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SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, October 8\, 2025\nPresenter:  Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503052\n\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing \n\nTeachers 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 Language Teachers\, ESL/Bilingual Teachers\, or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners. \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)  \n 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-modeled-writing-shared-writing-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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SUMMARY:A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, October 9\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 265503020\n\n\n\n\nA Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners \n\nVisuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners\, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! \nExplore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. \nLeave with a list of tools\, all free to educators\, that you can use or share tomorrow.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words-creating-and-finding-visuals-to-support-multilingual-learners-6
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251018T090000
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SUMMARY:Engaging Classroom Activities for Multilingual Students
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, October 18\, 2025\nPresenter: Dana Piraino\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503076\n\n\n\n\n\nEngaging Classroom Activities for Multilingual Students \n  \n\nTopics covered will include:\n\n\nSecond Language Acquisition Activities\n\n\nCreating Support Strategies\n\n\nEngagement and Agency discussions and activities\n\n\nSEL ideas and strategies will be included as well\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/engaging-classroom-activities-for-multilingual-students
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Dana Piraino,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251021T160000
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SUMMARY: Artificial Intelligence & English Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, October 21\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 265503021\n\n\n\n\n\n Artificial Intelligence & English Language Development \n\nExplore various artificial intelligence tools that educators can use in planning and instruction for Multilingual Learners.\nEnvision creative strategies to support English language development using AI.\nDiscuss how to model responsible use of AI for students.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/artificial-intelligence-english-language-development
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20251026T150000
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SUMMARY: Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, October 26\, 2025\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503056\n\n\n\n\n\n Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nHow can the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Free Write is an opportunity for educators to engage in a creative space to connect\, generate ideas\, and share inspiration within a community of colleagues. 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: \n\nExplore topics relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine various writing forms and examples to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms and 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-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-23
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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