Michele Yanong
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ML Teacher Toolbox: Language Feedback Techniques
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, April 28, 2025 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503109 ML Teacher Toolbox: Language Feedback Techniques Ready to add a few more techniques to your repertoire? Examine concrete strategies for providing effective language feedback in any subject area to refine student speaking and writing. From recasting and eliciting to peer feedback and self-correction, you'll learn how to: Provide feedback that focuses on meaning and communication. Address errors constructively and sensitively. Foster a growth mindset and support fluid use of languages Implement feedback strategies across various learning activities. Walk away with [...]
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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. [...]
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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, [...]
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IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Rantoul City Schools District Office 1 Aviation Center Drive, Rantoul, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 15, 2025 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 265503001 Location: Rantoul City Schools District Office 1 Aviation Center Drive, Rantoul, IL 61866 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 a whole-group learning experience (via either a keynote or panel) as well as multiple breakout [...]
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IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Addison School District 4 222 N JF Kennedy Drive, Addison, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 22, 2025 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 265503003 Location: Addison School District 4 222 N JF Kennedy Drive, Addison, IL 60101 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 a whole-group learning experience (via either a keynote or panel) as well as multiple breakout [...]
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Focus on Writing – An In-Person Series on Supporting Multilingual Writers
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: July 23, 24, 25, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 13.5 hours (to receive credit you must be present for all 3 days) Event ID: 265503002 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Focus on Writing - An In-Person Series on Supporting Multilingual Writers In this 3-Day workshop, participants will explore writing instruction through a workshop model, practice using mentor texts to support language acquisition, and explore routines that [...]
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IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Moraine Valley Community College, Conference Center 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 29, 2025 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 265503006 Location: Moraine Valley Community College 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL 60465 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 a whole-group learning experience (via either a keynote or panel) as well as multiple breakout sessions [...]
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ML Teacher Toolbox: “The Last Question” Protocol
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, November 3, 2025 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 265503013 ML Teacher Toolbox: "The Last Question” Protocol Discover "The Last Question Protocol," a simple, high-impact teaching strategy that encourages authentic reflection by ending lessons with a single, open-ended prompt. Learn how this low-stakes approach dramatically reduces anxiety for all students, especially Multilingual Learners, while giving you critical, actionable feedback on your instructional activities, classroom tone, and the experiences of the students during the learning. Walk away with: A guide on how to craft and implement effective open-ended "Last Questions" that [...]
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Joyful Learning Environments that Promote Language Development
National Louis University - Wheeling Campus 1000 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Thursday, November 13, 2025 (working lunch, that you can leave at 1:30 p.m.) Presenter: Carly Spina, Michele Yanong, Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 5 Event ID: 265503024 Location: National Louis University 1000 Capitol Dr. Wheeling, IL 60090 Joyful Learning Environments that Promote Language Development If you only get one release day this fall, this one-day workshop features multiple IRC specialists TOGETHER in ONE ROOM! Michele Yanong, Maggie Essig, and Carly Spina look forward to facilitating this one-day workshop! [...]
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ML Teacher Toolbox: One-Pagers
WebinarRegister 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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