Welcoming and Teaching Newcomers
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, November 1, 2022 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503015 Welcoming and Teaching Newcomers Learn how to build relationships with newcomer students and their families. Visualize welcoming school and classroom environments for newcomer students. Explore instructional strategies that will support newcomer students in the classroom. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
Supportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing
Webinar & Asynchronous Learning ActivitiesRegister Now Date: Sunday, November 6, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours Event ID: 235503036 Supportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing Have 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? This session is a virtual space for you to meet up with the Free Write series facilitator, Olivia Mulcahy, and other “free writing” teachers to: Continue your piece of writing quietly, but with supportive peers at [...]
Pequeños estudiantes, grandes necesidades: Estudiantes que reciben servicios de ingles y education especial en prekinder
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, November 9, 2022 Presenter: Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503050 Pequeños estudiantes, grandes necesidades: Estudiantes que reciben servicios de ingles y education especial en prekinder En esta sesión, los participantes: Explorarán herramientas para establecer un entorno de infancia temprana para estudiantes multilingües recibiendo services de educacion especial. Compartarán experiencias y estrategias para apoyar a los estudiantes multilingües recibiendo services de educacion especial en prekinder. Revisarán los conceptos erróneos comunes sobre los estudiantes multilingües con PEIs. PÚBLICO OBJETIVO: Maestros, paraprofesionales, entrenadores de instrucción y terapeutas que apoyan a los estudiantes de inglés [...]
Spanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, November 10, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503025 Spanish Literacy Strand: Building Background Bilingually Join me for another session geared towards Spanish literacy! In this webinar we will take a look at how to activate prior knowledge of text and increase student understanding by building background bilingually. We will explore how to support students in both Spanish and English literacy through bilingual pre-reading activities. We will examine ways to create a conceptual preview that allows for all students to have entry points into a text. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 [...]
Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, November 12, 2022 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503089 Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom Teachers 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. TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers [...]
Weekend Language Detectives: Keeping Authors Agency Alive K-8
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503035 Weekend Language Detectives: Keeping Authors Agency Alive K-8 Are you worried about your reluctant or rebellious writers? Come talk about why we should be more concerned about the writers that stay inside our prescriptive writing parameters. In this workshop, we will explore how to conceptualize writing time to be a world of choice, independence, and inquiry that lets writers draw upon their language, interests, culture, and experiences. Providing intentional moments of student agency (about content, style, structure, format, etc.), will allow [...]
The Transformational Power of Social Media with Multilingual Learners & Educators Who Serve Them
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, November 16, 2022 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503014 The Transformational Power of Social Media with Multilingual Learners & Educators Who Serve Them In this session, educators and leaders will: Define and explore the terms engagement and relevance and how they relate to what students currently consume online. Explore current social media platforms and trends and identify ways to use the platforms alongside students to connect meaningfully with a global community. Explore tools & resources to grow professionally as an educator and leader by developing a professional learning network. TARGET [...]
Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, November 19, 2022 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503090 Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades Teachers 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 [...]
Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, November 22, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503051 Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA In this webinar we will explore how to strategically plan for bilingualism by connecting instruction across English Language Arts and Spanish Language Arts. We will examine ELA and SLA content standards as a means to plan opportunities to address similarities and differences between languages. We will consider easy moves for teachers to make cross-linguistic connections in Spanish and English literacy. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/ Dual Language Teachers
Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, November 28, 2022 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503093 Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework Designed 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. Essential Questions: How do the framework components work together to make a comprehensive picture of language development? In what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent [...]
