Jon Nordmeyer is the Founding Co-Director of the Multilingual Learning Research Center (MLRC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He believes that professional collaboration can provide a valuable opportunity to not only ignite student learning but also fuel teacher growth.

An international educator, coach and leader for more than 30 years, Jon previously served as the WIDA International Program Director and has worked in China, Ecuador, The Netherlands, Taiwan, Turkey and Thailand. Jon co-edited the book Integrating Language and Content (TESOL 2010) and has written for The International Educator, Journal of Staff Development, International Schools Journal, Educational Leadership, Current Issues in Comparative Education, Teachers College Record and Global Education Review.

Jon holds a BA in Classical Archaeology from Dartmouth College, an MA in TESOL from School for International Training and is a PhD candidate in Educational Leadership and Policy Analysis at the UW—Madison. Jon’s work focuses on professional collaboration to improve equity for multilingual learners, and global research-practice partnerships to support school improvement.

Dr. Gini Rojas coordinates the EAL certification program in partnership with the Principals’ Training Center. Before semi-retiring to Mexico, she was a faculty member for the Association of Supervision and Curriculum Development (ASCD) and a language education consultant for over 350 international schools. She is an inductee into the AAIE Hall of Fame (Association for the Advancement of International Education).