Welcome Parents & Students!

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PROFILE                                                                          
Connie Yaqub, Ph.D.                                            

English as Second Language Teacher    

Palmer Elementary School

Easton, PA

                                                                       PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

                     Who and what I’ve taught: ESL, gifted education, first grade, fourth grade, sixth grade, adult
                     students with learning disabilities, adult ESL, professional development for teachers
                     Where I’ve taught: Pennsylvania; New Mexico, Iowa, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Florida, Dominican Republic

EDUCATION                                                                                                                      HOBBIES

Ph.D., Univ. of New Mexico, Albuquerque,                                                              Reading, photography, gardening,
NM, Nov. 2012. Dept. of Language, Literacy,                                                                 bird watching, knitting.
and Sociocultural Studies.          
Focus: Educational leadership for English language learners.
M.S., Univ. of Wisconsin-Madison. Educational Administration
B.A., Luther College, Iowa. Elementary Education & Psychology.

                                     
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For parents:

http://www.eastonsd.org/esol/Welcome.html Easton Area School District’s ESL web site has a number of links for parents and teachers as well as information about local resources for parents.

For educators/researchers:

Why Educators Should Encourage Families to Maintain Their Home Languages.mov My movie for educators (10 min.) that explains why it is important to encourage families to maintain their home languages.*  (check back soon to view the movie)

http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/ National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition.

* My understanding of the importance of maintaining students’ home languages has been shaped by my experiences as an educator and a member of a bilingual/bicultural family and by the work of many researchers. They include Cummins; Baker; Collier & Thomas; Garcia & Diaz;  Genesee; Hakuta, Butler, and Witt: Hamayan & Freeman; Fishman; Krashen, Lindholm-Leary; Nguyen & Freeman; Nieto; Smiley & Salsberry; Valdes; and Wong-Fillmore, among others.

This web page is still being developed.