MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt" class=MsoNormal><FONT
size=3><FONT face=Calibri><FONT color=#000000>Thank you for reiterating your
commitment to quality education for ELLs/bilingual learners.<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>We look forward to meeting<SPAN
style="mso-spacerun: yes"> </SPAN>you at the
Conference!<o:p></o:p></FONT></FONT></FONT></P></FONT></DIV>
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<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Bahar Otcu-Grillman, Ed.D.</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Assistant Professor, TESOL/Bilingual
Education</FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><FONT size=2>Mercy College<SPAN class=391131102-08092010>
Manhattan Campus</SPAN></FONT></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=391131102-08092010><FONT size=2>66 West 35th Street,
Room 727</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=391131102-08092010><FONT size=2>New York, NY
10001</FONT></SPAN></DIV>
<DIV align=left><SPAN class=391131102-08092010><FONT size=2>Office: 212-615-3367
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href="https://www.mercy.edu/academics/faculty-directory/faculty-detail/?g=gotcu">https://www.mercy.edu/academics/faculty-directory/faculty-detail/?g=gotcu</A></SPAN></DIV></DIV> </SPAN></FONT></DIV></FONT></BODY></HTML>