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 ✅ Dive into Summer PD with HAABE’s Waves of Learning!
Registration is now open for the Waves of Learning: HAABE Summer Institute, a unique PD experience built for today’s bilingual educators. Learn. Reflect. Apply.

🗓 Launch Date: Monday, June 16
🔗 Register now: https://forms.gle/jEjRZbNv9n22CfTN9
What You’ll Get:
  • 📺 3 self-paced videos

  • 📝 Reflective activities via Google Forms

  • 💡 Relevant topics:

    • It All Starts with Mindset

    • Building Strong Relationships with Families of Multilingual Learners

    • The Role of AI and Language Technology in Multilingual Education

  • 🧠 Flexible learning on your schedule

  • 🧾 3 hours of PD credit + HAABE Certificate of Completion

Open to all HAABE members--not a member yet? Join here and learn at no cost! bit.ly/4irmUvC 
Let’s ride the wave of innovation together. 🌊


2025 HAABE Awards Banquet

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2025 New Year, New Connections HAABE PD Event!

 Thank you for joining us and participating in insightful discussions, valuable networking, and powerful learning opportunities. Special thanks to our expert keynote speakers Dr. Sandra Mercuri, Dr. Vivian Pratts, and the thought-provoking Language & Leadership Panel which featured local district superintendents and state leaders.

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Meet Our 2024 HAABE Teachers of the Year (TOY) 


2024 HAABE Teacher of the Year (TOY) Finalists

We are thrilled to introduce our esteemed finalists for the 2024 HAABE Teacher of the Year (TOY) award!
These exceptional educators have demonstrated unparalleled dedication, passion, and excellence in the field of bilingual and ESL education, making a profound impact on the lives of their students and our community. Go to 
http://haabe.org/teachers--educators.html to meet them all

Let's celebrate excellence in bilingual and ESL education together!

Past Events

HAABE 2024 Brunch & Biliteracy Event

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2023/2024 PD Sessions sponsored by Velazquez Press

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2023 Teacher of the Year Celebration

2023 HAABE TOY Winners

Congratulations to the 2023 HAABE ESL and Bilingual Teacher of the Year winners!

2023 HAABE Scholarship recipients

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2023 HAABE INSTALLATION CEREMONY

WHY SHOULD I JOIN HAABE? 

Congratulations to the HAABE 2022 Teachers of the Year!

Marisol Olivo
Elementary ESL 
Teacher of the Year
Pearland ISD
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Marlene Ochoa
Secondary ESL
Teacher of the Year
Goose Creek CISD
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Araceli Marlene Salinas
Bilingual Education
Teacher of the Year
​Tomball ISD
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2022 HAABE TOY BANQUET Sponsors

Congratulations to the HAABE 2021 Teachers of the Year!

Fabiola Pérez Morán
Elementary Bilingual 
Teacher of the Year
Galena Park ISD

Jasmine Aguilera 
Elementary ESL 
Teacher of the Year
Galena Park ISD

Christina Varghese
Secondary ESL
Teacher of the Year
Pearland ISD
Also 2021 TABE ESL Secondary 
​Teacher of the Year!!

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 2021 Virtual Teacher of the Year Celebration~ April 24th

Click on the video below to watch the message by the HAABE Excutive Board Members.
Click on the video below to watch the 2020 HAABE District Teachers of the Year Finalists. Congratuations to all of them! 

2020 HAABE Teachers of the Year
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Natalia Elizondo
2019-2020 HAABE
​Bilingual Elementary
​Teacher of the Year 
Galena Park ISD


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Christina Nhung Le-Tran
2019-2020 HAABE
​ESL Elementary
Teacher of the Year
Pasadena ISD


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Tiffani Andrea Yates
2019-2020 HAABE 
ESL Secondary
Teacher of the Year
​Houston ISD

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