I ❤️collaborating with #MLL coaches in Metro Nashville Public Schools Metro Schools and can't wait to see how our year together w/ Mindi Teich unfolds!

I had a great time working with Wright Middle School teachers yesterday to help build their capacity to implement academic conversations in their classrooms. I loved the way the teachers really took on board the importance of body norms. MNPS EL Office

Really enjoyed attending my first AVID Excel class Wright Middle School today. Ms. Adam had the students speaking and writing about an Emerson quote within the first 10 minutes. Way to go! MNPS EL Office

ELs make up about 11% of K-12 public school students in the U.S. Ensuring their meaningful participation is key to advancing #equity. Check out OELA's new #infographic for strategies to support ELs: ow.ly/jLP250TvooB

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Today, Ms. Sabino’s class had a special guest reader who shared a wonderful story with our EL students and talked to them about Guatemala and Honduras. Metro Schools MNPS EL Office MNPS MSAP MAGNET SCHOOLS

A fantastic engaged bunch of teachers from McMurrayMiddleSchool and Wright Middle School extending their learning of Thinking Maps for part two and four more maps. Of course you have to throw in some interaction to keep the focus! MNPS EL Office

Over 90 Metro Schools front office staff attended the Best Practices for Welcoming Families training today hosted by MNPS EL Office and MNPS Family & Community Partnerships! 🎉 ✔️gained strategies to become a partnership school and increase family engagement ✔️learned how to use district interpretation tools

Now more than ever advocacy for multilingual learners matters. You can advocate from any place any position. Any day. Every day. ♥️🌏🙌🏽

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TNTESOL hosted by MNPS EL Office what a strong partnership and what informative and practical sessions over the last few days. Enjoyed my session and thanks to Diane Staehr Fenner, Ph.D. (she/her) for attending it.

Thrilled to see such a successful turnout at the TNTESOL Conference, hosted by Dr. Jones and MNPS! Over 250 EL teachers from across TN came together in person for the first time since the pandemic. An inspiring 3 days of learning, collaboration & connection!

Our MNPS EL Interpretation Team ensured every student had access to the information shared Academies of Nashville Career Exploration Fair! Over 5,000 Metro Schools Freshmen came to see what career opportunities exist for them and ways to achieve their career goals! #everystudentknown

We enjoyed connecting and supporting families at Metro Schools Celebration of Schools!

⁦MNPS EL Office⁩ and ⁦Thurgood Marshall Middle School⁩ I love walking in and heading up the stairwell to be greeted by academic language in a word wall with visuals aligned to each term. I know students appreciate and absorb this as they transition. Ms. Leos striving and supporting MLS!

MNPS EL Office I was so thrilled at the engaging faculty at Isaac Litton Middle school who I had the opportunity to lead through the first part of a Thinking Maps training. I am excited to see how they implement the first four maps over the next six weeks.

We’re Hiring! We’re excited to announce an opening for an EL Coordinator @mnps_el! This role is a part of our EL leadership team, helping to ensure that schools have the tools, training, and support they need to meet the needs of MLLs. Apply here: lnkd.in/eGDgUn-u

The Metro Schools Interpreters showed up ready for the Maplewood HS cluster multicultural event! 🌏🇬🇹🇦🇫🇭🇳🇸🇴

TLC's Director of Interpretation and Translation Richard Ponce-de-Leon and Training Specialist Genna Linton, along with Interpreter Marcela Pinilla, provided two days of professional development training for Metro Nashville Public Schools interpreters.