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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230214T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230214T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230215T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221020T175343Z
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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:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220923T174317Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230111T162711Z
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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:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221102T170417Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221102T170417Z
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230222T180000
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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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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230119T162133Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T170145Z
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SUMMARY: Effective Instruction for Multilingual learners with Special Educational needs
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, February 23\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez & Theresa Young\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503116\n\n\n\n\n Effective Instruction for Multilingual learners with Special Educational needs \nIn this session\, participants will: \n\nExamine a framework for Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Inclusive learning environments \nReview classroom based research on instruction for young and adolescent multilingual learners with special education needs\nReview research and  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/effective-instruction-for-multilingual-learners-with-special-educational-needs
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230223T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230119T165747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230201T172104Z
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SUMMARY:Supporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) - Part 1
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, February 23\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and  Carolyn Droll\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503117\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) – Part 1 \nIn Part 1 of this series\, participants  will: \n\nLearn ways to engage students’ oral language during math explorations\nDevelop an understanding of the developmental progressions of number and operations \nExplore a variety of concrete materials that engage young learners and build conceptual understanding\nCreate play scenarios that support students’ mathematical reasoning \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for bilingual learners in PreK-K
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-young-multilingual-learners-mathematically-prek-k-part-1
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carolyn Droll,Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230226T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220923T174504Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T174504Z
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, February 26\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503041\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-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230302T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221117T164105Z
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SUMMARY:Vocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 2\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503107\n\n\n\n\n\nVocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nExplore how we can make academic vocabulary instruction more meaningful and relevant for ELs\nExamine instructional strategies & tools that result in generative vocabulary learning\, allowing ELs to leverage what they know in their home language\nConsider opportunities to take this learning back to your  classroom/school/district. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/vocabulations-linguistic-play-vocabulary
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230119T160627Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230119T160627Z
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SUMMARY:Unit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 4\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503115\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-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230305T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230305T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220901T172345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T192043Z
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SUMMARY:Supportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, March 5\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503042\n\n\n\n\nSupportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing\n\nHave you participated in one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions so far? Do you want some protected time and space to continue your writing? Are you interested in contributing to an IRC collection of teacher writing? \nThis session is a virtual space for you to meet up with the Free Write series facilitator\, Olivia Mulcahy\, and other “free writing” teachers to:   \n\nContinue your piece of writing quietly\, but with supportive peers at the ready to bounce around ideas with you \nWorkshop the form and content of your writing in-progress with feedback and encouragement from collaborative peers\nPrepare your piece for sharing with a wider audience\n\nPop in anytime and stay for as long as you need while the session is live. Come and enjoy working on your writing even if you are undecided about sharing it more widely or don’t need the credits. If you DO want to earn 3 credits\, you must:  \n\nCheck in with Olivia during the session to share what you are working on/hope to contribute\, AND\nSubmit your writing within the following 3 weeks.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Participants in any of the preceding Free Write sessions
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supportive-space-workshopping-your-free-writing-2
LOCATION:Webinar & Asynchronous Learning Activities
CATEGORIES:Asynchronous Learning Activities,Olivia Mulcahy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220923T175059Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T175059Z
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SUMMARY:Designing & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 7\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503073\n\n\n\n\n\nDesigning & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nUnpack problematic phrases we often overhear in our school settings\nDesign a language-norm framework for our collaborative educator spaces\nExplore tools & resources to promote linguistic inclusivity in our settings\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/designing-nurturing-linguistically-inclusive-spaces-in-our-schools-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220928T163652Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T163652Z
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SUMMARY: Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, March 8\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503056\n\n\n\n\n\n Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction \nLooking for more sessions geared towards Spanish literacy? Join me for a session focused on connecting two important components of literacy instruction: whole group and small group. \n\nIn this webinar we will examine the features of whole group and small group literacy. \nWe will explore how to lower the affective filter for bilingual students and create opportunities for making connections across literacy environments.\nWe will consider ways to compliment instruction by pairing the theme/topic and instructional activities within whole group and small group. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Spanish Literacy
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-pairing-whole-group-and-small-group-literacy-instruction-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221026T163756Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T163756Z
UID:6208-1678525200-1678532400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503098\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-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230313T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230313T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221103T184214Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221103T184214Z
UID:6140-1678723200-1678730400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Breaking Down Silos:  SPED and EL Teams Working Together to Support All Young Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate:  Monday\, March 13\, 2023\nPresenter: Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 238807038\n\n\n\n\n\nBreaking Down Silos:  SPED and EL Teams Working Together to Support All Young Learners \nIn this session\, participants will be challenged to envision a high-quality learning environment that supports the whole child\, moving beyond the labels of “ELL” or “Special Education.” With a focus on equity and inclusion\, participants will learn the five main components needed to break down silos in their own programs. \nObjectives: \n* Learn five basic components needed to break down department silos \n* Define “intersectionality” and how it relates to dually identified students \n* Set short and long-term goals for building collaboration between teams \nTARGET AUDIENCE: PreK-3rd grade educators\, administrators\, therapists\, SPED and EL teams who support multilingual learners and their families
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/breaking-down-silos-sped-and-el-teams-working-together-to-support-all-young-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221026T201303Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T201303Z
UID:6210-1679130000-1679137200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 18\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503099\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-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220928T192818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T192818Z
UID:6147-1679500800-1679508000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, March 22\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503057\n\n\n\n\n\n Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA \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-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220923T173554Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220923T173554Z
UID:6025-1679842800-1679850000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, March 26\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503043\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-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220928T145147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T220915Z
UID:6141-1680019200-1680026400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Blending Technology and Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 28\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503064\n\n\n\n\n\nBlending Technology and Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners \n\nExamine the research about using technology with multilingual learners to develop reading skills.\nExplore where and when technology tools can be easily incorporated into instruction to develop reading skills.\n\n\nWalk away with strategies that can be immediately used with students!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/blending-technology-and-reading-instruction-for-multilingual-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230401T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230401T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20220928T151513Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T151513Z
UID:6143-1680339600-1680346800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Blending Technology and Writing Instruction for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 1\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503065\n\n\n\n\n\nBlending Technology and Writing Instruction for Multilingual Learners \n\nExamine the research about using technology with multilingual learners to develop writing skills.\nExplore when and where technology tools can be easily incorporated into instruction to develop writing skills.\nWalk away with strategies that can be immediately used with students!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/blending-technology-and-writing-instruction-for-multilingual-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230404T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230404T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221026T201409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221026T201409Z
UID:6178-1680624000-1680627600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 4\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 235503058\n\n\n\n\n\n Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts  \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-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T040000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230406T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221117T164932Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221117T164932Z
UID:6281-1680753600-1680804000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Vocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 6\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503105\n\n\n\n\n\nVocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nExplore how we can make academic vocabulary instruction more meaningful and relevant for ELs\nExamine instructional strategies & tools that result in generative vocabulary learning\, allowing ELs to leverage what they know in their home language\nConsider opportunities to take this learning back to your  classroom/school/district. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/vocabulations-linguistic-play-vocabulary-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230411T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230411T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221221T212735Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T212735Z
UID:6117-1681228800-1681236000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:The Transformational Power of Social Media with Multilingual Learners & Educators Who Serve Them 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503074\n\n\n\n\n\nThe Transformational Power of Social Media with Multilingual Learners & Educators Who Serve Them  \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.\nExplore current social media platforms and trends and identify ways to use the platforms alongside students to connect meaningfully with a global community.\nExplore tools & resources to grow professionally as an educator and leader by developing a professional learning network.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/the-transformational-power-of-social-media-with-multilingual-learners-educators-who-serve-them-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230412T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230308T160837Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230308T160837Z
UID:6435-1681313400-1681320600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Aprendizaje académico en español:  Grados 3-5 
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 12\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503120\n\n\n\n\n\nAprendizaje académico en español:  Grados 3-5  \nEn esta sesión virtual\, participantes: \n\nExplorarán estrategias para el desarrollo del vocabulario académico\nInvestigarán cómo integrar la lecto-escritura con la enseñanza del contenido \n\n          académico  \n\nRevisarán materiales y recursos digitales en línea\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Grade 3-5 teachers who support Spanish-speaking bilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/aprendizaje-academico-en-espanol-grados-3-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230415T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221221T212858Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T212858Z
UID:6235-1681549200-1681556400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Analyzing Student Writing with a Language Lens
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 15\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503100\n\n\n\n\nAnalyzing Student Writing with a Language Lens\n\nIn this workshop\, participants will dig deeper into WIDA’s Writing Rubric and the ACCESS for ELLs Writing Scoring Scale to help support the understanding of writing expectations with a language proficiency level lens. Participants will be able to analyze student writing with a language lens and learn about ways they can apply success criteria\, expected language use\, and student-goal setting to enhance student writing instruction. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow can WIDA’s Writing Rubric and the ACCESS for ELLs Writing Scoring Scale help support the understanding of writing expectations in language development?\n\n\nIn what ways can we use success criteria\, expected language use\, and student goal-setting to enhance student writing instruction in the area of language development? \n\nTarget Audience: 3-8 English Language Arts Multilingual Teacher Leaders and Multilingual Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/analyzing-student-writing-with-a-language-lens
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230418T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230202T151013Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T220734Z
UID:6404-1681831800-1681839000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Supporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) - Part 2
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 18\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and  Carolyn Droll\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503119\n\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) – Part 2 \nIn Part 2 of this series\, participants  will continue to: \n\nApply knowledge from Part 1 to new mathematics scenarios\nDiscuss the multiple ways to use concrete materials to build mathematical reasoning\nExplore multilingual resources to support young learners’ language development \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for bilingual learners in PreK-K 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-young-multilingual-learners-mathematically-prek-k-part-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carolyn Droll,Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230419T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230224T161203Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230328T215021Z
UID:6423-1681918200-1681925400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Integrating Multilingual Resources Across the Curriculum PreK-Grade 12
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, April 19\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503118\n\n\n\n\nIntegrating Multilingual Resources Across the Curriculum PreK-Grade 12\n\nParticipants in this virtual session will: \n\nReview research to support students’ languages in multilingual settings\nExplore ideas for  welcoming students’ languages\, previewing content and concepts and supporting multiliteracy\nAccess  free online resources in multiple languages to use across content areas\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, educators and practitioners who support language  learners in multilingual settings
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/integrating-multilingual-resources-across-the-curriculum-prek-grade-12
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T153000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230420T173000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20230222T163245Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230222T163245Z
UID:6416-1682004600-1682011800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Engaging Multilingual Learners in Number Talks (Gr. K-8)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 20\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and  Carolyn Droll\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503121\n\n\n\n\n\nEngaging Multilingual Learners in Number Talks (Gr. K-8) \nIn this session\, participants  will: \n\nExplore strategies necessary for successful number talks\nUnderstand why these routines are critical for creating classrooms rich in mathematical discourse\nDiscuss criteria to help choose topics that lead to rich Number Talks\nExamine Number Talks through the Multilingual Learner lens\nInteract with sample Number Talks\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: teachers\, interventionists\, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for multilingual learners Grades K-8
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/engaging-multilingual-learners-in-number-talks-gr-k-8
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230423T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T060752
CREATED:20221221T213001Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20221221T213001Z
UID:6041-1682262000-1682269200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 23\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503044\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-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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