About the Presenter:
Monique is the author of 31 Things Your English Learners Want You to Know: Lessons from the Classroom. She has more than 20 years of experience in education, including time spent researching and writing about public education in Mississippi, Southern California, and Texas.

She has worked as a teacher, serving students who are English learners, homeless students, and migrant students. She has served as an English Learner consultant and project manager at an education consulting company in Ridgeland, Mississippi, and also as the Director of Special Populations for the Mississippi Department of Education, overseeing the state’s English Learner, migrant, immigrant, neglected, and delinquent and homeless initiatives. Monique has provided extensive coaching and technical support to teachers, principals, superintendents, and others in more than 65 school districts.Her expertise includes addressing the needs of EL students in rural schools and schools with students of diverse linguistic backgrounds. She has worked in schools where EL students made up 75 percent or more of the student population, and schools with just one English learner.As a former journalist, she has previously co-authored three books about education and education leadership and has served as an adjunct professor at the University of Redlands in Southern California and Lonestar College in Texas. When she is not teaching, conducting professional development or writing, she and her husband Matt can be found cheering on their young adult kids and trying to stay one step ahead of two rowdy and demanding labradoodles.

About the Presentation:
Participants will leave the session with practical ideas for how to better support their English Learners. Content will be inspired by Dr. Henderson's NEW book, 31 MORE Things Your English Learners Want You to Know: Lessons from the Classroom. The session will include quick tips and reflection questions that can help to inform teacher practice immediately.