Welcoming & Well-being: Co-Cultivating a Healthy Multilingual Classroom Culture
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, August 9, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503003 Welcoming & Well-being: Co-Cultivating a Healthy Multilingual Classroom Culture Explore approaches, activities, and tools for the beginning of the school year to: Collectively develop classroom agreements to promote healthy interactions and collaboration Embrace community practices that affirm and sustain all your students’ identities and ways of knowing Create a vibrant multilingual ecology that reflects and nurtures all the languages of your community Listen to and leverage the translanguaging corriente of your classroom TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 10, 2022 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503009 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: Grades 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
Supporting Social-Emotional Learning for English Learners: What You Need to Know
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 11, 2022 Presenter: Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503008 Supporting Social-Emotional Learning for English Learners: What You Need to Know Together we will explore how social-emotional supports play a role in student learning Strategies and resources for supporting students who are newcomers will be shared Participants will gain knowledge and skills for shaping positive behaviors in the classroom TARGET AUDIENCE: ESL/Bilingual teachers, general education teachers, paraprofessionals who support multilingual students
Weekend Language Detectives: Launching Your Writing Workshop K-8
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, August 21, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503028 Weekend Language Detectives: Launching Your Writing Workshop K-8 Examine a scaffolded writing cycle for MLs and discuss common pitfalls that dissuade new writers from embracing this content area Think about what to get ready, including ideas for writing tools, rituals, routines, and expectations Learn how to guide writers in shaping and sharing their multilingual writing identity, setting up a writer’s notebook, and building a heart or territory map to keep the ideas flowing all year long TARGET AUDIENCE: K-8 Educators
Multilingual Literacy Strand: Tools and Tips for Your Reading Workshop Launch K-5
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 24, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503029 Multilingual Literacy Strand: Tools and Tips for Your Reading Workshop Launch Explore suggestions for establishing rituals, routines, and expectations for your reading workshop Learn how to guide readers in shaping their multilingual reading identity, setting up a reader’s notebook, and collaborating with peers in active meaning-making discussions Walk away with a list of diverse texts to use across grade level to kick off your reading workshop and over 20 links, tools, or tips to guide your students! TARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Educators
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, August 28, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503004 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice Are 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 [...]
Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 235503018 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
Pajama Planner Party: Mapping Out our Multilingual Support & Advocacy
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503081 Pajama Planner Party: Mapping Out our Multilingual Support & Advocacy Participants will: Prioritize personal and professional wellness Identify moments of advocacy & leadership throughout the school year Develop a lan for the year through the lens of delivering instructional support to colleagues TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 EL Teachers
Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment Where Multilingual Learners Thrive
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503010 Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment Where Multilingual Learners Thrive Examine how educators can build a multilingual learning environment regardless of the language they speak. Explore how inviting and incorporating students’ languages and cultures into all classroom settings as valuable resources build understanding and validate student identity. See examples of multilingual classroom design, resource selection, instructional strategies, and family communication that help create a safe and welcoming environment. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
Cancelled – ML Teacher Tools, Tips, and Treats: Readers Notebooks Make and Take Night Grades 2-8
Illinois Resource Center , United StatesRegister Now Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit: 1.5 Hours Event ID: 235503030 Location: IRC, 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Hts., IL 60005 ML Teacher Tools, Tips, and Treats: Readers Notebooks Make and Take Night Grades 2-8 Ever wish you had more time to prep? Come hang with fellow teachers and spend an hour creating a sample readers notebook. We will begin with a short presentation about using reader’s notebooks with multilingual learners, including links to digital tools, tips for set-up and use, and a presenter sample. After that, [...]
