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SUMMARY:Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, October 19\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503119\n\n\n\n\n\nStrengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom (Spanish-English)\n\n\nTeachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to strengthen writing for their bilingual and dual language learners (Spanish-English). We will examine writing rubrics\, student work and teaching techniques that can be utilized in practice.  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.   \n\nAudience: Teachers grades K-2 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/strengthening-writing-in-a-bilingual-and-dual-language-classroom-spanish-english
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231021T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231021T110000
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SUMMARY:Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, October 21\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503106\n\n\n\n\nKey Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development\n\nDesigned for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning\, this workshop will focus on the Key Language Uses\, one of the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of the Key Language Uses. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow do Key Language Uses foster a functional approach to language development?\n\n\nWhy should educators frame English Language Development Standards around Key Language Uses? \n\n\nIn what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent language uses across the disciplines?\n\n\nHow can educators integrate Key Language Uses within content learning?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/key-language-uses-a-functional-approach-to-language-development-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231028T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231028T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
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SUMMARY:Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, October 28\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503120\n\n\n\n\n\nBalancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades \n\n  \nTeachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to balance language and content objectives when planning for their multilingual learners. We will examine how to build literacy across content areas and set priorities that align to the needs of individual students. We will examine assessments in core content areas and make modifications aligned to students’ stages of language development as evidenced in their writing and oral language development. We will be leveraging the tools from the WIDA 2020 framework to build a common understanding around assessing students’ interpretive and expressive skills. 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 multilingual learners.   \n  \nAudience: Secondary Education Teachers grades (6-12)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/balancing-language-and-content-objectives-in-the-upper-grades-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231030T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230920T144534Z
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SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox:  Don't Spook Them!  Use Sneaky Pop-Up Grammar
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, October 30\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 245503046\n\n\n\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox:  Don’t Spook Them!  Use Sneaky Pop-Up Grammar  \n\n\nDoes English grammar instruction feel like a walk through a haunted house… a scary and confusing endeavor? \n\nIn this session\, you will learn about Krashen’s natural order theory for language/grammar acquisition\, which can give you a road map for appropriate grammar instruction for emergent bilinguals.\nCome explore how well-timed pop-up grammar can contextualize grammar usage and help create successful outputs from students. \nLeave with concrete ideas for when and how to use pop-up grammar in any setting\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-dont-spook-them-use-sneaky-pop-up-grammar
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231105T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231105T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230920T150531Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T150531Z
UID:6828-1699189200-1699196400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Multilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Students in Small Group Literacy K-5
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, November 5\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503048\n\n\n\n\nMultilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Students in Small Group Literacy K-5\n\n\n\nCome build a “guided reading ready” kit to support your multilingual learners and everyone else\nConsider ways to embed language objectives into your guided reading lessons for students at a variety of language development levels.  This will include tips for grouping\, text selection\, and instruction\nLearn how to support students based on their needs in strategy groups (including phonemic awareness\, phonics\, word work\, and language forms and features)\n\nTarget Audience: K-5 teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/multilingual-literacy-strand-nothing-small-about-it-supporting-students-in-small-group-literacy-k-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231106T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231106T170000
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LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T151907Z
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SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox:  Engineering Grade-Level Texts
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, November 6\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 245503049\n\n\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox:  Engineering Grade-Level Texts\n\n\nDo you struggle to scaffold the reading of grade-level text for your students?   \n\nCome learn how to engineer grade-level texts to make them more comprehensible for your students.  We will kick things off by exploring completed samples at several grade levels.\nConsider times when grade level text will be outside the zone of proximal development for your students\, and how to modify text to an appropriate level using online platforms or AI tools.  \nWatch a live demonstration of how to do this\, so that you will be ready to do it quickly on your own.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-engineering-grade-level-texts
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230913T202321Z
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UID:6814-1699545600-1699552800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:The Dimensions of Academic Language and Strategies for Integrating Into Instruction and Assessment
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, November 9\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503121\n\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Dimensions of Academic Language and Strategies for Integrating Into Instruction and Assessment \n\nTeachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on strengthening academic language within the classroom. We will explore the dimensions of academic language and their impact on teaching and learning. For example\, we will discuss how to build metalinguistic awareness\, sociocultural awareness and metacognitive awareness in the classroom with the ultimate goal of implementing a culturally responsive curriculum schoolwide. 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.  \nAudience: Teachers (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/the-dimensions-of-academic-language-and-strategies-for-integrating-into-instruction-and-assessment-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231110T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231110T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230911T212330Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Multilingual Students through Interpretive Skills (Listening\, Reading\, Viewing)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Friday\, November 10\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503051\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Multilingual Students through Interpretive Skills (Listening\, Reading\, Viewing) \nDuring this event\, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExamine Interpretive Language Skills across proficiency levels\nExplore ways to scaffold students as they listen\, read\, and view content \nDesign a tool bank of resources to share with colleagues\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-multilingual-students-through-interpretive-skills-listening-reading-viewing
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231112T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231112T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230727T204813Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230727T204813Z
UID:6706-1699801200-1699808400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, November 12\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503052\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre 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? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice?  \nWhether 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 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-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-7
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231117T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230911T214407Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T214407Z
UID:6805-1700215200-1700222400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Supporting Multilingual Students through Expressive Skills (Speaking\, Writing\, Representing)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Friday\, November 17\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503055\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Multilingual Students through Expressive Skills (Speaking\, Writing\, Representing) \nDuring this event\, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExamine Expressive Language Skills across proficiency levels\nExplore ways to scaffold students as they speak\, write\, and represent content \nDesign a tool bank of resources to share with colleagues\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-multilingual-students-through-expressive-skills-speaking-writing-representing
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231118T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231118T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230830T162027Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T162027Z
UID:6779-1700298000-1700305200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, November 18\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503107\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-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231129T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231129T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230911T215806Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230911T215806Z
UID:6806-1701248400-1701255600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Targeting Language Support for Higher Proficiency Levels (3\, 4\, 5)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, November 29\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503058\n\n\n\n\n\nTargeting Language Support for Higher Proficiency Levels (3\, 4\, 5) \nDuring this event\, all grade level EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExamine the unique linguistic needs of students of higher language proficiency levels\nExplore ways to enrich language opportunities across grade levels and content areas \nDesign a tool bank of resources to share with colleagues\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/targeting-language-support-for-higher-proficiency-levels-3-4-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231129T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230809T154625Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T154625Z
UID:6730-1701273600-1701280800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Connecting Languages during Math Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, November 29\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503095\n\n\n\n\n\nConnecting Languages during Math Instruction \n\nThis webinar will dig into the importance of helping bilingual learners make cross-linguistic connections to further their metalinguistic development\nWhether you instruct math in English or Spanish\, we will explore ideas for making language connections while also teaching content knowledge\nTogether we will focus on ways that educators can integrate opportunities for language development across English and Spanish during mathematics instruction\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/ Dual Language Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/connecting-languages-during-math-instruction
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231130T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230915T195248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T182820Z
UID:6823-1701360000-1701367200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, November 30\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503123\n\n\n\n\n\n Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation  \n\nTeachers 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 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.  \n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/el-dictado-dictation-2
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231209T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231209T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230830T163558Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230830T175719Z
UID:6781-1702112400-1702119600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Ready\, Set\, ACCESS! Preparing for the ACCESS Assessment 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, December 9\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503111\n\n\n\n\n\nReady\, Set\, ACCESS! Preparing for the ACCESS Assessment  \n  \nDesigned for educators and leaders who are responsible for supporting and administrating the ACCESS assessment to English Learners\, this comprehensive workshop aims to equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to prepare their students for the state summative assessment. Participants will: \n\nLearn effective instructional practices to support student success on the ACCESS assessment\nExplore system-wide practices that enhance the assessment experience\nCreate an action plan to prepare students for the upcoming ACCESS assessment\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers\, Instructional Coaches\, Administrators 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ready-set-access-preparing-for-the-access-assessment-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231210T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231210T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230809T160005Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T160005Z
UID:6731-1702220400-1702227600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, December 10\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503060\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre 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? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice?  \nWhether 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 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-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-8
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231212T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231212T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230809T162003Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230809T162003Z
UID:6732-1702396800-1702404000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Unlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, December 12\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503062\n\n\n\n\n\nUnlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners \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-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231213T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231213T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230908T162525Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230908T162525Z
UID:6797-1702458000-1702465200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Checking your MTSS Structures for Multilingual Student Equity
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, December 13\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503061\n\n\n\n\n\nChecking your MTSS Structures for Multilingual Student Equity \nDuring this event\, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators and leaders will: \n\nReview key ideas and components of MTSS\nExplore common practices within MTSS structures that be may be problematic for multilingual learners\nReview current resources that can support us in this work\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators\, instructional coaches\, and leaders who support multilingual learners\, their families\, and programming
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/checking-your-mtss-structures-for-multilingual-student-equity-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231214T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230920T153740Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230920T153740Z
UID:6830-1702569600-1702573200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox:  Mindful Use of Graphic Organizers
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, December 14\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 245503064\n\n\n\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox:  Mindful Use of Graphic Organizers \n  \nWe all know that graphic organizers are useful tools for supporting multilingual learners\, but selection\, proper usage\, and language support can transform their powers to create higher levels of success. \n\nDiscuss common pitfalls of the use of graphic organizers for multilingual learners\, and learn some selection and scaffolding tips\nSee examples of modifications or additions to common graphic organizers that foster language growth\nLeave with ready-to-use templates to use with your students\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-mindful-use-of-graphic-organizers
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20231216T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20231216T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230917T190547Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230917T190547Z
UID:6825-1702717200-1702724400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, December 16\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503124\n\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing \n  \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.  \n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-modeled-writing-shared-writing-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240109T100000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240109T120000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20231025T184621Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T184621Z
UID:6871-1704794400-1704801600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Prepping for Testing Season: Tips\, Tricks\, & Ideas 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 9\, 2024\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503067\n\n\n\n\n\nPrepping for Testing Season: Tips\, Tricks\, & Ideas  \n  \nDuring this event\, all grade level EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExplore tips & tricks for scheduling\, materials\, and communication with staff members & families\nIdentify ways to keep students engaged\nDesign an action plan for organization\, scheduling\, energizing\, and more!\n\n  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/prepping-for-testing-season-tips-tricks-ideas
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240109T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240109T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230810T155503Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T155503Z
UID:6734-1704816000-1704823200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Initial Spanish Literacy Methods
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 9\, 2024\nPresenter: Rachell Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503096\n\n\n\n\n\nInitial Spanish Literacy Methods \n Do you teach Spanish literacy in a bilingual or dual language program? Or do you just want to expand your understanding of initial Spanish literacy development? Join me for a look at five instructional methods for teaching reading in Spanish. \n\nDeepen your understanding of Spanish literacy skill development in primary aged bilingual learners by examining five methods for initial Spanish literacy\nExplore similarities and differences between initial literacy instruction in Spanish with initial literacy instruction in English\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-2 Teachers of Spanish Literacy
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/initial-spanish-literacy-methods-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240110T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240110T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230920T162758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T211351Z
UID:6832-1704877200-1704884400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Targeting Language Support for Higher Proficiency Levels (3\, 4\, 5)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 10\, 2024\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503068\n\n\n\n\nTargeting Language Support for Higher Proficiency Levels (3\, 4\, 5)\n\n\nDuring this event\, all grade level EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExamine the unique linguistic needs of students of higher language proficiency levels\nExplore ways to enrich language opportunities across grade levels and content areas \nDesign a tool bank of resources to share with colleagues\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/targeting-language-support-for-higher-proficiency-levels-3-4-5-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240110T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230920T161008Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240104T211303Z
UID:6831-1704902400-1704906000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Sentence Frames and Word Banks to Support All Levels of Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 10\, 2024\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 245503069\n\n\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox: Using Sentence Frames and Word Banks to Support All Levels of Development\n\n\nIt is no secret that sentence frames and word banks are useful tools! \n\nEngage in a simulation that will help you experience why they work\, and when they fail. Then see examples at a variety of grade levels.\nExamine how to create and structure these tools to strategically advance speaking and writing levels for your students.\nLeave with ready-to-use frames and word banks for common classroom conversations\, that will help your students find an entry point!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-using-sentence-frames-and-word-banks-to-support-all-levels-of-development
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20231025T185959Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231025T185959Z
UID:6872-1704988800-1704996000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Prepping for Testing Season: Tips\, Tricks\, & Ideas 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, January 11\, 2024\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503070\n\n\n\n\n\nPrepping for Testing Season: Tips\, Tricks\, & Ideas  \n  \nDuring this event\, all grade level EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n\nExplore tips & tricks for scheduling\, materials\, and communication with staff members & families\nIdentify ways to keep students engaged\nDesign an action plan for organization\, scheduling\, energizing\, and more!\n\n  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/prepping-for-testing-season-tips-tricks-ideas-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240113T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240113T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20231120T164741Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231120T164741Z
UID:6897-1705136400-1705143600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Foundational Literacy Skills through Meaningful Connections
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, January 13\, 2024\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503108\n\n\n\n\n\nFoundational Literacy Skills through Meaningful Connections \nJoin this workshop to discover methods and considerations addressing the unique needs of multilingual learners in the area of literacy. Dive into foundational literacy skills with a focus on cross-language connections and explicit oral language development. This session offers an exploration of effective strategies and guidance for enhancing literacy for multilingual learners. \nAudience: Primary teachers\, instructional leaders\, paraprofessionals
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/foundational-literacy-skills-through-meaningful-connections
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240114T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240114T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230810T161237Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230810T180143Z
UID:6735-1705244400-1705251600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, January 14\, 2024\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503071\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre 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? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice?  \nWhether 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 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-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-9
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240116T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240116T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230823T170912Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T170912Z
UID:6771-1705410000-1705417200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Using Ordinary Technology Tools To Create Extraordinary Opportunities to Develop Oral Language 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 16\, 2024\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503072\n\n\n\n\n\nUsing Ordinary Technology Tools To Create Extraordinary Opportunities to Develop Oral Language  \n\nExamine the research about using technology with multilingual learners to develop oral language skills.\nExplore when and where technology tools can be easily incorporated into instruction to develop oral language skills.\nWalk away with strategies that can be immediately used with students!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/using-ordinary-technology-tools-to-create-extraordinary-opportunities-to-develop-oral-language-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240118T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240118T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20231005T151538Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20231005T151538Z
UID:6850-1705593600-1705600800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Independent Writing & Collaborative Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday January 18\, 2024\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503125\n\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Independent Writing & Collaborative Writing \n\n  \nTeachers will examine  Independent Writing  and  Collaborative 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  Independent Writing  and  Collaborative Writing methods across primary and intermediate grade levels. 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.  \n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-independent-writing-collaborative-writing
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240121T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240121T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T131655
CREATED:20230823T183303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230823T183303Z
UID:6772-1705849200-1705856400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Furthering Your Free Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, January 21\, 2024\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 245503074\n\n\n\n\n\n\nFurthering Your Free Writing \nIf you have participated in one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions so far\, you are invited to come and continue your writing!  \nDo you have an unfinished piece of writing that you started in a Free Write session? Would you like some protected time to take it further? Bring your writing-in-progress to this virtual space to:   \n\nContinue your piece of writing quietly\, but with other Free Writers at the ready to bounce ideas around with you \nShare your writing and request feedback from encouraging peers\nWorkshop your writing with supportive colleagues\nPrepare your piece for sharing with a wider audience\nFind out how you can contribute a piece to an IRC collection of teacher writing\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Participants in any of the preceding Free Write sessions
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/furthering-your-free-writing
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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