BEIS will host the following sessions at the 2012 TESOL Convention in Philadelphia:

• InterSection: Inquiry from the Bottom-Up: Professional Collaboration Among Multilingual Educators. Saturday, 31 March, 10:00 to 11:45 a.m. in Room 409 of the Marriott Hotel.
• Special Academic Session: Breaking the Negative Code: Declaring the Excellence of Multilingual Schools. Friday, 30 March, 1:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. in Franklin 7 of the Marriott Hotel.

The BEIS Open Meeting will run from 5 to 6:30 p.m. on Thursday, 29 March in room 106-A at the Convention Center. All BEIS members are warmly welcomed to this important meeting.