The COVID-19 pandemic and everything it entailed brought out the best in teachers. SSTESOL Press’ 2^nd e-book publication is meant to capture the heroic efforts represented in all the great as well as small things our ESOL community did to survive, to grow and to continue to assist English Language Learners in Florida.

This is a call out to you all to please share and memorialize your story!

We are looking for stories of up to 3 pages in length, or a video of up to 5 minutes in length.

 The following are merely question prompts to help you reflect and remember a story of your past year; a success – however small where you made a difference for you, your ELLs, the families of your ELLs, your school, your colleagues, and/or your community.

• How did you make sure your ELLs succeeded during the pandemic?
• Was there any event during the pandemic that happened to you that you are proud of?
• Was there something you did that could be an inspiration to all of us?
• What were your successes during the pandemic?
• How were you resilient during the pandemic?
• What lessons did you learn or experience during COVID-19 that helped you grow as a teacher?
• How did you successfully adapt as an educator during COVID-19? What did you do and what can your colleagues learn from you COVID-19?
• In what ways were you a hero? What story can you tell that exemplifies this?
• Did your ELLs do amazing things? What stories from the classroom can you share to inspire us all?

This publication will also be multilingual. If English is not your 1^st language and you feel more comfortable writing or speaking in (if your submission is a video) your 1^st language – that is fine! We will accept stories in all the languages of our ELLs!

Submission Deadline: Dec. 2022