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Learn about a new formative assessment model that transformed assessment at a school in Brazil and how the administration shifted students and teachers to the new system.

Successful Coteaching: ESL Teachers in Mainstream Classrooms

by Jennifer Norton

Learn about the practices of successful teacher collaborators.

4 Practices for Fostering ELs' Oral Language Development

by Sydney Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner

Try these classroom practices to support your students in engaging with challenging content.

Quick Tip: 4 Rules to Improve Classroom Games

by Leslie Barratt

Regardless of their teaching approach, language teachers often create or adapt group games for a variety of reasons, including motivating learning, providing practice, assessing student performance, and even adding an element of fun to an otherwise boring session. Here are four principles for classroom games that can keep your students actively engaged with English.

TESOL Initiates Revision of the P–12 Professional Teaching Standards

TESOL International Association is revising its P–12 Professional Teaching Standards, which are used by the Commission for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) to assess programs that will prepare and license P–12 ESL educators across the United States. Learn about the revision process and what it will mean for your teacher education program.

TESOL 2017 Election Slate: TESOL Announces President-Elect, Board of Directors, and Nominating Committee Election Slate. The election opens on 17 October 2016 and ends 7 November 2016. View the complete slate with bios on the TESOL website.

TESOL Convention 2017: Registration is open for the 2017 TESOL International Convention & English Language Expo in Seattle, Washington USA. Register early and save!

What School Leaders Need to Know About ELs: New from TESOL Press. Learn strategies and best practices to ensure EL success. Includes professional development guide.

myTESOL: Your ELT World, Connected. Your new hub for peer-to-peer engagment and resource sharing is almost here! Learn more.

TESOL Professional Development: Take advantage of all TESOL has to offer for your professional growth; sign up for one of these online courses today!

Translanguaging Pedagogy in TESOL Classroom: Virtual seminar. FREE for TESOL members, US$50 for nonmembers. (19 October 2016)
Preparing Your Program for CAEP Review: Virtual seminar. Get detailed info and tips on preparing a successful program report. (26 October 2016)
Separating Difference From Disability: Online course. Learn how to distinguish learning and behavioral problems due to difference vs those due to disability. (begins 24 October 2016)
TESOL Training of Trainers: Online course. Learn how to strengthen your continuing professional development program. (begins 9 November 2016)
Joint IATEFL/TESOL Web Conference: FREE web conference! Themes covered include World Englishes, teacher identity, and professional development through teacher associations. (17–19 November 2016)
ELT Leadership Certificate: Thailand. TESOL Certificate Program. Bangkok, Thailand. (19–21 January 2017)

Resources Suite: LINCS ESL Pro for adult education (Literacy Information and Communication System)

Blog: 90 Tech Resources for Teachers (TESOL Blog)

Report: Funding an Equitable Education for English Learners in the United States (Migration Policy Institute)

Article: Study Suggests Universal Sounds (Language Magazine)

Blog: Proposed ESSA Spending Rules Unveiled (EdWeek)

Open-Access Community: Adult Education Open Community of Resources (OER Commons)

Article: Dual Language Learners in Head Start: The Promises and Pitfalls of New Reforms (Migration Policy Institute)

Assistant Professor of Teaching; Georgetown University, Program in Educational Transformation; Washington, DC, USA

Language Center Lecturer Positions; South University of Science and Technology of China; Shenzhen, China

Director, Center for English Language Programs; New Mexico State University; Las Cruces, New Mexico, USA

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