Vanessa Colón's guest appearances

Vanessa Colón

Bonita Radio

Highest Aspirations

Thomas Johnson

N'Jameh Camara

Laurie Johnson

Juan Corona

Melinda Miller

David Harrison

Ruben Diaz

Karen Gregory

Emily Francis

Rachel White

Kelli Sandman-Hurley

Adam Howard

Carmen Coleman

Andrea Honigsfeld

Amy Lucenta

OwlTail

This episode is part of our "Look for the Helpers" series. If you'd like to share your story, take 2 minutes to fill out this form.  What are some strategies and resources teachers can use right now to help reach English learners while schools are closed? How might we sustain communication with teachers, families, and other stakeholders? Are there any silver linings to this very difficult situation? We discuss these questions and much more with Vanessa Colón, EL Coordinator at International Leadership Texas. Over the course of her 16 years in education, Vanessa has served English Learners as a bilingual teacher, district ELL specialist, campus administrator, and district EL coordinator. As life-long learner, she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from Texas A &amp; M – Commerce in Supervision, Curriculum &amp; Instruction with an emphasis in Bilingual Education. As an EL advocate, she has presented at numerous local and state conferences, such as BEAM and TexTESOL. Vanessa Colón is also a contributing author in the Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations for Young English Language Learners. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her two children &amp; husband and spending quality time with family, friends &amp; a good book or podcast! During our 18 minute conversation, Vanessa shared some great resources. You can access all the links and see them in action on this 4 minute video.--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/highest-aspirations/message

This episode is part of our <a href="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/channel/qtj3xq83y6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">"Look for the Helpers" series</a>. If you'd like to share your story, take 2 minutes to <a href="https://fast.wistia.net/embed/channel/qtj3xq83y6" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">fill out this form</a>.  What are some strategies and resources teachers can use right now to help reach English learners while schools are closed? How might we sustain communication with teachers, families, and other stakeholders? Are there any silver linings to this very difficult situation? We discuss these questions and much more with Vanessa Colón, EL Coordinator at International Leadership Texas. Over the course of her 16 years in education, Vanessa has served English Learners as a bilingual teacher, district ELL specialist, campus administrator, and district EL coordinator. As life-long learner, she is currently pursuing a doctoral degree from Texas A &amp; M – Commerce in Supervision, Curriculum &amp; Instruction with an emphasis in Bilingual Education. As an EL advocate, she has presented at numerous local and state conferences, such as BEAM and TexTESOL. Vanessa Colón is also a contributing author in the Handbook of Research on Pedagogies and Cultural Considerations for Young English Language Learners. In her spare time, she enjoys traveling with her two children &amp; husband and spending quality time with family, friends &amp; a good book or podcast! During our 18 minute conversation, Vanessa shared some great resources. You can access all the links and see them in action on <a href="https://ellevationeducation.wistia.com/medias/luu9p3d0ar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">this 4 minute video.</a>--- Send in a voice message: <a href="https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/highest-aspirations/message" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/highest-aspirations/message</a>

S4/E11: Online Instruction Tips for ELs and More with Vanessa Colón