Are you currently serving in a leadership position within your district? If so, we’d love for you to join us for the next NYS TESOL Leadership SIG meeting! When: April 24 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: virtual
This session is a dedicated space for P-12 Multilingual Program leaders to network and collaborate. Our mission is to ensure that multilingual learners across New York State receive the support, equity, and high-quality instruction they deserve.
Join us to share insights and discuss effective strategies for supporting the diverse needs of students within your district. Interested in attending?
Please send an email to leadership@nystesol.org to receive the meeting link. more info...
Seeing the Whole Student: Guiding Effective Instruction Integrating system, classroom, and family & cultural data to support multilingual learners
Presenters: Fausto Salazar and Jorge Silva
Workshop Description
Teachers make decisions every day based on what they know about their students, but what if we could bring that knowledge together in a more intentional and powerful way? This session explores how to use multiple data sources to better understand and support multilingual learners across all content areas.
Participants will learn how to move beyond test scores and consider the whole student by combining system data (such as assessments and attendance), classroom data (including student work and engagement), and family and cultural information. Through practical examples and case studies, we will explore how these three data sources work together to inform instruction, promote equity, and build on students’ strengths.
This interactive workshop will provide strategies that are immediately applicable in any classroom, helping educators turn everyday information into meaningful instructional decisions.
Who Is This Workshop For?
K–12 teachers across all subject areas
ENL/ESL and bilingual educators
Special education teachers
Instructional coaches and school leaders
Any educator interested in better understanding and supporting multilingual learners
No prior experience with data analysis is required.
By the End of This Session, Participants Will:
Identify three key types of data: system, classroom, and family/cultural information, and understand how each contributes to a fuller picture of the student
Apply a data triangulation approach to better understand student strengths and needs
Use student information to design instruction that supports language development and content learning
Shift from a deficit-based perspective to an asset-based approach when interpreting student data
Leave with practical strategies to use data in ways that are meaningful, manageable, and immediately applicable in their classrooms
The conference theme, "Responsible AI: Ethics and Pedagogy in TESOL," examines the critical intersection of artificial intelligence, ethical practice, and pedagogical innovation in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL). This conference will explore how educators and researchers can harness AI technologies responsibly while maintaining ethical standards and pedagogical integrity. Attendees will engage with thought-leaders who will share frameworks for responsible AI integration, address concerns about equity and access, and envision a future where AI enhances rather than replaces the human elements of language teaching and learning.
CTLE hours - 3.5 for NYS TESOL MEMBERS ONLY more info...
Are you currently serving in a leadership position within your district? If so, we’d love for you to join us for the next NYS TESOL Leadership SIG meeting! When: June 12 Time: 12:00 PM – 1:00 PM Where: virtual
This session is a dedicated space for P-12 Multilingual Program leaders to network and collaborate. Our mission is to ensure that multilingual learners across New York State receive the support, equity, and high-quality instruction they deserve.
Join us to share insights and discuss effective strategies for supporting the diverse needs of students within your district. Interested in attending?
Please send an email to leadership@nystesol.org to receive the meeting link. more info...
