Mark your calendar!
3 Rivers TESOL Fall Conference
"Moving Forward: Focusing on Quality in the ESL Classroom"
Saturday, Oct. 25, 2008
Franklin Regional Middle School
Murrysville, PA
Plenary speaker: Robert Measel, ESL/Bilingual Education Advisor for the Pennsylvania Dept. of Education
Proposals for presentations will be accepted between August 1 and October 1.
Proposal submission form & guidelines for submission
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Three Rivers TESOL President has chapter in latest TESOL book
Three Rivers TESOL President Janet L. Pierce recently had a chapter,”Weaving Meaning into ESOL Curriculum Using Thematic Matrices” published in TESOL’s, Revitalizing a Curriculum for School-Age Learners , edited by David Hayes and Judy Sharkey.
At its core, a curriculum is what happens among learners and teachers in the classroom. TESOL’s Language Curriculum Development Series describes how teachers, curriculum developers, and administrators have developed, adapted, or renewed a language curriculum. In doing so, they have responded creatively and realistically to learners’ needs.
The contributors to this volume used creative approaches to breathe life into outdated or underdeveloped curricula for school-age English learners. Through collaborative work with students, other teachers, administrators, and researchers, the contributors enhanced English learning through language arts, math, technology, and other subject areas. Sometimes their work required stepping back from cultural norms to innovate the way that their students learn English. Each chapter in this volume provides inspiration as well as practical ideas to educators who want to view their curricula in a different light.
To find out more, you can go to this link.
http://www.tesol.org/s_tesol/sec_document.asp?CID=326&DID=11072
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Photos
from the Fall 2007 Conference
Joan
Lucas Memorial Scholarship |
