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#ShanaTova! Happy New Year! Wishing you a sweet, happy and healthy New Year.

#TESOL Candidate Joanna Liriano is a math teacher and track & field coach in South Bronx. She served the Peace Corps in Mozambique and Teach for America in NYC. Currently, she is working on her bilingual certification in Spanish, Portuguese, and French to meet the needs of her students. For a Discussion Board in EDDN 637|Second Language Learners and the Content Areas course, the weekly contribution was constructing a mindmap of comprehensible input strategies and connecting the input strategies to teaching strategies. Joanna contributed an excellent piece of work. #mindmapping #teachingstrategies #mytourogse

International Peace Day is a celebration of efforts and motivation to restore the peace and happiness in this world. This year's theme is “End racism. Build peace.” The task of building peace belongs to every one of us. Now more than ever, we need global solidarity, commitment and mutual trust. Have a Happy International Peace Day! #wednesdaywisdom #internationalpeaceday

#alumnispotlight! Alumna Vanessa Brassfield Shares How the Touro Graduate School of Education Prepared Her to Help Special Education Students. “Because I was forced to deal with many hard situations from a young age, I can better empathize with my students and put myself in their shoes. For example, one year I had a student who would come into class and sleep all the time. Eventually, he opened up and told me that he lived in a homeless shelter and was forced to stay up all night to protect his belongings. After discovering what this child’s home life was like, I realized that sometimes it’s important to make certain accommodations and to this day, if a student needs extra sleep or even food, I ensure their basic needs are met before we embark on the learning process,” said Brassfield. Link in bio to read more #highereducation #specialeducation #teachingisaworkofheart