The NYS TESOL Conference Planning Team and Executive Board is thrilled to welcome you to the 55th annual conference website. 

Welcome to the 2025 NYS TESOL Conference!

We are thrilled to come together as a vibrant community of educators, advocates, and change-makers, united by a shared commitment to English Language Learners (ELLs). Over the years, we have focused on paradigm shifts in supporting ELLs—centering empowerment, engagement, and aligning our work with both state and local regulations. We've embraced and sustained culturally responsive teaching practices that honor our students’ identities.

However, as we gather at this year’s conference, we invite you to pause with us. To stop, see, and deeply listen. To recognize and understand the unique needs, gifts, and challenges of our students, their families, and the educators who advocate for them, through their own perspectives and lived experiences.

Let this conference be a space for reflection, dialogue, and renewed purpose. Together, we can ensure that our work not only meets expectations but transforms lives.

Welcome—We can't wait to hear your voices.