Register Now   Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503089 Furthering Your Free Writing If you have participated in one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions so far, you are invited to come and continue your writing!  Do you have an unfinished piece of writing that you started in a Free Write session? Would you like some protected time to take it further? Bring your writing-in-progress to this virtual space to:   Continue your piece of writing quietly, but with other Free Writers at the ready to bounce ideas around [...]

Register Now   Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503090  Orgullo and Pride: Affirming LGBTQ Identities in Multilingual Classrooms   Get ready to kick off Pride month confidently by learning more about practices to support and celebrate the LGBTQ community in your school! Examine current law, policies and guidelines in Illinois for integrating LGBTQ+ history and affirming practices in our schools, using a lens of language and culture to focus particularly on supporting LGBTQ+ youth in multilingual communities Explore strategies and resources to make your learning environment safe, inclusive, and affirming [...]

Register Now   Date: Sunday, June 9, 2024 Time: 3:00 PM - 5:00 PM Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503091 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Are you an educator craving creative space where you can connect, generate, and share ideas with a community of colleagues? Are you hungry for ideas and inspiration to enhance teaching and learning in your culturally and linguistically diverse classroom? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky [...]

Register Now   Date: Tuesday, September 17, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503047 UDL for MLs: Universal Design for Learning, for Multilingual Learners & Everybody Together we will: Examine the framework and fundamental concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with a focus on the ways a UDL approach can  serve multilingual communities Explore structures, strategies, and tools to make your learning environment maximally accessible and effective for all students, and particularly multilingual learners Brainstorm and plan for application of UDL inspired practices in your own teaching context    TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, September 25, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503048 UDL for MLs: Universal Design for Learning, for Multilingual Learners & Everybody Together we will: Examine the framework and fundamental concepts of Universal Design for Learning (UDL) with a focus on the ways a UDL approach can  serve multilingual communities Explore structures, strategies, and tools to make your learning environment maximally accessible and effective for all students, and particularly multilingual learners Brainstorm and plan for application of UDL inspired practices in your own teaching context    TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators

Register Now   Date: Sunday, September 29, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503022 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Are you an educator craving creative space where you can connect, generate, and share ideas with a community of colleagues? Are you hungry for ideas and inspiration to enhance teaching and learning in your culturally and linguistically diverse classroom? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice?  Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited [...]

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, October 2, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503049 UDL for MLs: A Multilingual Focus on Engagement Together we will: Deepen our understanding of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework  Focus in on the principle of multiple means of engagement--exploring how to design learning experiences that will cultivate purposeful and motivated students Brainstorm structures, strategies, and tools to create maximally engaging and effective learning environments for all students, and particularly multilingual learners TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators

Register Now   Date: Tuesday, October 22, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503050 UDL for MLs: A Multilingual Focus on Representation Together we will: Deepen our understanding of the Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework  Focus in on the principle of multiple means of representation--exploring how to design learning experiences that will cultivate resourceful and knowledgeable students Brainstorm structures, strategies, and tools to present content in responsive and comprehensible ways for all students, and particularly multilingual learners   TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators

Register Now   Date: Sunday, October 27, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503031 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Are you an educator craving creative space where you can connect, generate, and share ideas with a community of colleagues? Are you hungry for ideas and inspiration to enhance teaching and learning in your culturally and linguistically diverse classroom? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice?  Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited [...]