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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, November 22\, 2026\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503017\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nFree 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!  \nOnce a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore themes relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine a variety of writing forms and examples to prompt our own thinking/writing \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together \nExchange ideas and encouragement\nEmerge with insights to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice–imagining how we might apply lessons from this community writing experience to our own culturally and linguistically diverse learning communities\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-33
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261124T180000
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SUMMARY:The Bilingual Writer’s Toolkit: Syllables\, Genre Verbs\, and Sentence Mechanics
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, November 24\, 2026 \nPresenter: Rachell Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503078\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Bilingual Writer’s Toolkit: Syllables\, Genre Verbs\, and Sentence Mechanics \nWhy 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: \n\nPhonetic Foundations: Moving beyond basic syllables into complex structures and multi-syllabic endurance.\nThe Genre Shift: Mapping out how verb tenses\, subjects\, and endings must explicitly change when students switch between Narrative\, Informational\, and Opinion writing.\nVisual Scaffolding & Application: Practical tools to map high-utility conjugations visually\, helping students independently bridge spelling and structural sentence design. \n\nTarget Audience: Primary Spanish Bilingual Teachers (K-2)\, Instructional Coaches\, Administrators\, Bilingual Program Directors
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/the-bilingual-writers-toolkit-syllables-genre-verbs-and-sentence-mechanics
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261213T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261213T170000
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, December 13\, 2026\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503018\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nFree 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!  \nOnce a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore themes relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine a variety of writing forms and examples to prompt our own thinking/writing \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together \nExchange ideas and encouragement\nEmerge with insights to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice–imagining how we might apply lessons from this community writing experience to our own culturally and linguistically diverse learning communities\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-34
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20261217T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20261217T183000
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SUMMARY:Scaffolding for MLs
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, December 17\, 2026\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503035\n\n\n\n\n\nScaffolding for MLs \nWe 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. \n\nGrades: K-12
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/scaffolding-for-mls-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270110T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270110T170000
DTSTAMP:20261016T203653Z
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, January 10\, 2027\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503019\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nFree 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!  \nOnce a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore themes relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine a variety of writing forms and examples to prompt our own thinking/writing \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together \nExchange ideas and encouragement\nEmerge with insights to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice–imagining how we might apply lessons from this community writing experience to our own culturally and linguistically diverse learning communities
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-35
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Becoming Multilingual Champions:  Specials Teacher Edition (AM)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 12\, 2027\nPresenters: Carly Spina\, Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503086\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming Multilingual Champions:  Specials Teacher Edition \nDuring this event\, fine arts/PE/STEM/Media Specialists/Librarians will: \n\nLearn practical strategies for embedding language supports into PE\, fine arts\, STEM\, library\, media centers\, and other specialized settings.\nExplore culturally responsive practices that foster belonging and engagement.\nIdentify ways to strengthen partnerships with classroom teachers to create consistent\, high-quality learning environments.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators serving multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/becoming-multilingual-champions-specials-teacher-edition-am
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270112T160000
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SUMMARY:Becoming Multilingual Champions:  Specials Teacher Edition (PM)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 12\, 2027\nPresenters: Carly Spina\, Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503087\n\n\n\n\n\nBecoming Multilingual Champions:  Specials Teacher Edition \nDuring this event\, fine arts/PE/STEM/Media Specialists/Librarians will: \n\nLearn practical strategies for embedding language supports into PE\, fine arts\, STEM\, library\, media centers\, and other specialized settings.\nExplore culturally responsive practices that foster belonging and engagement.\nIdentify ways to strengthen partnerships with classroom teachers to create consistent\, high-quality learning environments.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators serving multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/becoming-multilingual-champions-specials-teacher-edition-pm
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20270209T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20270209T103000
DTSTAMP:20261016T192845Z
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SUMMARY:Bilingual Parent Advisory Committees:  Community of Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, February 9\, 2027\nPresenter: Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 275503069\n\n\n\n\n\nBilingual Parent Advisory Committees:  Community of Practice \nBilingual Parent Advisory Committees:  Community of Practice is an ongoing professional learning series designed to support district leaders\, family/community liaisons and Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee (BPAC) leaders in building\, strengthening and sustaining impactful BPACs.  Participants will explore key topics including ISBE compliance requirements\, family and community engagement strategies\, recruitment and retention of BPAC members\, and effective collaboration between BPAC members and school teams.  The series will provide opportunities to share promising practices\, problem-solve common challenges\, and identify strategies for overcoming obstacles that may impact BPAC effectiveness and engagement.  Through ongoing collaboration and reflection\, participants will strengthen their capacity to create sustainable structures that leverage family voice and leadership. \n  \nTarget Audience: District leaders\, family/community liaisons\, BPAC leaders
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/bilingual-parent-advisory-committees-community-of-practice-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Webinar
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