ESL WORD NERDS

Elevating Student Language - One Word at a Time

WIDA Annual Conference "Building Gateways to Colabóracion" September 2026 in St. Louis, Missouri
VATESOL Conference "Together We Thrive: Community, Compassion, and Multilingual Learner Success" — October 2026 in Richmond, Virginia

We are honored to share our work supporting multilingual learners and structured literacy with educators across Virginia.

Multilingual Learners: Making a Difference, hosted by College of William & Mary (October 2025)
VATESOL Conference — Richmond, Virginia (November 2025)
William & Mary TTAC / SURN Science of Teaching Reading Conference (November 2025)
Literacy for Life — Williamsburg, Virginia (January 2026)
Structured Literacy That Works: Practical Tools for Multilingual Learners with Virginia Adult Learning Resource Center at Virginia Commonwealth University (March 2026)
Virginia Department of Education WIDA Webinar Series: Structured Literacy Made Simple - Resources for ESL Word Nerds (March 2026)

“ ESL Word Nerds is flying off the shelf as a go-to curriculum for Literacy for Life’s English language learners.”

Mary Lynch - Literacy for Life (Adult Literacy Organization)