Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503116 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading The goals of this session are to orient to the recommendations for implementing shared reading in a dual language classroom setting: during Spanish literacy and literacy based English Language Development. Teachers will have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of comprehension strategies and literacy skills within the content of the whole-group instruction. We will review comprehension strategies and prompts for language support. Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: [...]
Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, April 5, 2025 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503078 Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development Designed for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning, this workshop will focus on the Key Language Uses, one of the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of the Key Language Uses. Essential Questions: How do Key Language Uses foster a functional approach to language development? Why should educators frame English [...]
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, April 7, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503042 A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners Visuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! Explore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. Leave with a list of tools, all free to educators, that you can use or share tomorrow. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503108 ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences Ignite powerful writing, one sentence at a time! This session provides practical, ready-to-use strategies for using mentor sentences to accelerate language acquisition, develop essential writing skills, and amplify diverse voices. Learn how to select impactful mentor texts and sentences. Leave ready to guide MLs through effective analysis and application activities that support all language development levels. Grab freebies and printable to try right away! Audience: All Educators
Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503128 Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom Understand the linguistic, academic, and social-emotional needs of long-term English learners in our classrooms Learn methods for supporting and engaging long-term English learners Walk away with strategies you can immediately use TARGET AUDIENCE: 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 17, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503117 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation Teachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual [...]
An Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503122 An Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education Dive into the essential components of implementing a Dual Language program. Examine various program models, research, and content and language allocation plans Explore mindset shifts needed to fully embrace a program that supports bilingual development TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and Administrators New to Dual Language Bilingual Education
Standards in Action: Unpacking Language Demands and Opportunities
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 24, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 255503112 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Standards in Action: Unpacking Language Demands and Opportunities Ensuring equitable access to rigorous content for all learners requires a deep understanding of language demands. In this workshop, participants will: Explore the WIDA Guiding Principles and Standards Learn the difference between language functions, forms, and features Identify the WIDA [...]
Translanguaging en acción: Bilingualism in las matemáticas
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours Event ID: 255503062 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Translanguaging en acción: Bilingualism in las matemáticas In this session we will Examine how translanguaging spaces might look within math instruction Consider going beyond cognates as a way to bring English and Spanish together Explore ideas such as using word problems and journaling as a means to support students' [...]
Flujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Friday, April 25, 2025 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours Event ID: 255503124 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Flujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente “We use the metaphor of the translanguaging corriente to refer to the current or flow of students’ dynamic bilingualism that runs through our classrooms and schools. Bilingual students make use of the translanguaging corriente, either overtly or covertly, to learn content and [...]
