Register Now   Date: Saturday, April 24, 2021 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 215503036 Multilingual Learners Show What They Know Across the Curriculum- Grades 4-8 Participants in this session will:·       Examine the stages of second language acquisition·       Practice strategies to promote oral academic language and vocabulary development·       View research and resources for supporting students’ home languages in the classroom·       Experience lessons that incorporate oral language, reading and writing across the content areas. TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 4-8 teachers, paraprofessionals, Reading Specialists NOTE: This virtual workshop will include both a live webinar and a self-paced learning module. The [...]

Register Now   Date: Thursday, May 6, 2021 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 215503052 Aprendizaje en español Grados 3-5 Participantes en este taller examinarán: Estrategias para el desarrollo de vocabulario académico Integrar la lecto-escritura con la enseñanza del  contenido académico Revisar materiales y proyectos digitales en línea TARGET AUDIENCE: Grades 3-5 teachers who support Spanish-speaking bilingual learners. NOTE: This virtual workshop will include both a live webinar and a self-paced learning module. The live webinar will last approximately 90 minutes. During the webinar you will receive access to an asynchronous learning module to be completed within [...]

Register Now   Date: Saturday, June 5, 2021 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 215503051 Unit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction In this session, educators will: Review an interactive Learning Cycle Unit Planning Template Examine elementary and middle school sample content area unit plans Receive guided practice in creating instructional learning cycle units that incorporate oracy and literacy across the content areas. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators who support multilingual learners’ content area instruction and intervention. NOTE: This virtual workshop will include both a live webinar and a self-paced learning module. The [...]

Register Now   Date: Thursday, October 21, 2021   Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503027 Aprendizaje en español para Grados 3-5  Estrategias para el desarrollo del vocabulario académico Integrar la lecto-escritura con la enseñanza del contenido académico Revisar materiales y proyectos digitales en línea TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3-5 teachers who support Spanish-speaking bilingual learners.   Event Description:  **Participants must attend the two-hour live session (Part A) in order to be eligible to complete the optional reflection/application (Part B) to earn an additional three [...]

Register Now   Date: Saturday, November 6, 2021 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503028 Unit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction In this session, educators will: Review an interactive Learning Cycle Unit Planning Template Examine elementary and middle school sample content area unit plans Receive guided practice in creating instructional learning cycle units that incorporate oracy and literacy across the content areas. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators who support multilingual learners’ content area instruction and intervention.   Event Description:  [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, December 15, 2021 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503029 Helping Multilingual Learners Show What They Know Mathematically: Grades 4-8 Participants in this session will: Learn ways to engage students’ oral language and literacy during mathematics instruction Practice strategies that support students’ mathematical reasoning and problem-solving Explore a variety of concrete materials and multiple representations to engage learners and to help make the mathematics content accessible to a wide range of language learners TARGET AUDIENCE: teachers, interventionists, educators and [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, February 9, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503042 Meaningful Reading Instruction for Multilingual, Multicultural Students, Grades 4-8 We all know that emergent literacy best takes place in students’ first language.  In this workshop we will focus on how we can best support English learners (ELs) in the intermediate and middle school grades in their quest to become readers in their second language (L2). Explore how to support students’ emergent first language literacy even when you don’t speak [...]

Register Now   Date: Saturday, March 12, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503043 Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) Starting with Tier 1 Reflect on ways to use the seven factors framework to make existing systems more culturally and linguistically responsive Contrast possible explanations for observable behaviors from both a language learner perspective and special educational perspective Consider how to ensure Tier 1 instruction that supports multilingual and multicultural learners across the curriculum Consider how to develop system-wide, school, [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, March 23, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503038 Aprendizaje en español para Grados 3-5  Estrategias para el desarrollo del vocabulario académico Integrar la lecto-escritura con la enseñanza del contenido académico Revisar materiales y proyectos digitales en línea TARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3-5 teachers who support Spanish-speaking bilingual learners.   Event Description:  **Participants must attend the two-hour live session (Part A) in order to be eligible to complete the optional reflection/application (Part B) to earn an additional three hours [...]

Register Now   Date: Thursday, March 31,2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: Two (live session only - Part A) and Three (optional reflection/application - Part B) Event ID: 225503044 Meaningful Reading Instruction for Multilingual, Multicultural Students, grades 9-12 We all know that emergent literacy best takes place in students’ first language.  In this workshop we will focus on how we can best support High School ELs in their quest to become readers in their second language.   Explore how to support students’ first language literacy even when you don’t speak it and materials aren’t available; Considering many High School English [...]