2016 Conference
May 5–6, 2016
Framingham, MA
MATSOL 2016 Conference Online Program
Forum to Discuss Current Issues in ESL/SEI Teacher Education
Abstract
This session will provide a forum for the discussion of current issues in teacher education for ESL and SEI. Faculty from various teacher preparation programs will identify challenges in preparing licensed ESL and SEI endorsement teachers in core academic subjects and share practices that they have found to be effective.
Session Type
Discussion Group (45 minutes)
Primary Audience
Teacher Education Programs
Secondary Audience
General (of interest to PK-12, adult, and higher education)
Topic Strand
Teacher Education/Professional Development
Presenter/Organizer
Paul Abraham, Ed.D., Simmons College
Biographical Statement
Paul Abraham is Director of the MATESL Program at Simmons College. He earned his master’s degree in TESL at BU and his doctorate from Harvard.
Presenters
Michaela Colombo, Ed.D., UMass Lowell
Biographical Statement
Michaela Colombo is Associate Professor and Chair at the Graduate School of Education at UMass Lowell. Her teaching focuses on preparing content-area teachers teach ELs.
Email Address
Christine M. Leider, Ph.D., Boston University
Biographical Statement
Christine Leider is from the Language Education Program at Boston University. Her teaching and research focuses on langauge and literacy development for ELLs.
Email Address
Janet Chumley, M.Ed., Simmons College
Biographical Statement
Janet Chumley, an Associate Professor of Practice in the MATESL Program at Simmons College, oversees clinical programming and teaches courses in linguistics and sociolinguistics.
Email Address
Nicholas Santavicca, Ph.D. , University of Massachusetts Dartmouth
Biographical Statement
Nicholas Santavicca is an Assistant Professor of ESL Education and Director of the American Languages & Cultures Institute at UMass Dartmouth.