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⏰It’s time to...submit a proposal for the 2025 WIDA Annual Conference!

Share your expertise as a presenter at the conference that is by teachers, for teachers! 📅The deadline to submit proposals is January 21, 2025. Learn more on the #WIDA2025 website: https://t.co/mYPSXEKWQo pic.twitter.com/X3BLUJtb5O
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March 2019 Featured Educator: Luis Javier Pentón Herrera

This month's featured educators, Luis Javier Pentón Herrera, primarily teaches ESOL newcomers, literacy, and critical reading classes to 9th, 10th, and 11th grade multilingual learners. He was selected, in part, because of his effort to make personal connections with his students and their guardians.

April 2020 Featured Educator: Ryan Ariosa

Ryan Ariosa is an ESOL teacher and school test coordinator at Commodore John Rodgers Elementary/Middle School in Baltimore, Maryland. Ryan teaches eighth graders.

November 2018 Featured Educator: Krista McInnis

This month we have the pleasure of introducing, Krista McInnis, an educator from one of the schools in WIDA’s International School Consortium, GEMS World Academy in Dubai, United Arab Emirates.

WIDA News Extra January 2020

The January 2020 edition of WIDA News Extra includes an interview with January's Featured Educator, a last call for WIDA Conference proposals, and information about WIDA professional learning opportunities in 2020.

May 2013 Featured Educator: Magali Williams

Magali Williams teaches fourth grade at the John Muir Literacy Academy in suburban Chicago. She has been a teacher for the past 16 years. Her philosophy toward teaching includes being a role model, taking risks, and building a miniature global community in her classroom.

WIDA News November 2019

The November 2019 edition of WIDA News includes our Featured Educator, a reminder about Standards Public Input Survey, WIDA MODEL Field Testing, upcoming professional learning events and more.

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