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SUMMARY:Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, May 1\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503066\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom \n\nUnderstand the linguistic\, academic\, and social-emotional needs of long-term English learners in our classrooms\nLearn methods for supporting and engaging long-term English learners\nWalk away with strategies you can immediately use\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-long-term-english-learners-in-the-classroom-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230502T180000
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SUMMARY:Spanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, May 2\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503060\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually \nJoin me for another session geared towards Spanish literacy! \n\nIn this webinar we will take a look at how to activate prior knowledge of text and increase student understanding by building background bilingually.\nWe will explore how to support students in both Spanish and English literacy through bilingual pre-reading activities.\nWe will examine ways to create a conceptual preview that allows for all students to have entry points into a text.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Bilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-building-background-bilingually-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230503T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
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SUMMARY:Goal Setting with Multilingual Students: Dreaming Forward into Next School Year
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, May 3\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503075\n\n\n\n\n\nGoal Setting with Multilingual Students: Dreaming Forward into Next School Year \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nExamine various assessment tools and data sets to accurately capture language growth over time\nExplore and share ways to celebrate linguistic growth in their school community\nExplore and share ways to set meaningful goals with students in terms of their language growth and development\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/goal-setting-with-multilingual-students-dreaming-forward-into-next-school-year
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230509T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230509T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
CREATED:20230111T181658Z
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SUMMARY:Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, May 9\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503061\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction \nLooking for more sessions geared towards Spanish literacy? Join me for a session focused on connecting two important components of literacy instruction: whole group and small group. \n\nIn this webinar we will examine the features of whole group and small group literacy. \nWe will explore how to lower the affective filter for bilingual students and create opportunities for making connections across literacy environments.\nWe will consider ways to compliment instruction by pairing the theme/topic and instructional activities within whole group and small group. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Spanish Literacy
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-pairing-whole-group-and-small-group-literacy-instruction-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230510T183000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
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SUMMARY:Analyzing Student Writing with a Language Lens
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, May 10\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503102\n\n\n\n\nAnalyzing Student Writing with a Language Lens\n\nIn this workshop\, participants will dig deeper into WIDA’s Writing Rubric and the ACCESS for ELLs Writing Scoring Scale to help support the understanding of writing expectations with a language proficiency level lens. Participants will be able to analyze student writing with a language lens and learn about ways they can apply success criteria\, expected language use\, and student-goal setting to enhance student writing instruction. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow can WIDA’s Writing Rubric and the ACCESS for ELLs Writing Scoring Scale help support the understanding of writing expectations in language development?\n\n\nIn what ways can we use success criteria\, expected language use\, and student goal-setting to enhance student writing instruction in the area of language development? \n\nTarget Audience: 3-8 English Language Arts Multilingual Teacher Leaders and Multilingual Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/analyzing-student-writing-with-a-language-lens-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230518T173000
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SUMMARY:Mindset Math with Multilingual Learners Gr. K-8
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 18\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and  Carolyn Droll\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503122\n\n\n\n\n\nMindset Math with Multilingual Learners Gr. K-8 \nIn this session\, participants  will: \n\nDiscuss elements of a culturally and linguistically sustaining math learning environment\nReview language and literacy strategies that help MLs share their mathematical reasoning\nLearn how the use of “low floor – high ceiling” tasks creates space to develop mathematical language while naturally differentiating content\nExplore a variety of math tasks through the Multilingual Learner lens\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for multilingual learners Grades K-8
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/mindset-math-with-multilingual-learners-gr-k-8
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carolyn Droll,Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230520T090000
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SUMMARY:Exploring Academic Language in Content Areas School-wide
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, May 20\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503112\n\n\n\n\nExploring Academic Language in Content Areas School-wide\n\nTeachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on strengthening academic language across disciplines. We will explore how academic language is used in content areas such as Language Arts\, Science\, Math\, Music\, and Physical Education with the ultimate goal of implementing a culturally responsive curriculum school-wide. This workshop content will be beneficial for ESL/Bilingual Teachers\, Dual Language Teachers or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners.   \nTarget Audience: Teachers 2nd -8th grade
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/exploring-academic-language-in-content-areas-school-wide
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230521T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230521T170000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
CREATED:20230110T200645Z
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, May 21\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503045\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre you a teacher who enjoys writing? Are you a writing teacher who wants to explore your own writing process? 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? Join us for one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions! \nOnce a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore topics relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine poetry\, picture books\, and other texts to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own classrooms and other learning communities \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together around a variety of different themes each month\nEmerge with insights\, ideas\, and activities from the community writing experience to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice    \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-and-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-6
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230522T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230522T183000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
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SUMMARY:Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, May 22\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503101\n\n\n\n\nLanguage Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards\n\nDesigned 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. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow can Language Expectations serve as goals for content-driven language instruction?\n\n\nHow do Language Functions and Features show ways language works in service of content learning?\n\n\nHow can educators integrate Language Expectations within content learning?\n\n\nHow can the integration of content and language invite collaboration between educators as they collectively share responsibility for teaching multilingual learners?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/language-expectations-making-language-visible-in-academic-content-standards-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230523T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230523T120000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
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SUMMARY: Using bilingual books to support el desarrollo bilingüe
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, May 23\, 2023\nTime: 9:00 AM – 12:00 PM\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit: 3 Hours\n\nEvent ID: 23550303055\n\n\n\n\n\n\n Using bilingual books to support el desarrollo bilingüe \nJoin me for this in-person workshop where we take a first hand look at various types of bilingual text and how these texts can be used in instruction. \n\nThrough a hand-on approach\, we will explore some bilingual texts (mostly Spanish/English bilingual books).\nWe will examine how bilingual books can support translanguaging in bilingual and dual language classrooms.\nWe will consider ways to incorporate the use of bilingual text in your instructional practice as a means to strengthen language and literacy.\n\n*Feel free to bring along your own bilingual books to share! \nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/Dual Language Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/using-bilingual-books-to-support-el-desarrollo-bilingue-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230525T180000
DTSTAMP:20260407T101852
CREATED:20230110T200855Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230110T200855Z
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SUMMARY:Unlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 25\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503067\n\n\n\n\nUnlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners\n\n\nExplore how wordless books can be used with multilingual learners at any age to develop language skills and teach content. \nView examples of wordless books appropriate for various grade levels and English language proficiency levels.\nWalk away with strategies using wordless books you can immediately use!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/unlock-the-potential-of-wordless-books-for-multilingual-learners-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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