Alabama-Mississippi
Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
AMTESOL has a new mailing address! AMTESOL PO Box 360122 Hoover, AL 35236
AMTESOL 2025 Sponsors & Exhibitors
AMTESOL would like to thank our Sponsors and Exhibitors for helping ensure the success of the AMTESOL 2025 Conference.
Passport Contest
Visit all the in-person Exhibitor booths and collect your digital "stamps" in the Whova app. All attendees who collect all the stamps will be in the prize draw.
Sponsors
English Learners Engage is an educational consulting company focused on the needs of multilingual learners, their teachers and administrators, and their families. They provide professional development, teacher coaching and modeling, and student tutorials with a focus on the tenets outlined in the book 31 Things Your English Learners Want You to Know: Lessons from the Classroom.
Highly customized, targeted support is available nationally to schools with a variety of demographics, including rural schools with very small EL populations and schools where the English learner population has grown quickly. Support in EL family engagement also is provided, with a focus on helping EL families to support their students academically - even in situations where their own English is limited.
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Supports are structured to meet a variety of budget needs and can be provided virtually, face-to-face or in a hybrid format.
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Additionally, they offer a variety of tools, including family engagement cards, instructional materials, and books and are dedicated to providing a growing library of free resources on their website. These supports are designed for teachers and school leaders, as well as community leaders and after-school tutorial providers.
EL Engage now has a sequel to their first book - Thirty-One MORE Things Your English Learners Want You to Know: Lessons from the Classroom is a popular tool for use in professional development, book circles, and other learning opportunities.
Bailey Education Group is committed to partnering with all schools and districts to improve the lives of all children through customized professional development and side-by-side teacher coaching, performed by certified instructional coaches with a deep understanding of state standards for Reading, Math, Science, and Social Studies. Bailey Education Group also offers professional development and training for both in school and district leadership, special needs services, early childhood, technology, multi-tiered systems of support and many other areas. At Bailey Education Group, we have a proven track record in professional development programs and coaching services that is quantifiable.
Your students are ready to shine. Let's illuminate their voice. At Flashlight Learning, we believe in shining a light on what our multilingual learners know and are able to do with all of their language. We create tools designed specifically to help you progress monitor and accelerate the growth of your language learners.
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Flashlight360 is a speaking and writing progress monitoring tool with scoring and feedback that gives multilingual students an asset-based platform to showcase their full language capabilities - and provides the right-now, actionable data in five areas of speaking and three areas of writing. Research shows that constructive teacher feedback during the learning process accelerates language development. Flashlight360 is the tool that empowers teachers to transform their students' speaking and writing capabilities into actionable data and illuminates the path to proficiency for multilingual students with transformative feedback to fuel growth.
Exhibitors
The Alabama Education Association (AEA) is the largest professional organization for education employees in Alabama, representing over 86,000 members. As a member-driven organization, the AEA is committed to advancing the cause of public education, and believes every child deserves a quality education. To promote educational excellence, the AEA serves as an advocate for its members and leads the advancement of equitable and quality public education in Alabama.
Belhaven University is a private, Christian, liberal arts college located in Jackson, MS. Belhaven was established in 1883 with 80 areas of study in Liberal Arts offered on campus and online. A degree from Belhaven University can be a powerful catalyst for shaping your future. Belhaven's commitment to academic excellence and its diverse range of degree programs equips students with the knowledge, skills, and values needed to succeed in their chosen fields. Whether you're pursuing a degree online or on campus, Belhaven's supportive and dedicated faculty provide an environment where your talents and potential can flourish. With a Christian education from Belhaven University, you'll be well-prepared to make a positive impact in your career, your community, and the world, ensuring a promising and fulfilling future.
Ellevation empowers educators to make informed instructional decisions that improve outcomes for English learners (ELs). By combining real-time student data with tailored professional development, Ellevation provides EL educators with the tools needed to build exceptional systems of student support. Transform the way you serve English Learners with Ellevation.
ELPA21 is a comprehensive English language proficiency assessment and instructional system designed to support English learners and their educators. Their innovative assessment system measures student growth based on a set of adaptive, student-focused English Language Proficiency (ELP) Standards, developed by educators for educators. Groundbreaking research and psychometrics, along with ongoing improvements, ensure that ELPA21 assessments meet state priorities, peer review requirements, and the needs of English learners.
English Language Programs is the premier opportunity for TESOL professionals to impact the way English is taught abroad, both in-person and virtually. By completing projects designed by U.S. Embassies in more than 80 countries, English Language Fellows, Specialists, and Virtual Educators work closely with local teachers, students, and education professionals to improve English language teaching capacity overseas. Program participants serve as cultural ambassadors of the United States and support the U.S. Department of State’s public diplomacy mission abroad.
McGraw-Hill Education, Inc. publishes educational materials. The Company provides content, tools, and services through print, digital, and hybrid solutions for pre-kindergarten, secondary school, college, university, professional learning, and information markets. McGraw-Hill Education serves customers worldwide.
National Geographic Learning's goal is to bring the world to the classroom and the classroom to life. With their English language programs, students learn about their world by experiencing it. Through their partnerships with National Geographic and TED, students develop the language and skills they need to be successful global citizens and leaders.
PowerUpEDU is an Award-Winning Education Solutions provider for classrooms in the southeast. Based in Georgia, with offices in AL, FL, NC & SC, PowerUpEDU creates transformational learning environments that engage students, empower teachers and help bridge the gap between teaching and technology. Through the integration of technology, curriculum, and professional learning, PowerUpEDU facilitates dynamic instructional practices that provide optimal instruction in any classroom environment. Making a difference in the classroom since 2012.
Project DIAL (Designing Instruction for Academic Literacies) at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) provides training and degree support for educators as they meet the needs of English Learners (EL) in classrooms across our partner districts. UAH is one of the nation's premier research universities, offering a challenging hands-on curriculum that ensures our graduates are prepared to become tomorrow's leaders. The Department of Curriculum and Instruction focuses on collaborative, elementary, English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL), and secondary teacher preparation.
Reading Horizons has empowered educators for over 40 years to combat illiteracy with innovative, tech-enabled foundational reading instruction. By aligning with the latest advancements in the science of reading, it supports educators, schools, and students with effective literacy solutions. Learn more about the K-12 foundational literacy solutions and join the Science of Reading Collective, a collaborative space where educators share best practices and engage in meaningful discussions on literacy instruction.
Summit K12 offers Connect to Literacy (C2L), which is a cutting-edge solution designed to enhance English language proficiency by leveraging the strengths of an online curriculum. Tailored specifically to meet the ELPS and aligned with grade-level TEKS, C2L provides students with targeted lessons, practice and formative assessments modeled after the 30 TELPAS item types, ensuring students receive research and evidence-based English Language Development year-round. A supportive online environment designed to fast-track English language learning, aid in quicker reclassification and vocabulary growth, and accelerate speaking, listening, reading, and writing development.
The University of Alabama ONLINE. With more than 100 bachelor's, master's, specialist and doctoral degree and certificate programs in online and hybrid formats, The University of Alabama Online can help you advance your education while you build your career.
The University of Southern Mississippi's School of Social Science and Global Studies offers a Master of Arts in the Teaching of Languages. The MATL program, with emphases in Spanish, French, and TESOL, focuses on developing and enhancing the knowledge, skills, and theories in language, language acquisition, and language instruction that are essential for both effective teaching and successful learning. The large variety of courses, offered online and on campus, year-round, meet the multifaceted needs of today's language teachers.
The University of Alabama at Birmingham has been offering a teacher education program in English as a Second Language (ESL) for over 25 years. Our ESL Master’s degree has two tracks (alternative and traditional) that lead to ESOL certification from the ALSDE and a third track (non-certification) that is for teaching ESL in other states and/or to adults. Our Education Specialist degree in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) has one track that leads to ESOL certification from the ALSDE and another track (non-certification) that is for teaching ESL in other states and/or to adults. Alabama teachers who hold Class A certification in another teaching field can earn Class AA certification in ESOL by completing the EdS-TESOL. We also offer two graduate certificates: Teaching Multilingual Learners and Teaching English as an Additional Language. UAB’s ESL teacher education program is fully online. For additional information, contact Dr. Josephine Prado at jprado@uab.edu.
Townsend Press publishes reading, writing, vocabulary and English books in both print and digital form for colleges and K-12. For examination copies please contact Townsend Press at cs.townsendpress.com or 888-772-6410. We are independent, focused and affordable. Townsend Press, helping teachers help students learn.
TranslateLive proudly partners with thousands of schools and organizations nationwide, including Alabama schools in Decatur, the Alabama Department of Rehabilitation Services, and the Etowah County Board of Education. Together, we're building bridges between families and student success. By breaking down language barriers, we help foster inclusive communication, ensuring better engagement and outcomes for students, parents, and educators alike. Helping Those Who Help Others.
WCEPS is a non-profit organization committed to supporting K-12 educators in their mission to empower multilingual learners and create an educational landscape where all students, regardless of their linguistic background, can thrive and reach their full potential. A key piece of their mission is providing WIDA products and licensed workshops to educators, schools and districts around the world. WIDA MODEL is an interim assessment that is part of the larger WIDA Assessment system and provides real-time data so educators can make immediate adjustments to instructional support they provide their multilingual learners.