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Strategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session III (part 3 of 3)
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, November 12, 2026 Presenter: Peter Tierney-Fife and Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503034 Strategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session III (part 3 of 3) This session is the second part of a three part Math series. The activities will be distinct in each session. Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to analyze language and content demands within the context of mathematics. We will share strategies, examine the language demands within the context of mathematical tasks and identify potential adaptations for multilingual learners across [...]
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ML Teacher Toolbox: Board and Card Games to Level Up Learning
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, November 16, 2026 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 275503089 ML Teacher Toolbox: Board and Card Games to Level Up Learning Remember the thrill of flipping tiles in Guess Who?, the suspense of Taboo, or strategizing over a deck of cards with friends? In this interactive one-hour toolbox session, we’ll tap into that timeless excitement and transform beloved tabletop games into high-impact linguistic engines. By lowering the affective filter and replacing performance anxiety with purposeful play, board and card games create a joyful, low-stress space for multilingual learners to take [...]
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Putting the Illinois SLA Standards into Action: Lesson Planning for TBE Programs
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, November 18, 2026 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503077 Putting the Illinois SLA Standards into Action: Lesson Planning for TBE Programs How do we utilize the Illinois Spanish Language Arts standards in daily classroom instruction? This follow-up session provides TBE educators with concrete strategies to plan, align, and implement standards-based Spanish language arts instruction.In this session, we will: Address how to align the SLA standards to traditional TBE program models. Apply SLA standards and essential understandings to weekly and daily lesson planning. Leverage vertical articulation insights to differentiate instruction for [...]
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Leveraging Language in Math: Scaffolds, Visuals, and Translanguaging
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, November 19, 2026 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503076 Leveraging Language in Math: Scaffolds, Visuals, and Translanguaging During this webinar we will… Engineer Word Problems for Accessibility: Learn how to rewrite, chunk, and modify dense math text to reduce linguistic barriers while keeping mathematical rigor high. Anchor Concepts with Targeted Visuals: Discover how to directly pair images, diagrams, and visual representations with key vocabulary and problem contexts to build deep conceptual understanding. Capitalize on Multilingual Assets: Apply strategic translanguaging practices that integrate students’ home languages as powerful tools for mathematical [...]
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Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, November 22, 2026 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503017 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Free Write is a creative space for educators to connect, generate ideas, and share inspiration through writing. Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited to join us for one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: Explore themes relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing [...]
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The Bilingual Writer’s Toolkit: Syllables, Genre Verbs, and Sentence Mechanics
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, November 24, 2026 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503078 The Bilingual Writer’s Toolkit: Syllables, Genre Verbs, and Sentence Mechanics Why do early bilingual writers stall at the word level? Often, it’s not because they lack phonetic knowledge, but because they lack the specific "verb engines" required for different types of writing. This workshop provides K-2 educators with a hands-on roadmap to engineer strong independent sentences in Spanish. Together, we will look at: Phonetic Foundations: Moving beyond basic syllables into complex structures and multi-syllabic endurance. The Genre Shift: Mapping out how [...]
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Language and Literacy: Selecting High Quality & Authentic Texts
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, December 3, 2026 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503094 Language and Literacy: Selecting High Quality & Authentic Texts We will explore an Inclusive Text Framework in support of language and literacy development for our Multilingual Learners that is applicable across content areas and grade levels. Teachers will receive a list of considerations when analyzing texts for relevance to their MLs and authenticity, that are research-based. Additional resources will be shared such as prompts to guide curricular analysis aligned to the Inclusive Text Framework to probe if students’ identities, experiences, [...]
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Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, December 13, 2026 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503018 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Free Write is a creative space for educators to connect, generate ideas, and share inspiration through writing. Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited to join us for one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: Explore themes relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing [...]
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ML Teacher Toolbox: CRA Dual-Coding
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, December 14, 2026 Presenter: Michele M. Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 275503095 ML Teacher Toolbox: CRA Dual-Coding Ever watch a multilingual learner thrive with hands-on manipulatives, only to freeze when facing the abstract numbers on a worksheet? The secret isn’t just adding more pictures or translating vocabulary. Students need help anchoring the Representational (R) stage. By moving from the physical world to pairing precise language with visual schemas, you give students the tools to carry concrete understanding directly into abstract symbols, with fewer cognitive and linguistic barriers. Participants will: Complete a quick, [...]
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Scaffolding for MLs
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, December 17, 2026 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503035 Scaffolding for MLs We will explore a variety of scaffolding techniques in support of Multilingual Learners that are applicable across content areas and grade levels. Teachers will receive a list of strategic grouping considerations to support differentiated instruction for MLs and practical scaffolding methods that are research-based. Grades: K-12
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