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Head Teacher of ESL 🍎NJ Governor’s Educator of the Year 2022 🍎Sheltered Instruction Trainer🍎ESL College Professor🍎

New Jersey, USA
Joined October 2018
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Proud of my son, Luka Petkovski!
PLHS is proud to recognize these hard-working students who achieved high honor roll during the fourth cycle of the 2022-2023 school year.
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English Learners/Multilingual Learners will struggle to make linguistic progress & academic if they are afforded language instruction in isolation only. The most effective instruction is deliberately INFUSED with language. There. I said it.
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Presented at NJTESOL-NJBE 2023 Spring Conference on The Power of Effective Instructional Coaching. #njtesolbe23 - via #Whova event app
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Hi! I'm attending NJTESOL-NJBE 2023 Spring Conference #njtesolbe23. Let's start connecting with each other now. @NJTESOL_NJBE - via Whova event app whova.com/whova-event-app/
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Is presenting at NJTESOL-NJBE 2023 Spring Conference on The Power of Effective Instructional Coaching. #njtesolbe23 - via #Whova event app
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It's #NationalEarthDay!! I L🌏VE the world. ❤️ It's my favorite place. Let's learn from Mother Nature & use her as a teacher for teachers!
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Getting ready for NJ TESOL! The Power of Effective Instructional Coaching! Presenting on Wednesday 5/24/2023
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You don’t need to translate everything! You can use visuals & translaguaging to scaffold understanding.
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Language Expectations! #WIDA
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Proposal Accepted 🎉 Presenting at NJTESOL in Spring 2023 🎊
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If you have a newcomer added to your MATH class, what type of scaffolds do you need to provide to your student? How much does the student know English with an ELD 1 or 2 on ACCESS or WIDA Screener? Prepping my MATH PD😜#MLLs #WIDA
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Math lesson without & with scaffolding👇🏼 Getting my PD ready for the math department! Putting the math teachers in MLL’s shoes! #MLL #scaffolding
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What joy this sparks for us! Big thanks to every #Newcomer teacher who is creating an environment where language & literacy advance quickly! You are #BoostingAchievement! #YourWallsAreYourCoteacher #SLIFE #SIFE #ESL #ESOL
“The difference between learning a language and acquiring a language.”🤯My newcomers class looks, sounds and feels so different from last year! I am so thankful for @DrCarolSalva @AnnaTeachesMLLs ! Wanna know more about this? Check out their amazing book! #BoostingAchievement
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So many strategies to choose from? 🤯 But having options is a good thing, right? #ESL
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Getting ready for my PD on Adapting Content Material in Language Arts Classes!
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Scaffolds by ELD level (modified version) WIDA
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Teaching a science lesson in Macedonian to a group of monolingual science teachers. They all gained a new perspective. Mission accomplished ✔️@ValentinaESL
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Scaffolds by ELD Level (WIDA Standards) @WIDA_UW
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Step 1: Teach students what to say when they don’t know what to say @DrCarolSalva @ValentinaESL