2024 SUMMER QUARTERLY

03 President’s letter

04 Editor’s Letter

06 2024 Maryland TESOL Fall conference

08 Adult Education

09 Advocacy

11 Elementary Education

12 Higher education

14 Secondary Education

15 Teacher education

17 Eastern shore

18 Executive board

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2024 SPRING QUARTERLY

Contents:

Creating Community through a Book: A Recap of Maryland TESOL’s Inaugural Reading Club

Editor’s Note, Rishan Habte

Introducing the 2024-2025 Maryland TESOL President

Reflecting on the year as English Language Development Instructors

Celebrating multilingual learners on the eastern shore

An Era of Rapid Educational Changes for Maryland’s P-12 Multilingual Learners: 2018-2024 and beyond

Uniting Around Our Students’ Call for Language Justice: Equal Credit for Equal Work

Recap of the Spring dinner

2024 WINTER QUARTERLY

Contents:

President's Letter, Derya Kulavuz-Onal
Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte
Rediscover your past, reignite your passion, reach your future!

The Science of Reading: What does it mean for Multilingual Learners?

Maryland’s Blueprint and an Asset-Based Approach to the ESOL Classroom:
What Maryland Teachers Need to Know

WIDA Preparation

Sifting Through SLIFE

New Year, New Chance to Show Up!

Community Spotlight: Identity

Strengthening Community & Resourcefulness

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2023 Fall Quarterly

Contents:

President's Letter, Derya Kulavuz-Onal
Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte
MD TESOL’s 43nd Annual Fall Conference Virtually!
Adult English Language Learners Go Back to School
Supporting the Social-Emotional Development of Multilingual Learners
Maryland TESOL Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient
The Best Investment: Building Relationships with Your Students
Community Spotlight: New American Careers
A Reflection on Using a Cognitive Strategy with Selected Struggling Readers to Create Equitable Reading Comprehension Opportunity
Breathe and Hold Tight: Dealing with Back to School Stress

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 Contents:

President's Letter, Derya Kulavuz-Onal
Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte
MD TESOL’s 43nd Annual Fall Conference Virtually!
Adult Education
Advocacy
Elementary Education
Graduate Student
Higher Education
Teacher Education
Maryland's Eastern Shore

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2023 SPRING Quarterly

Contents:

President's Letter, Drew Fagan
Editor's Note, Rishan Habte
Maryland TESOL: A Success at the 2023 TESOL International Conference!
Maryland TESOL Higher Education Scholarship Recipient
Supporting Mental Health of K-12 Esol teachers
Helping ELLs succeed in credit courses
From Language Teacher to Language Student
Building Classroom Libraries
Reflections of a year completed
How Adult Educators in Maryland Can Support Internationally Educated Immigrants and Refugees
Reflecting on the Year: Student Success Stories

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Contents:

President's Letter, Drew Fagan

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

Ellevating to New Heights

Mind Brain Education for English Learners

You Can Do Both! Adult Language Learning Through Professional Pursuits

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2022 Fall Quarterly

Contents:

President's Letter, Drew Fagan

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

Cultivating an Inclusive Classroom Using Visual Aides

Uniting for Ukraine

Disability in the Classroom

2022 Summer Quarterly

Contents:

President's Letter, Drew Fagan

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

2022 Fall Conference, Derya Kulavuz-Onal, Ph.D.

Interest Section Chair Introductions

MDTESOL Board Retreat

2022 Spring Quarterly

CONTENTS:

President's Letter, Jamie Harris

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

A State of Change: The Future for Maryland’s English Learners,  Drew S. Fagan, Ed. D. 

2022 Spring Dinner Award Recipients

You Can't Want the Goal More Than They Do,  FloraHyunjung Keefe

"Nothing About Us, Without Us"  Introducing our English Learner Advisory Committee

Board Member Highlight: Carolyn Girard

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2022 Winter Quarterly

 Contents:

President's Letter, Jamie Harris

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

Winter Conference Recap,  Drew S. Fagan, Ed. D. 

From Teacher to Administrator: Advice for TESOLers, Lama Masri

Board Highlights

The Presidents' Alliance on Higher Education and Immigration,  Grace Belz and Betsy Ljubic

What Teachers Should Know About Arabic ELL's Grammatical Errors, Peter Parker

Community Spotlight: New American Cities Program: Baltimore

2021 Fall Newsletter

 Contents:

President's Letter, Jamie Harris

Editor's Letter, Rishan Habte

THE 41ST ANNUAL MARYLAND TESOL CONFERENCE: BREAKING THROUGH, PUSHING FORWARD TOGETHER,  Drew S. Fagan, Ed. D. 

Addressing Plagiarism: Experiences from an ESL Program, Peter G. Parker

Overcoming my Own Anxiety as a Non-Native English Speaking Teacher(NNEST) and Exploring Advantages what NNESTs can bring to the Adult ESL Classroom, Flora Hyunjung Keefe

Building Your Professional Toolkit: MWIS- What's That?,  Katie Edwards

Local Educators Responding to Student Needs, Betsy Ljubic and Grace Belz

2021 Spring Newsletter

 Highlights Include:

• Outgoing and Incoming President's Message
• 2021 Spring Dinner Honorees
• MDTESOL Tech Maker Space
• Please Ask Me About My Heritage, Not Where I'm From  Lama Masri

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2021 Winter Newsletter

Highlights Include:

• President's Message
• Understanding Trauma Response in the Time of COVID (and Beyond!) 
  
• What Works: Western MD IS
• Leveraging Minecraft Education Edition (M:EE) with EL Students 
• Community Organization Spotlight: The Skilled Immigrant Taskforce

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2020 Fall Newsletter

Highlights Include:

• President's Message
• Exploring Technology with Teacher Candidates
• Digital Resources Guide
• Educator Spotlight: Amanda Kremnitzer
• Community Organization Spotlight: CASA de Maryland

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2020 Spring/Summer Newsletter

Highlights Include:

• Integrating Digital Literacy
• Messages from recent and new president
• The Danielson Framework and TESOL
  
• The Circuitous Path
• ESOL Success Story
  
• Coping During the Pandemic

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2019 Fall Newsletter

Highlights Include:

• Highlights from MDTESOL Fall Conference
• Keynote Speaker Feature Article: Rebecca Oxford
• The Bilingual Corner
• Teaching Writing to Emergent and At Risk Bilingual Students
• ESOL Success Study
• Educating All Teachers Working with English Language Learners

Highlights include:

• Task Based Language Learning with Board Games, by David Schmidt
  
• ESOL Success Story - From ESOL to the School Board, by Haleemat Adekoya
  

• The Bilingual Corner / El Rincón Bilingüe - Frederick High LYNX, by Billie Muñoz

• English as an Additional Language and the edTPA, by Tabitha Kidwell
  

• Pedro Noguera and Grit 2.0, by Billie Muñoz

• MDTESOLers in Atlanta - Debra Suarez inducted to TESOL Board of Directors
  

• Highlights from the 1st Western Maryland Regional Mini-Conference