Participants of the first UFT English Language Learners Conference get in a stretch before heading off to workshops on Oct. 29 at union headquarters.

Angela Lee (left) and colleague Alexia Kaiser of PS 24 in Flushing, Queens, discuss the information they received at a workshop on immigration.

Conference speaker Santiago Wood, the director of the National Associations of Bilingual Education, and UFT Vice President for Education Evelyn DeJesus (kneeling), the conference organizer, greet (seated, from left) Angela Hammond of the UFT Teacher Center and teachers Kay Stanley, Taniqua Scott and Ellen Boone, all from IS 145 in Jackson Heights, Queens.

Cathy London of PS 40 in Jamaica, Queens, shows off her group’s headline.

Educators fill Shanker Hall for the conference.

Sharing their conclusions are (from left) Christopher Murphy of District 75’s Pathways to Graduation, Rachel Weissman of Leaders of Tomorrow HS in Williamsbridge, the Bronx, and Susan Sylvestor of the HS of Language and Innovation in Allerton, the Bronx.

Bilingual teacher Alexandra Hernendez of PS 257 in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, poses with a group of her students holding the puppets they used to model a lesson.

Taniqua Scott of IS 145 in Jackson Heights, Queens, studies workshop materials.

Attendees at the Socratic Seminar take time to confer.