Register Now   Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503115 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections & The Interactive Read Aloud  Teachers will explore a variety of research-based strategies to support literacy-based English Language Development in a dual language English-Spanish classroom setting, a transitional bilingual classroom or other language resource model. Some of the literacy based strategies include making cross-language connections (Metalanguage) and Interactive Read Aloud. This seminar is one of a series of workshops aimed at developing biliteracy. The goals of this series are to develop [...]

Register Now   Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503114 Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners The goal of the session is to discuss a variety of options to authentically assess  multilingual learners such as through paper-based and/or digital portfolios. We will discuss ways to examine language development across the four language domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as a tool to assess their level of acculturation.   Target Audience: Teachers-All Levels

Register 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: Literacy [...]