In-Person
Supporting Newcomers in 6-12
National Louis University - Wheeling Campus 1000 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Friday, January 10, 2025 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 255503101 Location: National Louis University - Wheeling Campus 1000 Capitol Dr., Wheeling, IL 60090 Supporting Newcomers in 6-12 During this event, secondary educators serving multilingual learners will: Discuss ways to strategically utilize heritage language without over-relying on translation alone Explore a variety of tools and ideas that can help to make content more comprehensible Receive a digital tool bank of resources to take with you Have time to collaboratively or independently plan and [...]
Title: ML Teacher Toolbox: Noisy Classroom Edition
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Wednesday, January 22, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong and Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 255503083 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Title: ML Teacher Toolbox: Noisy Classroom Edition Loud classrooms lead to language growth… come see why and how! Explore practices and strategies to build language skills through meaningful talk in the classroom Consider ways to give your multilingual students entry points to interaction with content, [...]
IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Lewis University - Oak Brook Campus 1111 W 22nd St., Ste.700, Oak Brook, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Thursday, March 20, 2025 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 255503105 Location: Lewis University Oak Brook 1111 W 22nd St Oak Brook, IL 60523 IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference The Illinois Resource Center is proud to host a one-day mini conference that will support educators and leaders to feel empowered and equipped to lead in their schools and districts. This free, in-person conference will provide teachers with [...]
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 [...]
Modification Station – Engineered Instructional Materials, Texts, and Assessments
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Monday, May 12, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 255503111 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Modification Station - Engineered Instructional Materials, Texts, and Assessments (grades 3-12) Get ready to remodel some of your texts, assignments, ans assessments to make them accessible to all students! This workshop is designed to equip educators with practical strategies for engineering instructional materials to better support multilingual learners. [...]
ML Teacher Toolbox: Noisy Classroom Edition
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, May 20, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 255503095 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 ML Teacher Toolbox: Noisy Classroom Edition Loud classrooms lead to language growth… come see why and how! Explore practices and strategies to build language skills through meaningful talk in the classroom Consider ways to give your multilingual students entry points to interaction with content, through fun and engaging, [...]
Building Background Bilingually: Creating Language Rich Opportunities while Introducing Text
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours Event ID: 255503063 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Building Background Bilingually: Creating Language Rich Opportunities while Introducing Text In this workshop we will take a look at how to activate prior knowledge of text and increase student understanding by building background across languages and through translanguaging. We will explore how to support students in both Spanish and [...]
Learning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Thursday, May 29, 2025 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours Event ID: 255503125 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Learning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning Together we will: Explore a variety of bilingual, multilingual, multicultural, and metalinguistically-focused trade books and analyze the potential for each type of book to support bilingual development Examine how to use trade books to raise students’ metalinguistic [...]
