Upcoming Events

2025-12-10T00:00:00-06:00
  •  Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Sunday, December 14, 2025 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 265503058  Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice How can the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Free Write is an opportunity for educators to engage in a creative space to connect, generate ideas, and share inspiration within a community of colleagues. Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited to join us for one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday [...]

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  • ML Teacher Toolbox: One-Pagers

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Monday, December 15, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 265503019 ML Teacher Toolbox: One-Pagers Unlock deep conceptual understandings with One-Pagers! Learn how strategic sketching allows your multilingual learners (and everyone else) to move past writing limitations and demonstrate mastery visually across any subject. Participants will walk away with: A practical framework for structuring effective one-pager assignments, including design elements, suggestions for text chunking, simple rubrics, and access to free, downloadable templates for students that are scared of a blank page! Techniques for teaching Sketch-to-Stretch thinking, guiding MLs to use symbols, [...]

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  • EL PtP 101

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Wednesday, December 17, 2025 Presenters: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hour Event ID: 265503096 EL PtP 101 (PM Session) During this event, educators serving multilingual learners will:  Unpack the purpose of ISBE’s English Learner Path to Proficiency Explore how to calculate the two individual target scores for students Learn how to use the data to track student’s language growth on ACCESS   TARGET AUDIENCE: educators serving multilingual learners

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  •  Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Sunday, January 11, 2026 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 265503059  Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice How can the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Free Write is an opportunity for educators to engage in a creative space to connect, generate ideas, and share inspiration within a community of colleagues. Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited to join us for one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday [...]

    Free
  • ML Teacher Toolbox: LEA (Language Experience Approach)

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Monday, January 12, 2026 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 265503022 ML Teacher Toolbox: LEA (Language Experience Approach) Bridge the gap between your students' spoken language and academic literacy with the powerful Language Experience Approach (LEA). Learn how co-constructing text based on shared experiences provides the essential context and understanding needed for Multilingual Learners (MLs) to confidently transition into reading and writing. In this webinar, you will walk away with: Directions for facilitating a shared experience and transcribing student narratives into a relevant, co-constructed text that instantly becomes their foundational reading [...]

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  • Instructional Core Strategies for Multilingual Teachers

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Saturday, January 17, 2026 Presenter: Dana Piraino ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 265503050 Instructional Core Strategies for Multilingual Teachers Empowering educators with scaffolding, differentiation, and background knowledge activation strategies to unlock every student's potential. Topics covered will include: Second Language Acquisition Activities Scaffolding supports with the four domains especially writing Background knowledge and agency ideas Differentiation ideas Games-Low prep high engagement Target Audience: K-12 Educators

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  • Multilingual Learner Strategies for 6-12 Content Teachers

    Illinois Resource Center , United States

    Register Now   Date: Wednesday, January 21, 2026 (Full Day - one hour lunch on your own) Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 265503070 Location: The Center: IRC                     2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.                     Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Multilingual Learner Strategies for 6-12 Content Teachers  Are you a content teacher in a middle school, junior high school, or high school? Do you serve multilingual learners? This event is especially designed for educators who may or may not have their [...]

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  • Multilingual Learner Strategies for 6-12 Content Teachers 

    Illinois Resource Center , United States

    Register Now   Date: Thursday, January 29, 2026 (Full Day - one hour lunch on your own) Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 265503071 Location: The Center: IRC                     2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.                     Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Multilingual Learner Strategies for 6-12 Content Teachers  Are you a content teacher in a middle school, junior high school, or high school? Do you serve multilingual learners? This event is especially designed for educators who may or may not have their [...]

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  • Assessment and Data Use for the Multilingual Teacher

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Saturday, January 31, 2026 Presenter: Dana Piraino ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 265503077 Assessment and Data Use for the Multilingual Teacher Demystifying WIDA ACCESS & Creating Fair, Equitable, and Valid Assessments to Guide Instruction Topics covered will include: What is WIDA? What is ACCESS? Creating Fair, Equitable, and Valid Assessments. What makes an assessment Fair? Why are assessment so difficult for Mulitilingual Learners and how to modify assessments without reducing rigor. How to read Data and use it as an asset when looking at programming our most at risk students Target Audience: K-12 Educators

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  • Ready Set ACCESS, Preparing for Excellence

    Webinar

    Register Now   Date: Saturday, February 7 , 2026 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 265503081 Ready Set ACCESS, Preparing for Excellence Provide brief description of workshop: Designed for educators and leaders who are responsible for supporting and administrating the ACCESS assessment to English Learners, this comprehensive workshop aims to equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to prepare their students for the state summative assessment. Participants will: Learn effective instructional practices to support student success on the ACCESS assessment Explore system-wide practices that enhance the assessment experience Create an action plan to prepare [...]

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