Webinar
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, April 7, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503042 A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners Visuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! Explore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. Leave with a list of tools, all free to educators, that you can use or share tomorrow. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, April 14, 2025 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503108 ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences Ignite powerful writing, one sentence at a time! This session provides practical, ready-to-use strategies for using mentor sentences to accelerate language acquisition, develop essential writing skills, and amplify diverse voices. Learn how to select impactful mentor texts and sentences. Leave ready to guide MLs through effective analysis and application activities that support all language development levels. Grab freebies and printable to try right away! Audience: All Educators
Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, April 15, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503128 Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom Understand the linguistic, academic, and social-emotional needs of long-term English learners in our classrooms Learn methods for supporting and engaging long-term English learners Walk away with strategies you can immediately use TARGET AUDIENCE: 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 17, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503117 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation Teachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual [...]
An Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, April 22, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503122 An Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education Dive into the essential components of implementing a Dual Language program. Examine various program models, research, and content and language allocation plans Explore mindset shifts needed to fully embrace a program that supports bilingual development TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and Administrators New to Dual Language Bilingual Education
Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, April 26, 2025 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503079 Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards Designed for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning, this workshop will focus on Language Expectations, one of the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Language Expectations are goals for content-driven language instruction. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of Language Expectations. Essential Questions: How can Language Expectations serve as goals for content-driven language instruction? How do [...]
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, April 27, 2025 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503043 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 [...]
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 [...]
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, May 8, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503118 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing Teachers will examine modeled writing and shared writing methods and what is unique in the teaching of literacy-based English Language Development (ELD) and Spanish literacy classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing Modeled Writing and Shared Writing across primary and intermediate grade levels. Teachers will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual [...]
Artificial Intelligence and English Language Development
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, May 13, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503044 Artificial Intelligence and English Language Development Explore various artificial intelligence tools that educators can use in planning and instruction for Multilingual Learners. Envision creative strategies to support English language development using AI. Discuss how to model responsible use of AI for students. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
