MELLC Meeting Schedule The MATSOL English Learner Leadership Council (MELLC) is a group of directors and coordinators of PK-12 English Learner education programs in Massachusetts. The group meets four times during the school year, and communicates by a private MATSOL E-List. October 14, 2016, December 9, 2016, March 3, 2017 & May 19, 2017. Register...
MATSOL Community College ESL Mini-Conference Registration is open for the one day MATSOL Community College ESL Mini-Conference. Session topics include Intake, Assessment, and Placement, Transitioning ESL Students, Advocating for Our Programs, and Change in Our Programs. Friday, October 21 at Mass Bay Community College, Framingham. More...
MATSOL Private Language Schools/Intensive English Programs Mini-Conference Registration is open for the one day MASTOL Mini-Conference bringing together educators and administrators in Private Language Schools and Intensive English Programs (PLS & IEPs) from across the Commonwealth of Massachusetts working with adult English language learners at all levels.More...
MATSOL Special Interest Group (SIG) Meetings in 2016-17 MATSOL Member groups are open to current MATSOL members. Find out more on the MATSOL SIG pages.
MATSOLworks Job Postings MATSOLworks is a free job posting resource to benefit our members. Members can receive weekly job postings by email (update your member settings if you are not receiving them) or view them online (login required). Employers can submit job postings free of charge -- please send listings in plain text format with a link to application information to [email protected]. More...
MATSOL Calendar
Oct 14: MELLC Meeting #1
Oct 15: Submissions due for MATSOL Currents
Oct 21: Community College ESL Mini-Conference
Oct 24: Low Incidence SIG Meeting; SLIFE SIG Meeting
Sep 22: Education as a Human Right In this Askwith Forum, Hanan Al Hroub, winner of the 2016 Global Teacher Prize, will speak about her experiences as a Palestinian educator and her unique approach to instruction. Presented by Harvard Graduate School of Education and the Middle East Initiative at Harvard Kennedy School. 5:30 – 7PM, Cambridge MA. More...
Sep 29-Oct 2: Boston Latino International Film Festival The Boston Latino International Film Festival showcases films that deal with issues of importance and interest to the Latino community in the U.S., Latin America and Spain. An important part of our mission is to portray an accurate image and representation of Latinos in the U.S. and Latin America. BLIFF will screen the best current videos and films in Feature Film, Documentary and Short Film categories. Free screenings at Emerson College, Harvard University & Northeastern University. More...
Accepting Applications - Interpreter Certificate Program Interpreter training program geared towards equipping low-income bilingual and immigrant women. The Language Access Fellowship program provides Medical Interpreter Certificate training, job placement, and ongoing career development to low-income bilingual women. With an Ivy League admissions rate and over 100 hours of training, our high support/high expectations model prepares exceptional interpreters. The program is free-of-charge; include common-sense supports such as on-site childcare, transportation assistance and mentoring; and leads directly to well-paying jobs. Application deadline October 17. There are also free information sessions in around the Greater Boston Area. More...
Call for Nominations - El Mundo Boston Latino 30 under 30 The El Mundo Boston Latino 30 under 30 presented by Henessy VSOP Privilege will honor young individuals making an impact on the Massachusetts Latino community in a variety of fields including, but not limited to, Business, Sports, Community Service, and Fine Arts. The list will serve to highlight the growing and invaluable impact of the Latino community in Boston and the State. To be considered, nominees must live or have previously lived in the Boston area for an extended period of time. This includes individuals who were born, raised, educated and/or worked in the region. Nomination deadline October 6. More...
Citizenship Clinics MIRA Coalition offers personalize guidance through the naturalization form, step by step, including a waiver for the federal fees if the applicant qualifies. When you attend a clinic, you will join 20-40 other individuals who are also applying for citizenship. Our Citizenship Team works together with a group of trained volunteers to go through the N-400 Application for Naturalization with you one-on-one. At a clinic you will go through 4 stations: 1) Check-in & Registration 2) Screening for Eligibility 3) Completing the Application 4) Quality Control. The whole process takes between 2 and 3 hours. We will keep a copy of your documents in our office, and receive United States Citizenship & Immigration Services (USCIS) notices about your citizenship appointments. More...
Links & Resources
NEWSLETTER TESOL Connections MATSOL members receive free access to TESOL Connections, TESOL's monthly online newsletter. The latest issue includes articles English Language Teaching With TED Talks, Grammatically Speaking: How to Teach the Simple Past Tense, and 3 Activities to Bring Register Into Your Lessons. Read the latest issue...
RESOURCE CapeVerdean/English Dictionary The first of its kind and comprised of more than 40,000 words, this CapeVerdean Creole - English Dictionary serves as a pillar and starting point for the study and advancement of the Kriolu language. Written by Manuel Da Luz Goncalves, a local educator. More...
CONFERENCE WIDA 2016 National Conference Wednesday October 12-15 in Philadelphia PA Pre-conference Events - Wednesday Oct 12: WIDA National Conference - Thursday-Saturday, Oct 13-15: Keynote speakers: Raúl Gonzalez III, Visual Artist; Dr. Michael W. Apple, University of Wisconsin–Madison School of Education; Dr. Guadalupe Valdés, Understanding Language. Information & registration...
RESOURCE NPR Latino's Brazil USA Topics related to Brazilians and Brazilian-Americans: Latino USA hits the streets of Newark, NJ and Somerville, MA to ask Brazilian-Americans: "Are Brazilians Latinos; A profile of Framingham, MA, the center of New England's "Little Brazil" and home to a thriving Brazilian-American community; In a personal essay, producer Julia Furlan of BuzzFeed Media talks about her own relationship with Brazilian-American identity. More...
STUDY PARTICIPANTS NEEDED Mental Health Needs of Elementary and Middle School Students You are invited to take part in a research project about teachers’ opinions of and experiences with the mental health needs of elementary and middle school students. Researchers estimate that 75% of children with mental health difficulties fail to receive needed services, and schools can be extremely instrumental in helping to connect these children to appropriate treatment. This survey will take about 15 minutes to complete. More...
WEBINAR Providing Meaningful Access to All Curricular and Extracurricular Programs Dr. David Holbrook of TransACT Communication will provide monthly presentations on the joint guidance for English learners and limit English proficient parents issued by the U.S. Dept. of Education's Office for Civil Rights and the Department of Justice's Civil Rights Division. This presentation addresses the fourth common Civil Rights issue in the Jan 7, 2015 OCR/DOJ Joint EL guidance of Providing Meaningful Access to All Curricular and Extracurricular Programs. Wednesday, September 28, 2016, 12:00-1:00 PM PDT. Register...
RESOURCE Teaching Tolerance: Teaching the 2016 Election The Fall issue of Teaching Tolerance gets you ready for the 2016 presidental election, regardless of your role or the age of your students. Download the PDF version of this issue here. View resource...
RESOURCE Actions to Address Religious Discrimination The US Department of Education has recently shared a series of actions that confront religious discrimination in schools and promote inclusive school environments. These include the Department's Office for Civil Rights launched a new page on its website with information about federal laws that protect students from discrimination involving their religion, and updated an online complaint form to clarify that the office can investigate complaints regarding racial, ethnic or national origin discrimination involving religionView resource...
