Foundational Literacy Skills through Meaningful Connections
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, June 15, 2024 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503115 Foundational Literacy Skills through Meaningful Connections Join 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. Audience: Primary teachers, instructional leaders, paraprofessionals
Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, June 18, 2024 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503092 Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom Understand the linguistic, academic, and social-emotional needs of long-term English learners in our classrooms Learn methods for supporting and engaging long-term English learners Walk away with strategies you can immediately use TARGET AUDIENCE: 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
Universal Teaching Strategies to Support CLD Students : Let’s Apply MLL Strategies!
The Center: Resources for Teaching & Learning 2626 S. Clearbrook Drive, Arlington Heights, ILRegister Now Date: Thursday, June 27, 2024 Time: 9:00 AM - 12:00 PM Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours Event ID: 245503131 Location: The Center: IRC, 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr., Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Universal Teaching Strategies to Support CLD Students : Let’s Apply MLL Strategies! The goals of this session are to explore a variety of activities that support the needs of multilingual students. Teachers will have an opportunity to practice a variety of activities that align to the WIDA guiding principles of language development while deepening their knowledge of culturally responsive pedagogy. The activities [...]
IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Heartland Community College 1500 West Raab Road , Normal, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 9, 2024 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 255503001 Location: Heartland Community College 1500 West Raab Road Normal, Illinois 61761 IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference The Illinois Resource Center is proud to host a one-day mini conference that will support educators and leaders to feel empowered and equipped to lead in their schools and districts. This free, in-person conference will provide teachers with a whole-group [...]
Best Of” Teacher Toolbox: High Impact Resources to Prep Now and Use All Year
WebinarRegister Now Date: Friday, July 12, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503012 Best Of” Teacher Toolbox: High Impact Resources to Prep Now and Use All Year Did you miss the Teacher Toolbox Series? Come check out the highlight reel and leave with the top ideas and reproducibles to prep this summer. Come grab tools, graphic organizers, sentence frames, and more that will make a big impact on the interaction and engagement of your multilingual students in the year ahead! Bring a link to your own favorite resource (created or borrowed) to share in [...]
IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
National Louis University - Wheeling Campus 1000 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 16, 2024 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 255503002 Location: Wheeling NLU 1000 Capitol Dr, Wheeling, IL 60090 IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference The Illinois Resource Center is proud to host a one-day mini conference that will support educators and leaders to feel empowered and equipped to lead in their schools and districts. This free, in-person conference will provide teachers with a whole-group learning experience [...]
IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
Moraine Valley Community College, Conference Center 9000 W. College Pkwy, Palos Hills, IL, United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, July 23, 2024 Presenter: All IRC Specialists ECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours Event ID: 255503003 Location: Moraine Valley Community College 9000 W. College Pkwy Palos Hills, IL 60465 IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference The Illinois Resource Center is proud to host a one-day mini conference that will support educators and leaders to feel empowered and equipped to lead in their schools and districts. This free, in-person conference will provide teachers with [...]
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 1, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503004 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: [...]
Methods for Teaching Initial Spanish Literacy
WebinarRegister Now Date: Friday, August 9, 2024 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503046 Methods for Teaching Initial Spanish Literacy 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. Deepen your understanding of Spanish literacy skill development in primary aged bilingual learners by examining five methods for initial Spanish literacy Explore similarities and differences between initial literacy instruction in Spanish with initial literacy [...]
20+ Diverse Picture Books To Kick Off the New School Year (2024 Edition)
WebinarRegister Now Date: Friday, August 23, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503016 20+ Diverse Picture Books To Kick Off the New School Year (2024 Edition) Discuss the many ways to use diverse picture books to connect with students, build community, establish routines, introduce content, and reflect on language learning Hear excerpts, see a preview, and build your must-have list of read alouds with activities to consider, including ready-to-print or share resources Explore prompts for critical conversations This collection is ALL NEW for 2024! It is NOT a repeat from last year’s collection - [...]