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WIDA News Extra April 2020
Family Connections through Home Languages: A Message from Tim Boals, WIDA Founder and Director
January 2019 Featured Educator: Alma Maldonado
This month’s featured educator, Alma Maldonado, works with K-5 multilingual learners in Dinwiddie, Virginia. She was a multilingual student herself and her experiences motivate her to help the students and families in her community.
February 2020 Featured Educator: Anna Levy
Anna Levy is an EL teacher with Metro Nashville Public Schools in Nashville, Tennessee. Anna teaches eighth grade.
August 2013 Featured Educator: Christel Broady
Dr. Christel Broady is a teacher trainer in the graduate program at Georgetown College in Georgetown, Kentucky. She became the school's ESL program director in 2004.
December 2019 Featured Educator: Barbara Kwan
Barbara Kwan is an ESL teacher for K-5 students at Horace Mann Elementary School in Newton, Massachusetts. Barbara has taught English language learners in Newton Public Schools for over seven years and is in her third year at Horace Mann.