The Guam Delegation takes a pose at the Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana during the 53rd Annual National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Conference. The theme of the conference is Celebrating Heritage Language and Its Role in Promoting Multilingualism, Multiliteracy, and Multiculturalism! The conference was held March 26-30, 2024. Pictured L-R: Karen Alvia, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, NABE President Evelyn De Jesus, Bert Yamasta, Elmer Alves, and Barbara Tainatongo.
API SIG. Pictured L-R: Edward "Eddie" Park, Newly-elected API-SIG Chair; Bert Yamasta; Barbara Tainatongo; Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, Newly-elected API-SIG Co-Chair; and Mary Khris Fleur.
Dr. Rivera shares her presentation titled, Fostering Language and History through Storytelling.
Jimmy Santos Teria, CHamoru Studies Administrator, shares his presentation via Zoom titled, The CHamoru Language & Culture Program's (CLCP) Role in Promoting Multilingualism, Multiliteracy and Multicuralism.
Edward "Eddie" Park shares his presentation titled, Wong Avery Global Languages for Elementary Students.
You Have the Power Presentation with Dr. ET. Pictured L-R: Barbara Tainatongo, Bert Yamasta, Dr. ET, and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera.
The National Association
for Bilingual Education is the only nationwide network of professionals
dedicated to serving English language learners in the United States via
education programs and legislative advocacy. For the past four decades, NABE
has been committed to excellence in bilingual and biliteracy education for all
students through enriched educational programs and intensive professional
development for teachers, administrators, professors, policymakers and parents.
Additionally, NABE provides extensive research in the field via its Bilingual
Research Journal, NABE Perspectives, NABE Journal of Research and Practice and
the NABE eNews. NABE is committed to promoting programs and innovations that
prepare our nation's students to be fluently bilingual, technologically
creative, globally competitive and well-rounded world citizens by advancing
legislation and policies at both the state and national levels that best serve
language minority students. |
Source: NABE.org
