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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-line-height-alt:13.5pt"><strong><u><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Aptos",sans-serif;color:#3C99D5">Nominate an expert educator for the WIDA Fellows program!</span></u></strong><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">WIDA is pleased to announce that nominations for the next cohort of WIDA Fellows
<span style="background:yellow;mso-highlight:yellow">are now open through March 31, 2024.</span> Twenty WIDA Fellows will be selected to participate in a growing professional learning community of instructional experts and educational leaders. To learn more
about the program, benefits and nomination process, visit the </span><a href="https://app.explore.wisc.edu/e/er?s=1427524768&lid=86537&elqTrackId=8F887248CEB7AD688410E6C4C162077B&elq=d2ea2f5907dd43b3a1ca24ab785fc5f3&elqaid=46789&elqat=1" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt">WIDA
Fellows webpage</span></a><span style="font-size:10.5pt;color:black">.</span><span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt">Read about <b><i>Roberta de Sousa (ESOL teacher) from Portland Public Schools</i></b>, 2023-2024 WIDA Fellows recipient.<span style="font-size:9.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height:13.5pt"><a href="https://wida.wisc.edu/news/wida-announces-2023-2024-wida-fellows-cohort">https://wida.wisc.edu/news/wida-announces-2023-2024-wida-fellows-cohort</a><span style="color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Jane Armstrong (she,her,hers)<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><span style="font-size:12.0pt">English for Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) State Specialist <br>
Maine Department of Education <br>
23 State House Station <br>
Augusta, Maine 04333-0023 <br>
<b>Email: </b><a href="mailto:jane.armstrong@maine.gov"><span style="color:#0563C1">jane.armstrong@maine.gov</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="vertical-align:baseline"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt">Phone:</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt"> 207-446-3294 <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<a href="https://mainedoenews.net/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#0070C0">Maine DOE Newsroom</span></a> <o:p></o:p></span></p>
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