Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, February 22, 2025 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503076 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 [...]
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, February 23, 2025 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503039 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 [...]
The Language of Trauma: Let’s Talk About Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Tuesday, February 25, 2025 Presenter: Jessica Kim, Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503126 The Language of Trauma: Let’s Talk About Stress, Overwhelm and Burnout Trauma may sound intense, but it shows up in our daily lives way more often than we’d like to think. Stress, anxiety, burnout, and feelings of overwhelm are all potential signs that point to the existence of trauma. This workshop is for any educator who has ever found themselves at a loss for words due to stress or overwhelm. It’s designed to be a safe community space where [...]
Encouraging el flujo of responses bilingües
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, February 27, 2025 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503054 Encouraging el flujo of responses bilingües Let’s talk about supporting our bilingual students; those students who are navigating more than one language on a daily basis. We’ll explore strategies for encouraging students to express themselves orally and in writing using the translanguaging that is natural for them. You’ll leave with ideas to try immediately to help encourage students to fluidly express themselves bilingually. TARGET AUDIENCE: Bilingual/ Dual Language Educators
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections & The Interactive Read Aloud
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, March 6, 2025 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503115 Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections & The Interactive Read Aloud Teachers will explore a variety of research-based strategies to support literacy-based English Language Development in a dual language English-Spanish classroom setting, a transitional bilingual classroom or other language resource model. Some of the literacy based strategies include making cross-language connections (Metalanguage) and Interactive Read Aloud. This seminar is one of a series of workshops aimed at developing biliteracy. The goals of this series are to [...]
Ready, Set, ACCESS! Preparing for Success
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, March 8, 2024 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 255503077 Ready, Set, ACCESS! Preparing for Success 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 assessment [...]
Becoming Multilingual Champions: Front Office Edition
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 Presenters: Carly Spina, Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours Event ID: 255503090 Becoming Multilingual Champions: Front Office Edition During this event, school front office & district office staff, registrars, clerks, secretaries, receptionists, and greeters will: identify current barriers in our schools and districts in serving and supporting families using linguistically and culturally responsive practices Review a tool bank of resources and tools to support our work Create our own individual action plans! TARGET AUDIENCE: school front office & district office staff, registrars, clerks, secretaries, receptionists, and greeters
Becoming Multilingual Champions: Front Office Edition
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 Presenters: Carly Spina, Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours Event ID: 255503091 Becoming Multilingual Champions: Front Office Edition During this event, school front office & district office staff, registrars, clerks, secretaries, receptionists, and greeters will: identify current barriers in our schools and districts in serving and supporting families using linguistically and culturally responsive practices Review a tool bank of resources and tools to support our work Create our own individual action plans! TARGET AUDIENCE: school front office & district office staff, registrars, clerks, secretaries, receptionists, and greeters
ML Teacher Toolbox: About-Point Strategy
WebinarRegister Now Date: Monday, March 10, 2025 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503107 ML Teacher Toolbox: About-Point Strategy Want to help your multilingual learners grasp and explain key concepts? Join me for a practical webinar showcasing the About-Point strategy, a powerful tool for boosting comprehension and summarizing skills. Learn how this simple technique empowers students to identify main ideas, moving from words, to sentences, to paragraphs. Discover ways to differentiate the activity for a wide span of learners, see student facing examples, and grab a few ready-to-use templates that you can use right away! [...]
A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, March 11, 2025 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 255503040 A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners Visuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! Explore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. Leave with a list of tools, all free to educators, that you can use or share tomorrow. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
