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    Designing a Whole-Class Approach to Supporting ELs

    • Mar 28, 2022
    • Kimiko E. Lange, Rose K. Pozos, Annie Camey Kuo, Melissa Mesinas, Shelley Goldman

    Supporting DELs is the responsibility of all teachers, whether a 30-year veteran English as a second language (ESL) specialist or a mainstream teacher with a single DEL in their class this year.

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    Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom: 2 Practical Activities

    • Mar 21, 2022
    • Naashia Mohamed

    Students’ sense of belonging refers to the feelings of being accepted by teachers, peers, and any other individuals at school, and feeling like they are part of the school community.

  • young students on a laptop

    So, We Have All This Ed Tech. Now What?

    • Mar 14, 2022

    The digital classroom and all its accompanying tools mean that hybrid learning has transitioned from an emergency response to a staple in education.

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    Frolleagues: Why Friendships at Work Matter

    • Mar 7, 2022
    • Laura Baecher

    Colleagues who are friends are more important than ever in our professional and personal development.

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    TESOL Board Connect: The Different Paths to Leadership

    • Feb 28, 2022
    • Grazzia María Mendoza Chirinos

    One may think the leadership path is a one-way street; however, we have all experienced the path to leadership in different ways.

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    Best Practices for Conducting Teacher Interviews

    • Feb 21, 2022
    • Lisa Sheehan

    Conducting teacher interviews is one of the most important tasks a principal has. The hiring decisions you make impact everyone: the faculty, the students, and their families.

  • young ethnic students

    4 Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners

    • Feb 14, 2022
    • Judie Haynes

    Here are some critical strategies for teaching multilingual learners.

  • students using a tablet to learn

    Flipped Learning Activities for Virtual Classes

    • Feb 7, 2022
    • Andrés Villalba

    Flipped learning represents the evolution of the application of technology in the classroom in order to teach (and learn) a language as well as other subjects.

  • multilingual students in a classroom

    Teacher Language Practices that Support Multilingual Learners: Classroom-Based Approaches from Multilingual Early Childhood Teachers

    • Jan 31, 2022
    • Christopher J. Wagner

    The language practices used by teachers in schools directly impact the language development and reading performance of multilingual children.

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    Teaching Global Pandemics

    • Jan 31, 2022

    It’s natural that, like the rest of us, students’ curiosity would be piqued by past pandemics. Check out how you can capitalize on this interest in the classroom.

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    TESOL Board Connect: A Professional Background in TESOL is a Passport to the Best Jobs in the World!

    • Jan 24, 2022
    • Debra Suarez

    There are many reasons why TESOL professionals may wish to seek opportunities in addition to the traditional classroom setting.

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    Effective Principals Lead with Purpose

    • Jan 17, 2022
    • Lisa Sheehan

    When every choice bears such significant weight, how do principals make decisions that really drive results?

  • young students in a library

    Alternative Modes of Publication for Novice Researchers

    • Jan 10, 2022
    • Ali Shehadeh

    Alternative modes of publication that are practitioner-oriented and suited to novice researchers in the fields of AL and TESOL to disseminate knowledge.

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    Smart Time Management in ELT: 21st-Century Considerations

    • Jan 4, 2022
    • Victoria Dieste, Rosario Giraldez

    Effective time management is one area in which we believe teachers, coordinators, and program administrators must work hard.

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    Classroom Assessment for Academic Writing

    • Dec 20, 2021
    • Ling He

    Exploring the role of classroom assessment in teaching English academic writing with the aid of technology.

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    6 Questions to Ask When Designing Teacher PD

    • Dec 13, 2021
    • Laura Baecher

    Six conceptual questions to consider if you are in the position of advising on, shaping, or making choices about the PD plan in your institution.

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    Advice for New Principals

    • Dec 6, 2021
    • Lisa Sheehan

    After six years as an assistant principal, 12 years as a building principal, and many more years of mentoring first-year principals, here are the best pieces of advice I’ve found for making your first years as a principal a success.

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    ESOL Teachers as Advocates: An Important Role?

    • Nov 29, 2021
    • Heather A. Linville

    Due to the fact that English language learners (ELLs) often do not have the same educational opportunities or outcomes as non-ELL students in the United States, the professional standards for initial certification for teaching English for speakers of other languages (ESOL) call on ESOL teachers to advocate for them.

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    Building Your Online Community of Practice With Social Media

    • Nov 22, 2021
    • Laura Baecher

    Now that we do so much remotely, we know that wherever we are in the world, we are part of an incredibly vast, diverse, and energized community of TESOL educators—but how do we find and then interact with each other?

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    6 Tips for Developing a Course in an LMS

    • Nov 15, 2021
    • Ilka Kostka

    It is the time of year when summer is coming to a close and teachers are beginning to prepare for the upcoming academic year. One important part of this preparation is developing courses in online learning management systems (LMSs).