NCSTIIID Legislative Liaison
Dr. Judith O'Loughlin
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Congratulations Judith B. O'Loughlin, for being named Legislative Liaison for the NCSTIIID.
Judith B. O'Loughlin, an independent education consultant, has twenty-five years experience as an English, ESL, and special education teacher. She has taught ESL at K-12, adult education, and graduate levels in university endorsement programs in NJ, MO, MA, and OH, as well as OELA Professional Development grants.
While teaching in New Jersey, Judith worked as a consultant with the New Jersey Department of Education, Office of Bilingual/ESL Education on standards and assessment for English learners, developed a draft of ESL/ELA Standards, low incidence ESL programming and instruction, and providing in-service sessions throughout the state about sheltered instruction for ELs in mainstream classrooms.
As an independent consultant, Judith focuses on standards-based curriculum, instructional strategies, differentiated instruction, addressing the needs of newcomers, formative assessment, and collegial collaboration for ESL and mainstream co- teaching. She is a Pearson SIOP Certified Trainer.
Ms. O’Loughlin previously served on the NJTESOL-NJBE Executive Board as President, (1999-2001) and currently serves on both the CATESOL Board of Directors as Conference Services Coordinator and Advocacy, as well as the CATESOL Education Foundation as Vice-President. She currently serves as a member of the TESOL Public Policy Professional Council.
Ms. O’Loughlin was the 2015 CATESOL Sadae Iwataki Service Award and the recipient and the one of the TESOL “50 at 50” recognized leaders in the field, as nominated by her peers. She has previously received the 2003 Seton Hall University, Multicultural Education Teacher of the Year and the 2001 NJTESOL-NJBE Leadership Award.
Advocacy Communications
Judy got right to work in her new role and assisted the NCSTIIID in crafting 3 letters addressing current issues in DC impacting ELs.
Click the links to read the letters and see how NCSTIIID is serving as the voice of ELs.
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