Presented by Dr. José Viana, Senior Education Advisor, Lexia; Rachel Hawthorne, English Learner Senior Specialist, Really Great Reading; Andrea Bitner, ELL Educator, Author, Speaker; Dr. Jennifer Pendergrass-Bennefield, ESOL/Title III Coordinator, Floyd County Schools (GA); and Dr. Lynmara Colón, Director, Student Opportunity and Multilingual Services, Prince William County Schools (VA)
Hosted by Cassandra Wheeler, Director, LETRS State Success, Lexia
Presented by Alestra Flores Menéndez, Biliteracy Product Specialist, Amplify; and Ana Torres, Biliteracy Product Specialist, Amplify
Presented by Dr. Kate Seltzer, Assistant Professor of Bilingual and ESL Education, Rowan University; and Dr. Susana Ibarra Johnson, Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and TESOL in the School of Teacher Preparation, Administration, and Leadership, New Mexico State University
Beginning in a new school, grade, or classroom can be a daunting prospect for any student. However, when English isn’t a student’s first language, the barrier to adaptation is especially challenging.
The last two school years have been a challenging time for many students who were learning English while speaking a different language at home. First, they needed to access and use remote learning technologies, and then they needed to continue developing their language and literacy skills despite the pandemic-related disruptions and other difficulties they and their families faced.
Presented by Maya Goodall, Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum, Lexia Learning
Presented by Kristie Shelley, M.Ed., Senior Director of Emergent Bilingual Curriculum, Lexia® Learning; and Cynthia Peng, MA TESOL, Manager of Educational Content for Lexia® English Language Development, Lexia® Learning
