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A whirlwind of labsites at the Colegio Americano de Torreón. From kindest to seniors, we saw that #mllscando when educators design the conditions for language learning as part of #pbl.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 16h

Finished up an incredible 3 days of learning at the Colegio Americano de Torreón. We explored the literacy and language of #pbl and ways to design for our #mlls.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 14/09/2026

This November I’ll be traveling to the city of love (oh hey Philly!) for my first #NCTE. Overjoyed to be gathered round the table with @theedcollab.bsky.social and later showcasing my work with a linguistic pedagogy of love. Catch me if you can!

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 13/09/2026

Loved getting to join Colegio Americano de Torréon this week on Zoom for an incredible morning of learning. 🥰 Getting to bring together my love of #mll research and #pbl 🥰 Cannot wait to meet them in person in October! #multilingualecosystem

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 11/09/2026

It’s been busy this month and I forgot to share some good news here. I’m excited to be joining the faculty @endicottinternational as part of there M.Ed Program. Looking forward to meeting my future students as we explore assessment and #MLLs

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 25/08/2026

I had the pleasure of working with Nishimachi International School last week as we explored our students’ multilingual practices and #translanguaging. Such thoughtful questions. Such commitment to understanding and serving kids. Thank you for a morning full of learning, laughter, and love.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 20/08/2026

I had a lovely visit with Seisen Internatjonal School as we explore coteaching for multilingual learners.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 04/08/2026

Fall cohorts start up this month! Are you tired of one-and-done professional developments that are exciting yet don't gain traction in your school? These professional ecosystems might be the just-in-time professional learning you are looking for. #MLLEcosystemProject

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 01/07/2026

9 years! Doing the work I love. With clients who are committed to building a better world for our #mlls. Let’s continue to grow and learn together as we transform the #multilingualecosystems so that our #mlls deserve.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 15/06/2026

It's always good to come home. I'll be facilitating a workshop at the Humanizing and Culturally Affirming Teacher Summer Institute at the University of Arizona. I'll be presenting The Heart, The Head, The Hands: Translanguaging Pedagogies in Multilingual Ecosystems. #HCAT #translanguaging

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Save the Date:
HCAT Summer Institute 2026
June 23-25, 2026, Hybrid Event

Join Us for dynamic, cross-disciplinary 3-day institute that brings together M. Ed. Secondary Education graduates, current students, and practicing teachers to explore humanizing and culturally sustaining education.

Participants will:
attend interactive workshops and keynote presentations.
explore practical, classroom-ready teaching strategies, learn from experienced secondary educators, and university faculty. connect with diverse community of educators.

Whether you're a new teacher or a seasoned professional, this institute offers meaningful insights and tools you can immediately apply in your classroom. Save your spot today.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 27/04/2026

@theedcollab.bsky.social ‘s Spring Gathering is less than one week away. I’m presenting with my fierce colleague in this work Rosa Alvarez!

Workshop title: beyond silence and compliance: designing learning spaces rooted in multilingual voices.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

Loving our deep dive 🌊 on #multilingualecosytems and #translanguaging at Deeper Learning at High Tech High. Love this conference!

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 28/03/2026

#DL26 is just a few days away and I couldn't be more excited. If you are traveling to San Diego join us as we deep dive into #MultilingualEcosystems deeperlearning26.sched.com/event/2DGwe

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Title: Multilingual Ecoystems: The Head, hands, and Heart

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 12/02/2026

This morning I returned to @intlschoolsservices where I started my international school career! I had the pleasure of facilitating a #ISSedu workshop where we explored the belonging and language.

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Title reads in curly font Essential Question

Question reads: How do we cultivate belonging for our multilingual learners in international schools?

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 10/01/2026

Another #MLLEcosystemProject testimonial rolls in. www.bethpumaconsulting.com/mll-ecosyste...

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 02/01/2026

Book a session today and mention this post!

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 31/12/2025

Through consulting, coaching, and the #MLLEcosystemProject I tried to walk in my values and help others walk in theirs. Thank you to the educators across the 🌎 who trusted me to be apart of their learning journey. #multilingualecosystem #mllscando

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 30/12/2025

January is the perfect time to be in community with other equity minded educators. Whether you are an educational leader designing systems aligned with your values, or an educator strengthening your instructional toolbox, we are stronger when we learn and grow in community together.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 23/08/2025

Sustained partnerships are the best partnerships. Joined Seisen International School. This year we dove into the #coteachingadventure. So grateful to see how the teachers meaningfully engaged as they rumbled with new ideas and worked to be flexible in their #instructionaldesign.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 20/08/2025

I'm delighted to be partnering with Tucson Regional Educator Collaborative to bring this workshop to early years educators in September. How can we honor the joyful, play-based spirit of early childhood while supporting language development for all learners—especially our multilinguals?

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

Happy Birthday to Beth Puma Consulting! 8 years old! I think over the years I've found the nuance of my voice. I've met some incredible educators and students along the way. And I'd like to think we've had some fun too.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 16/06/2025

In this months newsletter, I’m thinking about our role as educators in this current moment. Both educators here in the US and abroad. Sign up for my newsletter at www.bethpumaconsulting.com Melt 🧊

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

🌄 Change. 📈 Growth. 🖌️Craftsmanship. 🌏 Community. This is what the hashtag#MLLEcosystemProject is all about. 🌟 August cohorts forming now! www.bethpumaconsulting.com/mll-ecosyste... #MLLEquityEcosystem #MLLInstructionalEcosystem

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 13/05/2025

Diving deeper into the multilingual programs at the International School of Zug and Luzern. Together we are grounding our conversations in students’ artifacts of learning across languages. #MultilingualEcosystem

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

Ople is the perfect space to connect, share ideas, and grow professionally. I'm excited to be sharing #MLL strategies on this app, surrounded by other teachers. Sign up today and check it out. link.ople.us/zpZQk I'd love to hear what you think. #MLL #EAL #ELL

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 03/04/2025

🔎 Are you ready to look a little closer at how your school serves their #MultilingualLearners? 🗓️ Currently booking for summer and the 25-26 school year. 👩🏻‍💻 Let's set up an exploratory call. I'd love to hear about your hopes and dreams serving #Mlls. www.bethpumaconsulting.com/contact

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 21/03/2025

Finishing up a 7 month partnership with a school here in Tucson. Bittersweet. We were working to find our #collectiveefficacy through our #instructionaldesign in #earlyliteracy. I’ll miss the teachers and I’ll miss the kids.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

I had a great time yesterday, presenting with International School Services #ISSedu on Dynamic Differentiation. Participants moved beyond the basics, disrupting misconceptions, and walked away with lots of #differentiation strategies, with a layer of reflective questioning to guide students.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 04/03/2025

Excited to be featured on the Tucson Regional Educator Collaborative as a PD provider in Southern Arizona. I love consulting with international schools, but it is so important to serve here at home, too. trecarizona.org

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 28/02/2025

What fun to join Katlyn, Mike, and Celiah on this podcast! In this episode we chatted about instructional design, playful iteration, and pattern seeking as a way to work through the feelings that the word " #differentiation " often invokes. Check it out! podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/e...

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

March 5: #ISSedu Dive into effective differentiation, feedback & #assessment strategies! Join Megan Vosk (she/her/hers) & I for advanced techniques that meet diverse learner needs and foster student self-advocacy.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 19/02/2025

Everyone deserves a coach. Let's chat more to see how personalized coaching can help transform your practice. www.bethpumaconsulting.com/personalized... #CoachingMatters #InvestInYourPractice #MLLSpecialists #InstructionalLeaders #InstructionalDesign #InstructionalCoaches

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Adobe colored text box that reads: Coaching with Beth has been the best investment in my professional growth as an EAL specialist. She has not only helped me and my colleague step into a new role successfully in school, but she also continued to support us as new challenges arose throughout the school year. She never told us what to do; rather, she served as a skillfull thought partner who helped us process our thinking and reflect deeply on our practice. We left every session feeling empowered and purposeful with concrete next steps to try.
I'm a better teacher, colleague, and human being after having spent a year with Beth.

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I cannot recommend Beth highly enough! She was instrumental in my professional growth as I transitioned from being an ELL teacher to MLL specialist. Her coaching sessions are always incredibly helpful and inspiring. From the start, Beth created a safe space for deep reflection and empowered me to navigate the challenges of my new role. Additionally, as an MLL expert, she has a wealth of knowledge and relevant classroom experiences to share, which further enhanced my understanding of how to create an ideal MLL ecosystem. Thanks to her unwavering encouragement and guidance, I am a more effective, confident MLL Specialist.

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Coaching is a powerful support/tool…. It allows you to be vulnerable with comfort, and be open to try new approaches. Coaching guides you to become a better teacher which takes effort, but not doing it alone really takes the load off your shoulders. …you enjoy the process because you can tell you are learning, and becoming a better teacher for students.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 18/02/2025

Tell me you were modeling a #literacy lesson in an elementary school without telling me you were modeling a literacy lesson in an elementary school. #Istillloveanchorcharts

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 14/02/2025

Catch me at the 54th Annual Int Conference for NABE . I'm excited to be sharing two pre-recorded presentations Check it out. I'd love to hear your thoughts. nabe.org #NABE2025 #MultilingualEd #ProfessionalDevelopment #MLLsCanDo #Inquiry #MultilingualEcosystem

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Titles of presentations read:
Building Thriving Multilingual Ecosystems: A vision for Leadership and Equity. Second title reads The Right to Be Curious: Language Learning in the Inquiry Classroom.

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 11/02/2025

An amazing educator, working hard to meet the needs of her kids, trying out a new strategy. A word wall centered around an essential question. Language. Content. In service of each other. Coaching is forever my favorite! #CoachingMatters #InstructionalDesign #VocabLearning #WordWalls #MLLsCanDo

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

I feel so fortunate to be sharing a Roundtable Session at #SXSWEDU. Let's radically dream together on how we might transform our schools to be #MultilingualEcosystems schedule.sxswedu.com/2025/events/...

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This week, I dug these up from some teaching materials I had created in the past for a client, and figured I would pass them along. I find that #LearnerDisposition goals (or ATLS, ESLRs, or whatever your school calls them) are nice posters in schools, but really how do we live them in our classes?

"A digital educational chart with three sections: 'Learning Target,' 'Language Target,' and 'Portrait of a Learner Goal.' The Learning Target states, 'I can gather evidence to support my questions in order to speak knowledgeably and precisely for Socratic Seminar.' The Language Target states, 'I can ask questions, using question collocations, in order to speak precisely at Socratic Seminar.' The Portrait of a Learner Goal asks, 'How can a question unlock new understandings for my classmates?' with a note on creativity: 'Pursuing and expressing novel ideas and solutions.' The chart has a dark background with yellow headings, colorful text highlights, and icons representing the themes of each section."

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 31/01/2025

This week's theme from working w/ teachers. - How do we take ownership in our instructional design's impact on learning, EVEN under the constraints of mandated curriculum? -How do we listen to the wisdom to meet our students needs? #InstructionalDesign #InstructionalCraftsmanship #CoachingMatters

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 17/01/2025

This was super fun last night! I loved getting to return to work with Singapore American's #EAL team as we dive deeper into supporting our #mlls. #MLLsCanDo #EKCLiteracy @ekc-literacy.bsky.social

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 11/01/2025

🗣️Excited to return to #DL25 in San Diego! Join me at my session for the Deeper Learning Conference where we'll dive into transformative education strategies. We will be diving deep into #translanguaging pedagogies while we explore our own languaging practices. Register now: lnkd.in/gExWPezm

"Promotional graphic for 'DL 2025 Deep Dive' featuring the topic 'Translanguaging and Multilingual Ecosystems: The Head, The Hands, The Heart.' The graphic includes a photo of Beth Puma, who is introduced as part of 'Beth Puma Consulting.' Logos for 'Deeper Learning 2025' and 'HTH Graduate School of Education' are displayed at the bottom."

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 07/01/2025

It was a beautiful day in Prairie Hills Elementary District 144 in Chicago at the inaugural EDI conference. So many dedicated and loving educators and school staff rumbling in the complexity of #EDI work in order to serve their students. What a pleasure!

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 31/12/2024

For me, 2024 has been a whirlwind of learning and growth. I'd also like to think I've been a part of that for the educators I have worked with this year. ♥️ 🇺🇸 🇹🇼 🇬🇭 🇯🇵 🇨🇩 🇬🇭 🇸🇬 🇻🇳 🇰🇪 🇹🇭 🇭🇰 🇲🇿 🇰🇷♥️

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 28/12/2024

Sometimes this is hard. But we need the recharge to be able to bring our healed selves back to the classroom in the new year. #TeacherSelfCare

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Beth Puma @bethpuma.bsky.social · 26/12/2024

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