North Carolina State University's 7th Annual ESL Symposium for K-12 teachers, trainers and other educators interested in ESL

The symposium's day and a half of back to back expert plenary speakers include:
 

Judge Howard Manning presiding judge in the Leandro Case, North Carolina Superior Court

Dr. Catherine Collier "Sped & ELL Programs: Surf, Turf, and Sand Castles" Expert in Special Ed and ESL, Director of Cross-Cultural Developmental Education Services

First Lady Mary Easley First Lady of the state of North Carolina and Executive in Residence in the Office of the Provost, NCSU

Dr. Socorro Herrera Associate Professor, Kansas State University and author of Mastering ESL and Bilingual Methods: Differentiated Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse (CLD) Students

Dr. Marguerita Pinkos outgoing Assistant Deputy Secretary and Director, Office of English Language Acquisition

Debbie Psychoyos "Weaving the Language Tapestry: The Art of Integrating the Threads of Learning" Founder and Director of The ProEd Foundation,  Panama

Dr. Ellen McIntyre "Reading Strategies for Teachers of English Learners" Professor and Head of Elementary Education, NCSU

Dr. Dionnes Rivera "Fresh Start: Meeting the Needs of Middle and High School Latino Students" (Fresh Start is an innovative and successful dropout prevention program.) Assistant Professor and Chair of the ESL/BL Program, Aurora University

Andrea Bazán President, Triangle Community Foundation

Irene Godínez Director of Advocacy, El Pueblo

Axel Lluch Director of Hispanic/Latino Affairs, Office of the Governor, State of North Carolina