Beth Puma

@bethpuma.bsky.social

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MLL Specialist. Coach. Consultant. Radical Dreamer. Interests: MLL, multilingualism, equity, transformative classrooms. (she/her/hers) https://www.bethpumaconsulting.com/

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Workshop title: beyond silence and compliance: designing learning spaces rooted in multilingual voices. Two fabulous smiling women with big glasses.
Desert landscape with cactus and pink/purple sunset. Driving question reads: how can we cultivate a loving, nurturing, and empowering, dynamic multilingual ecosystem where multilingual students thrive?
purple and teal background. Deeper Learning 2026 icon. Deep Dive icon with a wave. Title: Multilingual Ecoystems: The Head, hands, and Heart
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Advertisement for ISS course Belonging Through Language
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Photo in a rounded frame of a woman with long dark hair and glasses. Smiling. Background is a purple and adobe color with text that reads “happy new year. 2026 with vision, clarity and joy! Coaching special. Book a January 2026 coaching session and receive 15% off” at the bottom is a deep purple band that reads Beth Puma Consulting.
black background with a sparkler. In curvy font it writes Happy New Year: may this year bring joy, justice, and radical dreaming. In foreground is an adobe colored stripe that says Beth Pua Consulting 2026
blue screen. night sky. Arch, rock formation. Text reads "Co-Teaching Adventure". Two people sit and look at the sky in the foreground.
flyer for workshop. Deep blue and teal background with white swirly accents. Workshop title "Nurturing languages in the early years classroom" Bottom right corner is a woman with orange glasses, big gold earrings, and a black button up shirt.
deep purple background of cement wall. 3 photos "taped on" of adult professional learning. Gold paint splattered around. Text reads "Happy Birthday" in script font with a heart. below in smaller text it reads "Celebrating 8 years of disrupting, dreaming, and designing, so that multilingual learners thrive."
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4 teachers stand around a table looking at papers and discussing.
Navy blue background. Outline of a cell phone. picture of a reel of Beth, long dark hair with bright bold glasses giving the peace sign. A phrase "we got this" is written at the bottom of the cell phone.Text outside of the cell phone reads "I'm excited to be sharing MLL strategies on Ople, the newest social media app just for teachers. " Bold teal circle on bottom right corner.Bottom text reads "where inspired teachers inspire teachers."
a flyer for Beth Puma Consulting Services. Upper left quadrant is an image of graduates throwing their graduation caps against a purple, dreamy sunset. upper right quadrant are two circles with images of children working at a table in school, and teachers working at a table in a professional development. Bottom right quadrant is a picture of Beth, black colored shirt, big orange glasses, big gold hoops-smiling with bright red lipstick. The rest of the flyer articulates the services offered by Beth Puma Consulting. Envisioning and Strategic Plan Design, professional learning, and instructional coaching.
Child in a hoodie is laying on the floor with a plastic phone reading an early reader book with a sun on it.
purple and pink dreamy sunset. Shadow of a hill with sillohuetes of children running on it. Text reads Essential Question in script font at top. Bottom right text reads "How can we design differentiated learnign experiences for our multilingual learners that nurture voice, choice, and agency?"
Screenshot of a website . Top corner is an icon with four interlocking people. Tucson Regional Collaborative. Below is a teal green bar that says Beth Puma Consulting.
an illustrated drawing of four people behind a desk with podcast equipment. The title in bold block print teal says Ask Me Anything with (in cursive black font) Katlyn, Dana, Mike, Celiah. A teal and green ISS logo is underneath with a teal bar at the bottom of the picture.
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Top of picture is a view of elementary age children around a table making paper gingerbread people. Below in black and green bold font it says “differentiation, feedback, and self-advocacy strategies”. Below the title is two circles with headshot of two presenters.
purple pink sunset as background. On the left is Beth, in a black button up shirt crossing her arms. She is smiling at the camera, with big orange glasses, red lipstick, and big gold hoop earrings. On the bottom is an adobe stripe with the Beth Puma Consulting logo. At the top is the words "Everyone deserves a coach." on the right are 7 hexagon shapes in a honeycomb arrangement. The far right hexagons are pictures of teachers planning. the left are sandy peach with the text. "Are you looking to grow, reflect, and innovate as an educator. Invest in personalized coaching. Invest in your practice. Invest in you."
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orange banner at top with a blue city skyline image. Says multilingualism for a United Global society is yellow script print. Says 54th Annual International Conference with block letters in rainbow with NABE. White script that says Atlanta 2025. Titles of presentations read: Building Thriving Multilingual Ecosystems: A vision for Leadership and Equity. Second title reads The Right to Be Curious: Language Learning in the Inquiry Classroom. A portrait of beth puma with dark hair, big gold earrings, and orange glasses is in a circle. print text reads available in the NABE on demand library. February 2025 with a world wide web icon.
A Vocabulary Words Wall. a brown bulletin board with polka dot borders. In the center is cutout letters of a question that reads "How do animals change as they grow?". Around the question are rectangular cards with a picture and a word to match.
"A digital educational chart with three sections: 'Learning Target,' 'Language Target,' and 'Portrait of a Learner Goal.' The Learning Target states, 'I can gather evidence to support my questions in order to speak knowledgeably and precisely for Socratic Seminar.' The Language Target states, 'I can ask questions, using question collocations, in order to speak precisely at Socratic Seminar.' The Portrait of a Learner Goal asks, 'How can a question unlock new understandings for my classmates?' with a note on creativity: 'Pursuing and expressing novel ideas and solutions.' The chart has a dark background with yellow headings, colorful text highlights, and icons representing the themes of each section."
adobe textured background. Two pictures with circular arrows connecting them. On the left it says "Instructional Design with a picture of a child's hand and paint and autumn leaves. On the right it says Instructional craftsmanship with a closeup of a paint box and paintbrushes. At the bottom is an adobe stripe that says "Beth Puma Consulting" with a small prickly pear cactus with pinkish flowers.
Title slide. Background is greenish with sunshine. Foreground is a small plant busting through brown soil and incrementally growing like stepping stones. Zoom video box is in top right corner with two smiling faces. Text reads "Genre Based Discourse Development for our MLLs: Cohesion and Density"
"Promotional graphic for 'DL 2025 Deep Dive' featuring the topic 'Translanguaging and Multilingual Ecosystems: The Head, The Hands, The Heart.' The graphic includes a photo of Beth Puma, who is introduced as part of 'Beth Puma Consulting.' Logos for 'Deeper Learning 2025' and 'HTH Graduate School of Education' are displayed at the bottom."
slide of grand canyon rock formation with a river. Top left corner says Equity Diversity and Inclusion with an icon of two people. The right has a purple rounded rectangle that says "Disrupting Deficit Ideologies While Serving Multilingual Learners with Translanguaging". Across the bottom is an adobe colored stripe that says Beth Puma Consulting.
A group of people working in a collaborative school setting with circular tables and laptops. In the foreground, a whiteboard with handwritten notes and colorful markers is visible, along with the text "A year in review 2024" in bold, stylish handwriting. At the bottom, a banner features a logo reading "Beth Puma Consulting" with an image of a Beth Puma smiling against a green outdoor background.
snowy forefront. A person cuddled up reading a book. Text reads "Teacher friends, remember to find the quiet moments to rest this holiday."
Snowy desert scene. Mountains. Cactus. Happy Holidays from Beth puma consulting
An image showcasing "2024 Multimodal Professional Reads" for educators, featuring 12 professional books, events, and resources. Each book cover and resource is displayed in colorful tiles with unique designs. Titles include:What My Bones Know by Stephanie FooLiteracy for All by Shawna CoppolaA tweet from Rua M. WilliamsSpring 2024 Literacy Gathering (virtual event)Assessing Multilingual Learners by Margo GottliebThe Right Tools by Towanda HarrisBeauty Country by an unknown author (cover art with a woman standing in a valley)Literacy Foundations for English LearnersHope is a Verb (Fall 2024 Gathering advertisement)Rooted in Strength about multilingual learnersInquiry Mindset by Trevor MackenzieMaking Language Visible in Social StudiesThe design includes warm colors with accents of pink, yellow, and blue, and ends with the word “Thrive” in cursive font. It’s branded with “Beth Puma Consulting” at the bottom.
A pink and purple sunset. Silhouettes if children running. Text reads “this is your regularly scheduled reminder that being multilingual is not cause for intervention.”
Hand cutout adorned with feathers and puff ball to look like turkey against a yellow construction paper background. Below, in kid handwriting, is an arrow pointing to the turkey. Another arrow to a drawing of a cooked turkey. Then a kid drawn picture of a person rubbing their belly.
Black background. Purple and blue whimsical bubbles. Text reads “translanguaging is magical but it’s not imaginary. It’s not something you believe in or not”
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