BEIS Newsletter - March 2012 (Plain Text Version)

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In this issue:
Leadership Updates
•  LETTER FROM THE EDITORS
•  UPDATE FROM THE BEIS CHAIR
ARTICLES
•  REPORT ON THE BEIS INTERSECTION: SOMETHING IS ROTTEN IN THE STATE OF ARIZONA
•  REPORT ON THE BEIS SPECIAL ACADEMIC SESSION: EXAMINING THE "E" IN TESOL
•  A MEXICAN BILINGUAL/ESL TEACHER IN THE UNITED STATES: CULTURAL AND LINGUISTIC DISSONANCE
•  CRITICAL BILITERACY IN THE ESOL CLASSROOM: BRINGING THE OUTSIDE IN WITH DUAL-LANGUAGE MENTOR TEXTS
•  RE/MAKING THE GROUND ON WHICH THEY STAND: MAKING A SCHOOL GARDEN WITH CULTURALLY AND LINGUISTICALLY DIVERSE STUDENTS
•  THE ONTARIO HERITAGE LANGUAGE PROGRAM: A CRITICAL LOOK AT WHAT WAS, WHAT IS, AND WHAT IF
•  ENFRENTANDO O DESAFIO: A BUSCA POR OBJETIVOS EDUCACIONAIS PARA O ENSINO DE LINGUAS NA ESCOLA REGULAR
2012 CONVENTION SCHEDULE
•  BEIS Convention Sessions
About This Community
•  Bilingual Education Interest Section (BEIS)
CALL FOR MANUSCRIPTS - BEIS/TEDS BILINGUAL BASICS
•  Special Topic Issue

2012 CONVENTION SCHEDULE

BEIS Convention Sessions

Kristin Snoddon, Ryerson University, Toronto, Canada

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.