Register Now   Date: Thursday, March 27, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503114 Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners The goal of the session is to discuss a variety of options to authentically assess  multilingual learners such as through paper-based and/or digital portfolios. We will discuss ways to examine language development across the four language domains: listening, speaking, reading and writing, as well as a tool to assess their level of acculturation.   Target Audience: Teachers-All Levels

Register Now   Date: Thursday, April 3, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503116 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading The goals of this session are to orient to the recommendations for implementing shared reading in a dual language classroom setting: during  Spanish literacy and literacy based English Language Development.  Teachers will have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of comprehension strategies and literacy skills within the content of the whole-group instruction. We will review comprehension strategies and prompts for language support. Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: [...]

Register 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 [...]