Delfina Sotelo (left), an ESL teacher at PS 92 in Queens, and Sabrin Abedin, an ELL services administrator at the Bronx Field Support Center, participate in the workshop on Advanced Literacies, ELL Instruction and the Next Generation Standards.

UFT President Michael Mulgrew welcomes educators and invited guests to the conference.

Hector Gautier and Zoary Rosario, both teachers at PS 157 in the Bronx, collaborate in the Academic Language for Promoting Advanced Literacy Skills for ELLs workshop.

“We are educators and advocates for students, families and their communities,” said Dr. Claire E. Sylvan, the recipient of the Luis O. Reyes Award, in her keynote address.

UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus (right) with (from left) New York State Senior Deputy Education Commissioner Jhone Ebert, Commissioner MaryEllen Elia and Board of Regents Chancellor Betty Rosa.

New York State Teacher of the Year Alhassan Susso (center) is presented with a plaque by UFT Vice President Evelyn DeJesus and Assistant Secretary LeRoy Barr for his work advocating for immigrant students.

Teacher and ENL coordinator Maximo Pichardo from Veritas Academy in Queens and teacher Emilia Niklina from PS 205 in Brooklyn discuss a passage they read during the Academic Conversations in ENL Instruction workshop.

Teacher Cesar Aquilar of the Office of Adult and Continuing Education makes a comment during the Activating Teamwork to Advance Language Development for ELLs workshop.

Participants share notes during the workshop on Supporting Academic Language and Content in Mathematics.