Luis Quan

Luis Quan, Region II Delegate

Luis is devoted to ensuring that English language learners (ELLs) receive the highest quality education within an academically rigorous and culturally responsive setting.  He has dedicated his career to bilingual children and their families.  After graduating from Yale University, Luis started his career in the New York City Department of Education as a bilingual teacher with Teach for America.  As a graduate of the Bank Street College Bilingual/ENL Teacher Leader Academy (BETLA), he coached teachers and led ELL professional development at his elementary school in The Bronx.  After graduating from the Summer Principals’ Academy (SPA) at Teachers College, Columbia University, Luis became Director of English Language Learners and Family Engagement for a majority of schools in District 6 and 11.  In this capacity, he provided daily coaching and supervisory support at a macro-level to a cadre of ELL liaisons and parent coordinators, building capacity to support a network of 35 schools, impacting over a 1000 multilingual learners.  He facilitated monthly professional development to ensure consistency and high quality instructional services for MLLs aligned to Common Core Learning Standards and developed strategic plans to address the instructional needs of the network’s bilingual/ENL teachers.   In 2015, Luis joined the Bronx Field Support Center (BFSC) as an ELL Services Administrator for District 9.   During his time at the BFSC from 2015-17, he was responsible for addressing the instructional needs of the District 9 bilingual/ESL teachers, and all ELL classroom teachers, as well as district- and school-level goals, assessments and professional development plans.  Currently, he is an Assistant Principal at Public School 73 in The Bronx, a model dual language school.  He dedicates each workday to directly support teachers, families and students by supervising the dual language program and grades 3-5.  Luis is also a NYSABE delegate and adjunct professor for bilingual education at the City College of New York City, Teachers College and Bank Street College of Education.

In the many roles that he has served, Luis has always been committed to ensuring of educational equity and excellence for multilingual learners.