ESOL Convention in Chicago, Illinois
NYS TESOL was well-represented at this year’s TESOL Convention
by its members and officers on the Executive Board (EB). We are proud to
announce that our president-elect, Juliet Luther, after serving her
term as Chair-elect for 2017-18, rose to Chair of TESOL’s
Bilingual-Multilingual Education Interest Section (B-MEIS) for 2018-19.
Our NYS TESOL participation highlights include presentations at the
affiliate workshops by our Business Manager and Past President, Cynthia
Wiseman, and a reception at Kroll’s South Loop, hosted by President
Ravneet Parmar and attended by members of the EB and by over 50 other
NYS TESOL members. The intent of the reception was to thank our members
and to promote NYS TESOL’s presence. Last but not least, a big thank you
to our Executive Board members and volunteers who staffed the affiliate
booth to share information about NYS TESOL.
TESOL International Association 2017-2018 President,
Ester de Jong, top right, with members of the NYS TESOL Executive Board
and Past Presidents at the 2017 NYS TESOL Annual
Conference
Annual Conference in Albany, New York
From November 2nd-3rd 2018, NYS TESOL will hold its
48th Annual Conference at the Albany Marriott,
NY. This year’s theme is Experience: The Heart of Teaching and Learning.
Keynote speakers include Rita MacDonald, TESOL’s current President
Luciana C. de Oliveira and Dr. Havidán Rodríguez, who recently became the first Hispanic/Latino person to lead a four year SUNY university. As always, TESOL
students and educators will be honored at the conference for their
dedication and hardwork. Each year, NYS TESOL holds a student digital
project contest. The winners are invited to the conference along with
their teachers and/or parents. Our very first Teachers Travel Grant and
Materials Grant winners will also be present and participate by either
presenting a workshop or volunteering during the conference. The Teacher
Travel Grant provides support for travel and lodging to the NYS TESOL
conference by providing $250 to 2 winners. The Materials Grant was
designed to help teachers enrich their curriculum and instruction with
the purchase of student classroom learning materials and/or
teacher-related materials (e.g., ancillary materials that can be used in
conjunction with textbooks or other instructional materials) to support
ESL education programs in the United States. Three awards of $250 were
granted in three categories of K-12, Adult Ed and Higher Ed.
Publications / Social Media
NYS TESOL’s quarterly newsletter, Idiom, is
offered free to the public. It is our hope to increase the readership
and, hence, membership by means of publicizing our newsletter. Also free
to the public is our peer-reviewed Journal which is
published biannually. NYS TESOL encourages members and non members to
submit articles for both publications.
We have an active Facebook
page and group, and
we welcome people from around the world to “like” us. We are also on
Instagram (#NYSTESOL) and Twitter (@NYSTESOL).
Student volunteers and attendees at NYS TESOL’s 2018
Applied Linguistics Winter Conference held at Teachers College, Columbia
University
NYS TESOL’s Connection with Fellow Affiliate Leaders
One of the NYS TESOL goals is to strengthen our connection with
fellow TESOL affiliates as we have so much to learn from one another.
NYS TESOL is currently a sister organization with BC TESOL, TESL Canada,
and Nile TESOL. The organization has also co-sponsored many events with
organizations and institutions within New York state: Teachers College,
Columbia University; Kaplan International; and Rennert, to name a few.
If you are interested in collaborating with NYS TESOL or becoming a
sister organization, please contact us at pres@nystesol.org.
NYS TESOL leaders with fellow TESOL affiliate leaders
pictured from left to right: Amira Salama (NileTESOL), Zakia Sarwar
(SPELT), and Jennifer Alicea (PR TESOL)
Bios
Ravneet
Parmar is an ESL Instructor at Adelphi International,
Adelphi University, New York. She received her M.A. in TESOL from New
York University. Originally from Vancouver, Canada, Ravneet has taught
ESL (collective and various skills separately), and academic and
business English in her over eight years of teaching.
Juliet M.
Luther is the President-elect of NYS TESOL. Her work is focused on
bilingual education and TESOL. She earned a Ph.D. in Language, Literacy,
and Learning at Fordham University, has worked for the New York City
Board of Education for 22 years, and has been an adjunct professor at
Fordham University and CUNY since 2004. She speaks Spanish and English
fluently, plus some Italian. She has raised two children who are now
adults, and she splits her time between New York, where she was born;
and Puerto Rico, her husband's birthplace.
