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Jul 2024
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Episode 148: Take Me Home with Andrea Bi...

Darrin Peppard
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And now...about our guest this week on the show:

Andrea Bitner is an educator, author, and speaker.  She lives in Philadelphia, PA. She has worked with students in grades K-12 throughout her twenty-two years in public education from all around the world.   Her first book, “Take Me Home,” was published by Austin Macauley in July of 2021. "Take Me Home" is the true story of 11 of her former EL students who give a first-hand account of what it's really like to become bilingual in America.  She is also a co-author of Chip Baker’s “The Impact of Influence-Volume 3" and Dr. Rick Jetter’s "100 No-Nonsense Things ALL School Leaders Should STOP Doing.” She teaches EL’s daily, and travels the country speaking and teaching educators how to teach and reach EL students, and effectively communicate with EL families!  

Connect with Andrea at www.andreabitnerbooks.com 

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