NAELPA Q3 Webinar: Linguistic Goal Setting: Strong Starts lead to Stronger Finishes

Larry Ferlazzo

English and Social Studies Teacher

Luther Burbank High School

Larry Ferlazzo is an award-winning English and social studies teacher at Luther Burbank High School in Sacramento, California. Larry Ferlazzo is the author or editor of 13 books, including HThe Student Motivation Handbook, Helping Students Motivate Themselves: Practical Answers To Classroom Challenges, The ESL/ELL Teacher’s Survival Guide, and Building Parent Engagement In Schools. He also maintains the popular Websites of the Day blog. In the Education Week Opinion blog, Classroom Q&A With Larry Ferlazzo, he responds to readers’ questions on classroom management, ELL instruction, lesson planning, and other challenges teachers face.

• 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Aug 6, 2024 Virtual - Zoom

  Linguistic Goal Setting: Strong Starts lead to Stronger Finishes

Holly Sawyer

Secondary EL Teacher

Holly Sawyer is a secondary EL teacher in Chesapeake, VA, National Board Certified Teacher, and Spanish learner. She has taught ESL for 17 years, including adult education, primary and now, secondary. Holly holds a BA in Spanish and MA in Applied Linguistics & TESOL from Old Dominion University. Her students have been recently featured in Andrea Honigsfeld’s new publication “Growing Language & Literacy.” She has presented on integrating coding in ELD at Int’l TESOL, VATESOL, VESA, and is looking forward to presenting at WIDA Conference in October. She co-authored the article “Try, Fail, Succeed, Repeat” for TESOL Connections and documents her teaching journey on her blog “Learning Beside My English Learners.”

• 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Aug 6, 2024 Virtual - Zoom

  Linguistic Goal Setting: Strong Starts lead to Stronger Finishes

Dr. Malkia Williams

Multilingual Coach

Aldine ISD

Dr. Williams is an advocate and educator for emerging bilingual students and the teachers who support them. Her commitment to supporting emerging bilingual students is founded on principles of fairness, equity, and social justice. Dr. Williams is a first-generation graduate from all levels of higher education. She attributes her professional growth to her mother who only had a seventh-grade education and emphasized the lasting importance of education. She is a firm believer of supporting colleagues by actions rather than words in order to change the trajectory of education. Motivated by these beliefs, Dr. Williams is a passionate secondary multilingual coach who serves her community and also speaks at national and state professional development conferences.

• 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Aug 6, 2024 Virtual - Zoom

  Linguistic Goal Setting: Strong Starts lead to Stronger Finishes

Dr. Ryan Rumpf

Program Administrator

Kansas City Public Schools

Dr. Ryan Rumpf is going into his 21st year of education and has served as an ELD teacher and coordinator in Missouri, Colorado and Vietnam. He served as the Director of ELD and World Languages at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education where he helped craft and implement policy improvements under ESSA as well as established the Missouri Seal of Biliteracy. He currently serves as the administrator of an elementary newcomer program in Kansas City, is the Lead Newcomer Care Coach at WCEPS and adjuncts at Missouri Western State University.

• 4:00 - 5:30 PM, Aug 6, 2024 Virtual - Zoom

  Linguistic Goal Setting: Strong Starts lead to Stronger Finishes