MATSOL E-Bulletin - August 2023
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- 2024 MATSOL Conference
- Update your MATSOL Member Profile
- Help Wanted
- Attn: ELE Directors & Coordinators
- Comment on English Learner Documents
- Special Interest Group (SIG) Spotlight
- MATSOL Fall Courses
- Free PLC
- Community Connections
- TESOL Connection
- MATSOL Currents
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Save the Date! 2024 MATSOL Conference
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In-Person Conference
Wednesday-Friday May 29-31, 2024
Sheraton Framingham Hotel & Conference Center
1657 Worcester Road, Framingham, MA 01701
Virtual Conference
Live Sessions: Wednesday-Friday, June 5-June 7, 2024
Whova Conference App
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Tune Up Your MATSOL Member Profile
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Make sure you are getting the most of your MATSOL membership! Start the new school year by logging into your MATSOL Member Profile and updating your member preferences. You can change your contact information, professional affliation, username and password, Special Interest Group preferences, E-List subscriptions and more.
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Help Wanted! Professional Learning Facilitators and Developers
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MATSOL is seeking qualified individuals to facilitate & develop professional learning opportunities for educators of multilingual learners. Submit your qualifications for: Course instructor, Professional Learning Network Facilitator or Course Developer. View the MATSOL RFQ
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Attn: ELE Directors & Coordinators
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MA English Learner Leadership Council (MELLC) is a group for directors and coordinators of English Learner Education Programs in Massachusetts. The goal of the group is to create a professional community to support and guide EL educators in the administration of ELE programs at the district level through collaboration and advocacy.
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Stay Informed about policy and regulation updates, new ideas/learning and research from professionals.
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Receive/Give Support through networking/collaboration, problem sharing & solving, best practices and leadership training.
- Engage in Advocacy related to the ELE Director role, best practices, education policy, and civil and educational rights.
During the 2023-24 School year, MELLC will have four in-person meetings at Fitchburg State University with remote viewing option and four virtual meetings.
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Speak Up: Comment on English Learner Documents
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Special Interest Group (SIG) Spotlight
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MATSOL Special Interest Groups (SIGs) are member-led groups that are open to MATSOL members. The hold online meetings throughout the year. Volunteer SIG steering committees are meeting now to plan dates and topics for the upcoming year, so please look for a meeting schedule in September!
- Advocacy
- Community College ESL Faculty
- Educators of Color
- Emerging Scholars Circle
- ESL Unit Developers
- Family-School Partnership
- Instructional Coaches
- Low Incidence Programs
- Teacher Education
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If you're interested in helping to organize an existing SIG, or start a new one, contact Jason at [email protected] for more information!
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Fall Course Registrations is Open!
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15 PDP courses
Earn 15 PDPs in English Learner Education for license recertification.
- EL-121 Maximizing Language Development for English Learners
- EL-125 Welcoming & Supporting Newcomer Students
- EL-1162 Leading for English Learner Equity and Achievement
- EL-123 English Language Development Standards in Action
- EL-113 Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Learners with Special Needs
- EL-114 Integrating Social Emotional Learning in English Learner Instruction
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SEI Endorsement Courses
The state-approved pathway to obtain the SEI endorsement.
- MA SEI Teacher Endorsement Course (RE-600)
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MATSOL courses are also available for in-district delivery. Please contact MATSOL at [email protected] for details.
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Free PLC Connecting ELS/ELL & History/Social Studies Teachers
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The EL Collaborations Project is recruiting teachers for their 2023-2024 Professional Learning Community (PLC) connecting History/Social Studies teachers with ESL/ELL teachers of English! Each free session will feature cross-disciplinary sharing and techniques in using primary sources in accessible ways to support multilingual learners. Meetings in October, November, December, January, March, and May. Offers PD hour documentation for participating teachers.
To find out more, fill out this interest form. Teachers are encouraged to respond in a timely fashion as participant spaces are limited and discussion materials will be provided in September in preparation for our first meeting in October.
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News, links and resources to help inform our work.
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TESOL Connections Newsletter
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MATSOL members receive free access to TESOL Connections, TESOL International Association's monthly online newsletter. The latest issue includes Deciphering AI Speak: A Primer for English Language Educators, 10 ELT Must-Haves for the First Day of School, and 4 Strategies to Make Your Push-In Model Effective.
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Submit to MATSOL Currents
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There’s a lot going on in the world of TESOL and EL education, and we’d like all of it to be reflected in Currents! We welcome reviews of books and materials, reports on meetings and events, personal experience accounts, and articles on everything of interest to MATSOL members: adult education, PreK-12 education, bilingual and dual-language programs, ESL in higher education, educator-preparation programs, Intensive English Programs, and private language schools.
Submission deadlines:
May 15 -- Spring/Summer Issue
October 15 -- Fall/Winter Issue
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MATSOL is a 501(c)3 nonprofit professional association of educators of English learners in Massachusetts. MATSOL's mission is to promote equity and excellence in multilingual learner education. MATSOL an affiliate of TESOL International Association.
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