Launching the School Year as an EL Teacher: Routines that Will Strengthen Partnerships with Classroom & Content Teachers
WebinarTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators, instructional coaches, and leaders who support multilingual learners, their families, and programming
Multilingual Team Summit: Bonding, Building, Branding
The Center: Resources for Teaching & Learning 2626 S. Clearbrook Drive, Arlington Heights, IL****Please note you must have a minimum of 2 team members attending for the purpose of the day. This summit is designed for teams to attend together. If you do not have at least 2 participants from the same school or district, please do not register.
Prepping for Newcomers for this School Year: Materials/Tools to Create TODAY!
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday August 7, 2023 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503010 Prepping for Newcomers for this School Year: Materials/Tools to Create TODAY! During this event, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: Identify the language needs of our newcomer students Explore tools and resources that may be helpful for newcomer students (and their families) Develop and create tools that may be helpful for classroom & content teachers to utilize throughout the school year TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators, instructional coaches, and leaders who support multilingual learners, their families, and programming
Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 9, 2023 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503012 Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts This webinar will provide an overview of the newly adopted learning standards for Spanish Language Arts for Illinois educators. We will explore how the standards address the development of Spanish language and literacy. We will examine some of the similarities and differences of the standards for Spanish Language Arts with the standards for English Language Arts. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts, Administrators, Program Directors
Ready, Set, ACCESS! Preparing for the ACCESS Assessment
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, August 12, 2023 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503104 Ready, Set, ACCESS! Preparing for the ACCESS Assessment Designed for educators and leaders who are responsible for supporting and administrating the ACCESS assessment to English Learners, this comprehensive workshop aims to equip participants with the essential knowledge and skills necessary to prepare their students for the state summative assessment. Participants will: Learn effective instructional practices to support student success on the ACCESS assessment Explore system-wide practices that enhance the assessment experience Create an action plan to prepare students for the upcoming ACCESS [...]
ML Teacher Toolbox: Total Physical Response Technique
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, August 14, 2023 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503013 ML Teacher Toolbox: Total Physical Response Technique Learn how to support all levels of language development through the meaningful use of Total Physical Response Technique Explore benefits, variations, and examples of this reliable strategy, and consider how to stretch your use of this technique even if you have tried it before! Consider how TPR can be integrated across all grade levels and settings Leave with a ready-to-print infographic and a few handy tools TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Multilingual Learners
Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 16, 2023 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503015 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
20+ Diverse Picture Books To Kick Off the New School Year (2023 Edition)
WebinarRegister Now Date: Friday, August 18, 2023 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503016 20+ Diverse Picture Books To Kick Off the New School Year (2023 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! It is NOT a repeat from last year’s collection - but if [...]
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, August 20, 2023 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503017 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice 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? Are you interested in exploring how the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing, you are invited [...]
El Dictado/Dictation
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 24, 2023 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503117 El Dictado/Dictation Teachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual Language Teachers, ESL/Bilingual Teachers, or General [...]
