Guam Delegation at the 53rd NABE Conference

The Guam Delegation takes a pose at the Hilton Riverside, New Orleans, Louisiana during the 53rd Annual National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE) Conference.  The theme of the conference is Celebrating Heritage Language and Its Role in Promoting Multilingualism, Multiliteracy, and Multiculturalism!  The conference was held March 26-30, 2024.  Pictured L-R:  Karen Alvia, Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera,  NABE President Evelyn De Jesus, Bert Yamasta, Elmer Alves, and Barbara Tainatongo.

API SIG.  Pictured L-R:  Eddie Park, Newly-elected API-SIG Chair; Bert Yamasta; Barbara Tainatongo; Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera, Newly-elected API-SIG Co-Chair; and Mary Khris Fleur.

Dr. Rivera shared her presentation titled Fostering Language and History through Storytelling.

Jimmy Santos Teria, CHamoru Studies Administrator, shared his presentation via Zoom titled, The CHamoru Language & Culture Program's (CLCP) Role in Promoting Multilingualism, Multiliteracy and Multicuralism.

Edward Park shared his presentation titled, Wong Avery Global Languages for Elementary Students.

You Have the Power Presentation with Dr. ET.  Pictured L-R:  Barbara Tainatongo, Bert Yamasta, Dr. ET, and Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera.

Dr. Matilda Naputi Rivera and the NABE Conference Steering Committee.

Dr. Rivera and Judith take a pose.

The National Association for Bilingual Education is the only nationwide network of professionals dedicated to serving English language learners in the United States via education programs and legislative advocacy. For the past four decades, NABE has been committed to excellence in bilingual and biliteracy education for all students through enriched educational programs and intensive professional development for teachers, administrators, professors, policymakers and parents. Additionally, NABE provides extensive research in the field via its Bilingual Research Journal, NABE Perspectives, NABE Journal of Research and Practice and the NABE eNews. NABE is committed to promoting programs and innovations that prepare our nation's students to be fluently bilingual, technologically creative, globally competitive and well-rounded world citizens by advancing legislation and policies at both the state and national levels that best serve language minority students.

Source:  NABE.org