Teachers who work with English as a Second Language learners will find ESL/ESOL/ELL/EFL reading/writing skill-building children's books, stories, activities, ideas, strategies to help PreK-3, 4-8, and 9-12 students learn to read.

A bilingual site for families and educators of English language learners

Calendar

Click on a month below to see scheduled events. The "Go to website" link under each listing provides additional information.

Please don't hesitate to contact us if you'd like to suggest additional events of interest to families and educators of English language learners.

2008

July

Jul 10

National Summer Learning Day

Center for Summer Learning
Johns Hopkins University

Jul 11

AFT Convention 2008

American Federation of Teacher (AFT)
Chicago, IL

Jul 12-15

NCLR Annual Conference

National Council of La Raza
San Diego, CA

Jul 17-20

Literacies for All Summer Institute

National Council for Teachers of English
Tucson, AZ

Jul 20-23

NCTE Institute for 21st Century Literacies

National Council for Teachers of English
Indianapolis, IN

August

Aug 5-6

Foundations in Family Literacy

National Center for Family Literacy
Louisville, KY

September

Sep 15-Oct 15

Hispanic Heritage Month

Colorín Colorado
Nationwide

Sep 18-21

3rd REFORMA National Conference

REFORMA
El Paso, TX

October

Oct 6-7

CREATE Conference

National Center for Research on the Educational Achievement and Teaching of English Language Learners
Minneapolis, MN

Oct 17-18

MIDTESOL Annual Conference

MidAmerica Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
Storm Lake, IA

Oct 17-19

Second Language Research Forum

Second Language Research Forum (SLRF)
Honolulu, HI

Oct 24-25

Intermountain TESOL Annual Conference

Intermountain Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
St. George, UT

Oct 31-Nov 2

Boston University Conference on Language Development

Boston University
Boston, MA

November

All month

American Indian/Alaska Native Heritage Month

Colorín Colorado
Nationwide

Nov 1

National Family Literacy Day

National Center for Family Literacy
Nationwide

Nov 5-8

2008 NAEYC Annual Conference & Expo

National Association for the Education of Young Children (NAEYC)
Dallas, TX

Nov 23-25

2008 Conference on English Leadership

National Council of Teachers of English
San Antonio, TX

December

Dec 3-6

National Reading Conference

National Reading Conference
Orlando, FL