Please join us for an enlightening evening of conversation about how
to create an environment to support your emergent bilingual students.
The event will begin with our keynote speaker Felip Luis, Principal
West End School. He will be discussing how to lead a dual-language
program. Then we break the group into tabletop discussion groups for
some choice learning revolved around ELL. Finally, we will end with
some networking and refreshments. We look forward to seeing you there!
Felip Lewis Bio: Mr. Filipe Luis started his career as a teacher at
Lafayette Street School in Newark. Throughout that period, he had the
pleasure of educating students in first through eighth grade, while
working as both a general education and a resource/in-class support
teacher. Mr. Luis has experience as an educational leader, serving as
a principal in Cranford for four years and the Dean of Students in
Ridgefield prior to that time. Over the last four years, Mr. Luis has
been a part of West End Elementary School in North Plainfield. North
Plainfield is the 6th most diverse town in the state of New Jersey and
has had a large jump in ESL students over the last several years.
During this time, Mr. Luis has implemented Reading/Writing Workshop
and a Dual Language Academy. The Dual Language Academy started in 2017
with a kindergarten cohort and has continued every year since. Mr.
Luis is currently working with his team members to expand the program
into Pre-Kindergarten and into third grade. During the Fall of 2019,
Mr. Luis attended a three-day professional development experience at
the Center for Applied Linguistics in Washington DC focused on
“Leading Dual Language Programs for Student Success”. Mr. Luis has
worked in education for the last 18 years, is a graduate of Montclair
and Seton Hall University and holds a Bachelor’s degree in
psychology and a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership,
accordingly. Mr. Luis is fluent in both Portuguese and Spanish and is
passionate about providing an experience for all students to learn.
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