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SUMMARY:Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, November 22\, 2022\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503051\n\n\n\n\nPlanning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA\n\n\nIn this webinar we will explore how to strategically plan for bilingualism by connecting instruction across English Language Arts and Spanish Language Arts.\nWe will examine ELA and SLA content standards as a means to plan opportunities to address similarities and differences between languages. \nWe will consider easy moves for teachers to make cross-linguistic connections in Spanish and English literacy.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/ Dual Language Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/planning-for-bilingualism-connecting-instruction-across-ela-and-sla
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221128T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221128T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
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SUMMARY:Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, November 28\, 2022\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503093\n\n\n\n\nIntroducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework\n\nDesigned for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning\, this workshop will overview the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow do the framework components work together to make a comprehensive picture of language development?\n\n\nIn what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent language uses across the disciplines?\n\n\nHow do Language Expectations create visible ways students need to use language to meet grade-level academic content standards?\n\n\nIn what ways can the Proficiency Level Descriptors describe typical ways multilingual learners might develop across six levels of English proficiency?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/introducing-the-wida-eld-standards-framework
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221129T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221129T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220622T191905Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220622T191905Z
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SUMMARY:Spanish Literacy Strand: Five Methods for Initial Spanish Literacy Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, November 29\, 2022\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503021\n\n\n\n\n\nSpanish Literacy Strand: Five Methods for Initial Spanish Literacy Instruction \nDo 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/spanish-literacy-strand-five-methods-for-initial-spanish-literacy-instruction
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221201T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220630T163011Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220630T163011Z
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SUMMARY:Unlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, December 1\, 2022\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503052\n\n\n\n\nUnlock the Potential of Wordless Books for Multilingual Learners\n\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
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221203T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221203T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221026T195437Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T195437Z
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SUMMARY:Multipurpose Can Do Student Portraits
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, December 3\, 2022\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503094\n\n\n\n\nMultipurpose Can Do Student Portraits\n\nA Can Do Student Portrait focuses on a student’s strengths with information about the learner’s educational background\, languages\, family\, and interests. Learn about how Student Portraits can be multipurpose and impactful for educators and students in the beginning\, middle\, and end of the school year. Participants will receive resources to help implement Can Do  Student Portraits throughout the year.  \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow can we leverage student assets and challenge biases with Student Portraits?\n\n\nIn what ways can Student Portraits support educators throughout the year?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Program Coordinators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/multipurpose-can-do-student-portraits
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221210T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221210T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220725T215921Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220725T215921Z
UID:6069-1670662800-1670670000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Unit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, December 10\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503079\n\n\n\n\n\nUnit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction \nIn this session\, educators will: \n\nReview an interactive Learning Cycle Unit Planning Template\nExamine elementary and middle school sample content area unit plans\nReceive guided practice in creating instructional learning cycle units that incorporate oracy and literacy across the content areas.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators who support multilingual learners’ content area instruction and intervention.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/unit-planning-for-multilingual-learners-incorporating-oracy-and-literacy-into-content-area-instruction-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221211T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221211T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220706T155020Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220706T155020Z
UID:6019-1670770800-1670778000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, December 11\, 2022\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503037\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre you a teacher who enjoys writing? Are you a writing teacher who wants to explore your own writing process? Are 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? 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 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-and-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20221217T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20221217T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221013T171835Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T171835Z
UID:6164-1671267600-1671274800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, December 17\, 2022\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503091\n\n\n\n\nStrengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom\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.   \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers K-2 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/strengthening-writing-in-a-bilingual-and-dual-language-classroom-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230108T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230108T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221020T171345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T171345Z
UID:6184-1673182800-1673190000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Weekend Language Detectives: Conferral and Small Group Writing Instruction K-8
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, January 8\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503083\n\n\n\n\n\nWeekend Language Detectives: Conferral and Small Group Writing Instruction K-8 \n\nGather tools for the conferral process\, including questions to ask students\, forms to guide self-reflection\, and phrases that affirm student production\nLeave with more than 15 small group writing ideas that you can put into place this year in your writing workshop\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-8 General Educators\, Content Area Specialists\, Language Support Teachers and Everyone Else
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/weekend-language-detectives-conferral-and-small-group-writing-instruction-k-8
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230110T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230110T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220817T175213Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220817T175213Z
UID:6054-1673366400-1673373600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 10\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503022\n\n\n\n\n Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas\n\nDo you teach Spanish literacy in a bilingual or dual language program? Or do you just want to expand your understanding of Spanish literacy instruction? Join me for a look at how trabalenguas (tongue twisters) can be used to support teaching reading in Spanish. \n\nWe will explore how to “hook” students into literacy and oracy concepts by using fun and popular trabalenguas (tongue twisters in Spanish).\nWe will examine how trabalenguas can be used as a way to teach foundational literacy skills by providing students with many different examples of Spanish language.\nWe will look at examples for using trabalenguas in Spanish Language Arts\, as well as connecting to English Language Arts for metalinguistic development.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Spanish Literacy
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-teaching-with-trabalenguas-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221103T183306Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T183918Z
UID:6139-1673452800-1673460000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:The Road to Authentic Family Engagement:  Understanding and Working Through Barriers
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 238807028\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Road to Authentic Family Engagement:  Understanding and Working Through Barriers \n In this session\, participants will: \n\nExplore strategies for working around common barriers to family engagement\nShare experiences around building authentic relationships with EL families.\nReview stages of immigrant parent involvement in schools\, and how they impact our efforts for engagement.\n\n TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators\, administrators\, social workers and parent liaisons who support multilingual learners and their families
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/the-road-to-authentic-family-engagement-understanding-and-working-through-barriers-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230111T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221116T155034Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221116T155034Z
UID:6272-1673452800-1673460000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Who is Advocating for the Advocate? Strategies to Support YOU!
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503106\n\n\n\n\n\nWho is Advocating for the Advocate? Strategies to Support YOU! \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nDefine and explore our current realities related to how we serve students\, families\, and communities\nExplore moments of advocacy and rest throughout the school year\nExplore tools & resources to intentionally rest\, reset\, pause\, and heal so that we can be more balanced human beings\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators\,  instructional coaches\, and leaders who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/who-is-advocating-for-the-advocate-strategies-to-support-you
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230117T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T200002Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T200002Z
UID:6055-1673942400-1673946000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 17\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503023\n\n\n\n\nGetting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts\n\n\nThis webinar will provide an overview of the newly adopted learning standards for Spanish Language Arts for Illinois educators. \nWe will explore how the standards address the development of Spanish language and literacy.\nWe will examine some of the similarities and differences of the standards for Spanish Language Arts with the standards for English Language Arts. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts\, Administrators\, Program Directors
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/getting-to-know-the-new-illinois-learning-standards-for-spanish-language-arts-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T163000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230118T183000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221026T171916Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T171916Z
UID:6209-1674059400-1674066600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, January 18\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503095\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
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230119T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T200340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T200340Z
UID:6033-1674144000-1674151200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Deconstructing the LTEL Label: What We Thought We Knew & How to Plan Forward
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, January 19\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503071\n\n\n\n\n\nDeconstructing the LTEL Label: What We Thought We Knew & How to Plan Forward \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nAnalyze the “phenomenon” of Long Term English Learners\nAddress our beliefs and mindsets\nConsider our setting’s specific LTEL Data\nDesign a plan to support students and staff in ongoing growth\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/deconstructing-the-ltel-label-what-we-thought-we-knew-how-to-plan-forward
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230121T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230121T173000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T200419Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T200419Z
UID:6091-1674315000-1674322200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) with a Focus on Tier 1
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, January 21\,  2023\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503080\n\n\n\n\n\n Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) with a Focus on Tier 1 \nThis workshop will provide guidance to those interested in implementing MTSS with MLs with a Focus on Tier 1  through: \n\nExploring the socio-cultural context of educating MLs and frameworks for developing more culturally and linguistically responsive multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS)\nExamining seven integral factors that impact achievement for MLs and the process for collecting data and monitoring student progress within these factors\nIntroducing a collaborative model of information gathering and service provision and delivering a continuum of services\nDiscussing specific and systemic intervention within a multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) along all seven factors\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, MTSS team members educators and practitioners who support MLs
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/developing-culturally-and-linguistically-responsive-multi-tiered-system-of-supports-mtss-for-multilingual-learners-mls-with-a-focus-on-tier-1
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230122T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230122T170000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T200801Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T200801Z
UID:6020-1674399600-1674406800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, January 22\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503038\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre you a teacher who enjoys writing? Are you a writing teacher who wants to explore your own writing process? Are 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? 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 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-and-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230128T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230128T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221102T163145Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T171050Z
UID:6230-1674896400-1674903600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, January 28\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503096\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
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230131T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230131T090000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T201126Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220906T201126Z
UID:6095-1675152000-1675155600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Conociendo los nuevos estándares estatales de Illinois para los artes del lenguaje en español
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, January 31\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 235503024\n\n\n\n\n\nConociendo los nuevos estándares estatales de Illinois para los artes del lenguaje en español \n\nEste seminario web proporcionará una descripción general de los estándares de aprendizaje recientemente adoptados para los educadores de artes del lenguaje español en Illinois.\nVamos a explorar cómo los estándares sostienen el desarrollo del idioma español y la alfabetización.\nExaminaremos algunas de las semejanzas y diferencias de los estándares de artes del lenguaje en español con los estándares de artes del lenguaje en inglés.\n\n**esta sesión se presente en español  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts\, Administrators\, Program Directors 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/conociendo-los-nuevos-estandares-estatales-de-illinois-para-los-artes-del-lenguaje-en-espanol-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230201T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220914T170110Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220914T170110Z
UID:6051-1675267200-1675274400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Using Ordinary Technology Tools To Create Extraordinary Opportunities to Develop Oral Language
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, February 1\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503063\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 \n 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/using-ordinary-technology-tools-to-create-extraordinary-opportunities-to-develop-oral-language
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230202T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221111T183501Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221111T183501Z
UID:6229-1675342800-1675350000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Collaborating to support Bilingual learners with Special Educational needs
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, February 2\,  2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez & Theresa Young\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503104\n\n\n\n\nCollaborating to support Bilingual learners with Special Educational needs\n\nIn this interactive session\, bilingual/dual language/ ESL educators and special educators collaborate to: \n\nDescribe and understand unique strengths and characteristics of bilingual learners with special educational needs\nReview classroom based research on instruction and intervention to support these learners\nExplore resources to support students’ multilingualism\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and practitioners who support bilingual learners with special educational needs.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/collaborating-to-support-bilingual-learners-with-special-educational-needs-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Theresa Young,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230205T150000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221020T172909Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T172909Z
UID:6185-1675602000-1675609200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Weekend Language Detectives: If This\, Then That! Planning Responsive Mini-Lessons K-8
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, February 5\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503085\n\n\n\n\n\nWeekend Language Detectives: If This\, Then That! Planning Responsive Mini-Lessons K-8 \n\nLearn how to analyze student writing through a language lens on word\, sentence\, and discourse development\nExplore writing mini-lesson moves you can consider to move authors forward\nLeave the session with ready-to-use templates\, record-keeping pages\, and lesson ideas that will help you think about your writers in relation to the WIDA standards\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-8 General Educators\, Content Area Specialists\, Language Support Teachers and Everyone Else
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/weekend-language-detectives-if-this-then-that-planning-responsive-mini-lessons-k-8
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230207T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230207T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220923T173523Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T173523Z
UID:6097-1675785600-1675792800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Spanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, February 7\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503053\n\n\n\n\nSpanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually\n\nJoin me for another session geared towards Spanish literacy! \n\nIn this webinar we will take a look at how to activate prior knowledge of text and increase student understanding by building background bilingually.\nWe will explore how to support students in both Spanish and English literacy through bilingual pre-reading activities.\nWe will examine ways to create a conceptual preview that allows for all students to have entry points into a text.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Bilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-building-background-bilingually-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230208T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220923T173758Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T173758Z
UID:6034-1675872000-1675879200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:The Language of YouTube: Leveraging Students’ Interests & Promoting Language Development Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, February 8\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503072\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Language of YouTube: Leveraging Students’ Interests & Promoting Language Development Opportunities \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nDefine and explore the terms engagement and relevance and how they relate to what students currently consume online.\nAnalyze WIDA’s modes of communication for a variety of purposes and audiences.\nExplore tools & resources to promote learning experiences that leverage student interests.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/the-language-of-youtube-leveraging-students-interests-promoting-language-development-opportunities-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230211T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221013T173342Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221013T173342Z
UID:6166-1676106000-1676113200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, February 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503092\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.   \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Secondary Education Teachers grades 6-12
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/balancing-language-and-content-objectives-in-the-upper-grades-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230214T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220923T174242Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T174242Z
UID:6098-1676390400-1676397600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Unpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, February 14\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503054\n\n\n\n\nUnpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards\n\n\nIn this webinar we will dive deeper into the newly adopted learning standards for Spanish Language Arts for Illinois educators by “unpacking” and exploring what students need to know and do within Spanish literacy instruction.\nWe will analyze the SLA standards by breaking them down into the essential understandings and skills.\nWe will consider how to plan for instruction by aligning the SLA standards with teachers’ repertoire.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts\, Administrators\, Program Directors
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/unpacking-and-utilizing-the-spanish-language-arts-standards-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221020T175343Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221020T175343Z
UID:6186-1676476800-1676484000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Multilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Multilingual Learners in Guided Reading 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, February 15\, 2023\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503086\n\n\n\n\nMultilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Multilingual Learners in Guided Reading  \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\n…. And what should the rest of the class be doing?!  Learn how to balance the whole operation by simplifying the independent tasks and organizing the routines in a visual way that all students can roll with\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 General Educators\, Content Area Specialists\, Language Support Teachers and Everyone Else
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/multilingual-literacy-strand-nothing-small-about-it-supporting-multilingual-learners-in-guided-reading
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230216T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230216T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220923T174317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T162711Z
UID:6053-1676563200-1676570400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Sense y sentido: Making Meaning In-between Languages and Cultures
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, February 16\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503040\n\n\n\n\n\nSense y sentido: Making Meaning In-between Languages and Cultures\n\nLearning In-between Languages And Cultures (LILAC) is a schema that helps us plan instruction that creates opportunities for students to leverage bilingual ways of knowing and meaning making. Any teacher in any classroom can use LILAC as a guide to enhance teaching and learning for bilingual students and build an enriching multilingual ecology for the whole learning community. Participants in this workshop will:  \n\nExplore the concept of LILAC as a tool to create culturally and linguistically relevant curriculum and learning environments \nExamine examples of what learning “in-between” languages and cultures can look and sound like in practice \nBrainstorm ways to affirm\, support\, and celebrate bilingual ways of knowing and meaning making in their own classrooms\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/sense-y-sentido-making-meaning-in-between-languages-and-cultures
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230218T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230218T110000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20221102T170417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T170417Z
UID:6232-1676710800-1676718000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Developing and Implementing a Multilingual Learner Intake Plan
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, February 18\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503097\n\n\n\n\nDeveloping and Implementing a Multilingual Learner Intake Plan\n\nNewcomers and their families need myriad forms of support from multiple sources. This workshop is designed to support participants in developing and implementing an English Learner/Multilingual Learner Intake Plan. The English Learning Intake Plan recognizes these needs and develops strategies to meet them so that all stakeholders help newcomers build the necessary foundation to thrive both socially and emotionally and to achieve academic success. Specifically\, participants will learn steps in transitioning newcomer students and their families into their first-time in a US school. In this interactive workshop\, participants will gain best practices on the background of intake plans\, how to develop an intake plan\, and the implementation stages of an intake plan. Participants will also explore resources and tools related to the development of intake plans for newcomers. \nEssential Questions: \n\nWhat needs do newcomers and their families come with?\n\n\nIn what ways can we support newcomers and their families in our environments\, academic services\, and social-emotional supports?\n\n\nIn what ways can district-level and school-level systems support newcomers and their families?\n\n\nHow can  we continuously monitor and support the success of newcomers and their families?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Program Coordinators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/developing-and-implementing-a-multilingual-learner-intake-plan
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T180000
DTSTAMP:20260403T183330
CREATED:20220906T200839Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230103T192546Z
UID:6052-1677081600-1677088800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Universe y universo: Exploring Where the Worlds of Translanguaging and Universal Design for Learning Meet
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, February 22\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503039\n\n\n\n\n\nUniverse y universo: Exploring Where the Worlds of Translanguaging and Universal Design for Learning Meet \nTogether we will: \n\nExplore the fundamentals of both Translanguaging as a pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) \nExamine how the intersection of these approaches can amplify and deepen learning opportunities for bilingual students and everyone in your classroom  \nBrainstorm ways to try out UDL and translanguaging inspired practices in your own teaching context \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/universe-y-universo-exploring-where-the-worlds-of-translanguaging-and-universal-design-for-learning-meet
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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