Multilingual Matters Conference Stresses Importance Of TESOL Teachers
More than 180 school district and school administrators, teachers, teaching assistants and instructional support staff spent the day at Niagara University on Feb. 11 for a Multilingual Matters conference.
The Rev. James J. Maher, C.M., NU president, welcomed and praised the room of committed educators – some of whom came from as far away as Jamestown and Cuba, N.Y. – for their work with the children and families of English as second language (ESL) learners.
The conference was sponsored by the Erie 1 BOCES Regional Bilingual Education-Regional Network (RBE-RN) West in collaboration with New York State Teaching English to Students of Other Languages (TESOL) and New York State Association for Bilingual Education (NYSABE).
It was the first event hosted in the expanded area of the Dining Commons at Niagara University.