2021 Teacher of the Year - Dr. Benjie

Congratulations to Dr. Benjie "B" Santiago for winning the 2021 Teacher of the Year!  

Become an Officer with the UOG Alumni Association!

 The UOG Alumni Association is seeking candidates to run for one-year terms as officers on its Executive Board. 

The positions to be filled are vice president/president-elect, secretary, and treasurer. Daphne May Leon Guerrero, the current vice president/president-elect, will automatically become president, and Chelsey San Nicolas, the current president, will remain in the executive board as immediate past president.

Responsibilities for each position may be viewed here. 

Candidates should have the following:

• an undergraduate or graduate from the University of Guam
• proven leadership experience
• ability to communicate well and work with a large group
• great organizational skills
• results-driven mindset
• motivation to foster fraternity and support for the University
• professional experience in finance (for the position of treasurer)
• prior community or group volunteer experience a plus.

How to file for candidacy:

Candidates must submit a written statement that explains what position they are seeking as well as their bio to be posted for other alumni to view prior to voting. Materials may be sent to UOG Director for Development and Alumni Affairs Norman Analista at analistan@triton.uog.edu.

The deadline to file for candidacy is Friday, April 23, 2021. 

The election will take place online on Friday, May 14. A link to vote will be emailed to all alumni by May 7.

  

For more information, please contact:

Norman Analista
Director 
Development, Alumni Affairs & Foundation Relations
University of Guam
Tel: (671) 797-3333
Email: analistan@triton.uog.edu

UOG Charter Day - March 9

BIBA UOG! BIBA SOE!

December 2020 UOG School of Education Newsletter

 Click here to view the December 2020 UOG School of Education Newsletter.

Season’s Greetings!

May the spirit of Christmas bring you much love, joy, peace, and happiness to last through the coming year 2021 and beyond!

Merry Christmas!

Merry Christmas from around the Pacific!

~Minagof Nochebuena ~Felis Pasgua (Chamorro)
~Maligayan Pasko (Tagalog)
~Peren en Krismas (Pohnpeian)
~Monono ilo raaneoan Nejin (Marshallese)
~Falang e Baynag (Yapese)
~Tok Tapeng (Kosraean)
~Ungil Kurismas (Palauan)
~Pwapwan Kirisimas (Chuukese)
~Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
~Ameseighil ubwutiiwel Layi Luugh me raagh fee (Carolinian)

SOE Alumni Association Library - Looking back & moving forward

Much has changed since we first offered our resources at the SOE Alumni Association Library. Below is a snapshot of what we initially offered. However, times have changed, and we must move forward and provide various online resources in our library at https://soealumniassociationlibrary.blogspot.com. Among the resources we've found valuable to meet the needs of students, including English Language Learners, are provided below. Enjoy, and feel free to contact us to add to our growing library of resources.

Looking back at our original SOE Alumni Association Library

Moving forward with a library of online resources:

IXL:  IXL.com

This learning site provides standards-based learning on over 2000+ skills in grades K-12 in language arts, math, social studies, science, and more!

MobyMax:  https://www.mobymax.com/

This differentiated learning website helps struggling learners to catch up in their academic studies in grades K-8.

Reading A-Z:  https://www.readinga-z.com

This site provides thousands of research based and standards-aligned reading materials that are downloadable & projectable.  Resources are appropriate for all diverse learners in grades K-6.

ESL Lounge:

https://www.esl-lounge.com/

This interactive ESL site provides thousands of vocabulary, reading, grammar, listening, and exam preparation exercises.

Colorin’ Colorado:  www.ColorinColorado.org

A bilingual site for educators and families of English Learners

6 Essential Strategies for Teaching English Language Learners:  https://www.edutopia.org/article/6-essential-strategies-teaching-english-language-learners

This resource provides best practices in meeting the needs of ELLs.

Top 5 Strategies to Position English Learners for Success This Year:  https://getsupported.net/top-five-for-el-success/

This site provides effective strategies to help English Learners achieve academic success.

English Learner Infographics:  https://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com/infographics.html

This site provides you with a variety of infographics for English Leaners.  It empowers ELs with captivating visuals for instructional purposes.

NABE Resources for Bilingual Education:  http://nabe.org/resources

This site provides various resources to address the needs of ELs, including the Seal of Biliteracy, Office of English Language Acquisition (OELA) English Learner Toolkit, OELA Newcomer Toolkit, and more!

TESOL Blog:  Judie Haynes:  http://blog.tesol.org/tag/judie-haynes/

This blog addresses a variety of ESL topics including ELs’ access to education in STEM, smaller class sizes, back-to-school strategies for ELs, scaffolds to support EL learning, and more!

English Learners Blog:  https://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com

This blog takes you through an engaging blog journey with Valentina Gonzalez in an effort to improve instruction for ELs.