TLC's Director of Interpretation and Translation Richard Ponce-de-Leon and Training Specialist Genna Linton, along with Interpreter Marcela Pinilla, provided two days of professional development training for Metro Nashville Public Schools interpreters.

The @MetroSchools Interpreters showed up ready for the @PantherNation_1 cluster multicultural event! 🌏🇬🇹🇦🇫🇭🇳🇸🇴

The @MetroSchools Interpreters showed up ready for the @PantherNation_1 cluster multicultural event! 🌏🇬🇹🇦🇫🇭🇳🇸🇴

We’re Hiring! We’re excited to announce an opening for an EL Coordinator @mnps_el! This role is a part of our EL leadership team, helping to ensure that schools have the tools, training, and support they need to meet the needs of MLLs. Apply here:

@MNPS_EL I was so thrilled at the engaging faculty at Isaac Litton Middle school who I had the opportunity to lead through the first part of a Thinking Maps training. I am excited to see how they implement the first four maps over the next six weeks.

⁦@MNPS_EL⁩ and ⁦@ItsallThurgood⁩ I love walking in and heading up the stairwell to be greeted by academic language in a word wall with visuals aligned to each term. I know students appreciate and absorb this as they transition. Ms. Leos striving and supporting MLS!

We enjoyed connecting and supporting families at @MetroSchools Celebration of Schools!

Our MNPS EL Interpretation Team ensured every student had access to the information shared @MyFutureMyWay Career Exploration Fair! Over 5,000 @MetroSchools Freshmen came to see what career opportunities exist for them and ways to achieve their career goals! #everystudentknown

TNTESOL hosted by @MNPS_EL what a strong partnership and what informative and practical sessions over the last few days. Enjoyed my session and thanks to @DStaehrFenner for attending it.

Thrilled to see such a successful turnout at the @TNTESOL Conference, hosted by Dr. Jones and MNPS! Over 250 EL teachers from across TN came together in person for the first time since the pandemic. An inspiring 3 days of learning, collaboration & connection!

Now more than ever advocacy for multilingual learners matters. You can advocate from any place any position. Any day. Every day. ♥️🌏🙌🏽

Making Immigrant Students and Families Feel Welcome https://t.co/NGQ7ClICgP

Over 90 @MetroSchools front office staff attended the Best Practices for Welcoming Families training today hosted by @MNPS_EL and @mnps_fcp! 🎉 ✔️gained strategies to become a partnership school and increase family engagement ✔️learned how to use district interpretation tools

A fantastic engaged bunch of teachers from @McMurrayMiddle and @Wrightmiddle extending their learning of Thinking Maps for part two and four more maps. Of course you have to throw in some interaction to keep the focus! @MNPS_EL

Today, Ms. Sabino’s class had a special guest reader who shared a wonderful story with our EL students and talked to them about Guatemala and Honduras. @MetroSchools @MNPS_EL @MNPS_Magnet

Let’s Go Ravens 🐦‍⬛💜@FACaneRidge @cane_ridge @MNPS_EL @CherylMayes @CRHSschoolcoun1 @MNPS_SOI @Crcarter422

ELs make up about 11% of K-12 public school students in the U.S. Ensuring their meaningful participation is key to advancing #equity. Check out OELA's new #infographic for strategies to support ELs: https://t.co/fQLPbVsfvB

Really enjoyed attending my first AVID Excel class @Wrightmiddle today. Ms. Adam had the students speaking and writing about an Emerson quote within the first 10 minutes. Way to go! @MNPS_EL

I had a great time working with @Wrightmiddle teachers yesterday to help build their capacity to implement academic conversations in their classrooms. I loved the way the teachers really took on board the importance of body norms. @MNPS_EL

I ❤️collaborating with #MLL coaches in Metro Nashville Public Schools @MetroSchools and can't wait to see how our year together w/ @MindiTeich unfolds!