Paola DeAvila, Head of the ESL Department at Southern Lee High School in Lee County, was awarded the English Language Development (ELD) Recognition Award (ERA) at the 2024 Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference. She was recognized at the NC State Board of Education meeting on Thursday, September 5, 2024 for her contributions as a North Carolina ESL teachers who has demonstrated excellence in her practice.
Paola advocates for Latino students, drawing from her journey as an immigrant from Colombia. She has a Bachelor of Science in Criminal Justice with concentration in Crime Scene Investigations, a Master of Science in Project Management, Lateral Entry through NCTeach, and will start working towards her doctorate degree in Fall 2024. She is a 2023 Kenan Fellow and 2024 Teacher of the Year for Southern Lee High School.
“Mrs. De Avila possesses a combination of qualities that enables her to effectively teach English to non-native speakers and create a supportive learning environment. She is culturally sensitive, has patience and empathy while creating a rigorous classroom environment that holds students accountable,” said a Lee County colleague.
“She is great at encouraging and motivating students to become the best they can be.”
The NCDPI ML/Title III Team is proud to celebrate educators like Paola, who serve as leaders and exemplars for all of us. We look forward to next year's application and award process to honor another amazing ML educator!
Summer Conference Archives
There were so many amazing presentations at the Growing Success for MLs Summer Conference that no one could attend them all! With two face to face and one virtual conference a wealth of information and strategies for meeting the needs of MLs was shared.
We don't want anyone to miss out on these resources so we have created a document including the slides and recordings!
Use the slides from all three conference and the recordings of the virtual sessions to explore sessions you missed, review ones you attended, and to share important information with colleagues!
Thank you to everyone who made the 2024 Summer ELD conferences such a Success for ML educators!
TALGS: Call for Proposals
TALGS (TESOL/Applied Linguistics Graduate Students) is looking for cross-disciplinary proposals with relevance to language use, language learning and/or teaching from a variety of fields, including, for example, English studies, education, discourse studies, foreign
languages, anthropology, communications, sociolinguistics, psychology, and sociology. Proposals reporting on action research (inside and outside the classroom), works in progress, submissions based on successful term projects, pilot research, as well as proposals for discussion sessions, workshops, and posters are welcomed.
Proposals are due October 15, 2024 for the TALGS conference which will be held Saturday, February 8, 2025, on the Greensboro College
For more information and to submit your proposal, visit our website or contact the TALGS team
at talgs@ecu.edu.
Note: The TESOL and Linguistics students and faculty of the English Department at East Carolina University in cooperation with the TESOL students and faculty of the English Department at Greensboro College offer the TALGS conference. The conference aims to provide a serious yet relaxed forum for professional discourse on a variety of topics relevant to the study of language, granting a comfortable environment for discussion between students, researchers, and teachers.
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24-25 SY ML/Title III PL Offerings
Join us for the 2024-2025 school year as the NCDPI ML/Title III Team presents an exciting new webinar series covering a range of standards-based topics.
Don't miss these invaluable opportunities to enhance your skills.
- Collaborating within DL/I - (Recording | Slides)
- Collaborating to Integrate ELD Standards - Oct. 30
- Collaborating School-Wide for MLs - Dec. 4
- Collaborating withing an MTSS - March 24
- Collaborating to Support Dually Identified Students - May 8
See more information for Collaborative Conversations.
Keep scrolling through the document to learn more about the WIDA PL Offerings (Limited Seats Available - registration required)
- When Language and Disability Meet (Webinar)
- Collaboration Practices and Potentialities (F2F)
- Nurturing Speaking Growth (Webinar)
- Writing with MLs in the Elementary Grades (F2F)
- WIDA Español: Instructional Planning in the Bilingual Classroom
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WIDA eLearning Available for ALL NC Public School Educators of MLs!
WIDA eLearning courses are:
- open to all NC public school educators
- valuable training for all educators of MLs
- eligible for CEUs
Encourage educators of MLs to explore these courses to learn more about supporting MLs!
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Supporting Multilingual Learners in North Carolina: Implications from the ML Success Project
Join the discussion about grant findings involving multilingual learner characteristics and trends and learn about strategies and innovations for working them!
Guest speakers:
Dr. Ester de Jong, Dr. Joel Gomez, and Dr. Edynn Sato.
Register for the webinar to be held October 21, 2024 3:30 - 5:00 pm
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Sponsorship Opportunity
NCDPI requests PSUs to financially support individuals attending the WIDA Professional Learning opportunities. We recognize some PSUs may have limited funding to send participants. In support of the ongoing efforts to have statewide ML/Title III education, the training opportunities in K-12 public education, the ML/Title III team has allocated limited sponsorship funds for individuals from areas of high need, with limited teacher-training options. Make sure participation is approved by your supervisor.
This sponsorship reimburses educators for transportation, lodging, and meals.
Sponsored educators will be responsible for
- Up-front payment of all fees related to this professional learning event
- Submission of reimbursement paperwork
- Presentation or portfolio on the impact of learning for their classroom, school, or PSU
- Design a PD or instructional activity to share with NCDPI and use within your PSU
- Upload the task within 30 business days after the event to a folder that will be provided
Applications are due September 15, 2024, and decisions on whether you receive a sponsorship or not will be announced by September 25, 2024.
Questions? Contact ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov
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Being Bilingual Student Essay Competition
The National Association of Bilingual Educators is hosting its annual "Being Bilingual" student essay competition. Encourage elementary, middle and high school students who are learning in two languages to participate in this national writing contest.
Explore the student essay and other NABE Award Competitions
Deadline for submission is October 15, 2024
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Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School
With North Carolina's influx of newcomer students many educators are asking what they can do to support these students. One answer is to create a class or school specifically to meet their needs. One such school, Sylvia Mendez Newcomers School, in High Point, North Carolina, is the first public school in our state that was named after an Hispanic leader.
The school has a dual focus to integrate on grade level instruction with English language development for newly arrived students to the US. Check out their school video profile to learn more about this unique newcomer program. The school's Principal, Christian Walter walterc2@gcsnc.com , is excited to answer your questions about working with newcomers and starting a newcomer program of your own!
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The ML/Title III team is pleased to introduce the newly established Virtual Repository for multilingual learner stakeholders in North Carolina. This centralized hub is designed to streamline access to essential resources focusing on program quality and compliance for the state. This innovative platform serves as a comprehensive digital archive, offering a wealth of tools, guidelines, and best practices tailored specifically to support the needs of MLs and Title III programs across North Carolina. Whether you're seeking up-to-date compliance protocols, effective instructional strategies, or insights into program evaluation, this repository is crafted to empower educators and administrators alike in their pursuit of excellence and equity within our educational framework.
Connect with the NCDPI Multilingual Learner/Title III Team!
ESLTitleIII@dpi.nc.gov
Twitter: @NCDPI_MLs #NCMLs #NCELD
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