Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, April 14, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503086 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 [...]
What is Culturally Responsive Teaching and how can I align it within my practice?
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 18, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503128 What is Culturally Responsive Teaching and how can I align it within my practice? The goals of this session are to define culturally responsive teaching (CRT) and identify high leverage teaching strategies that can be applied across grade levels and across content areas in support of culturally and linguistically diverse students. We will explore the WIDA guiding principles of language development as it relates to CRT pedagogical practice. Teachers will walk away with a menu of strategies that align to the [...]
Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, April 20, 2024 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503112 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 [...]
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections & The Interactive Read Aloud
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, April 25, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503129 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 [...]
WIDA Deep Dive: Q & A
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, May 9, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503130 WIDA Deep Dive: Q & A The goals of this session are to review WIDA Resources such as the WIDA ELD Framework, 2020 Edition as well as identify Spanish language development resources such as Marco DALE and Marco ALE publications. Teachers will have an opportunity to discuss how they leverage WIDA tools in practice while deepening their knowledge of the framework. Audience: Teachers K-12 (Spanish-English)
Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, May 11, 2024 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503113 Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development Designed 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. Essential Questions: How do Key Language Uses foster a functional approach to language development? Why should educators frame English [...]
Welcoming and Teaching Newcomers
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, May 14, 2024 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503088 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
Creating Opportunities for Students who are Considered Long Term ELs
The Center: Resources for Teaching & Learning 2626 S. Clearbrook Drive, Arlington Heights, ILRegister Now Date: Thursday, May 16, 2024 Presenter: Carly Spina & Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours Event ID: 245503127 Location: The Center: IRC 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Heights, IL 60005 Creating Opportunities for Students who are Considered Long Term ELs Define and describe the LTEL student group and their unique learning needs Explore strategies, tools, and resources to support students who are considered “Long Term English Learners” Leave with ready-to-use resources TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders [...]
Furthering Your Free Writing
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, May 19, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503089 Furthering Your Free Writing If you have participated in one, some, or all of the Free Write sessions so far, you are invited to come and continue your writing! Do you have an unfinished piece of writing that you started in a Free Write session? Would you like some protected time to take it further? Bring your writing-in-progress to this virtual space to: Continue your piece of writing quietly, but with other Free Writers at the ready to bounce ideas around [...]
Orgullo and Pride: Affirming LGBTQ Identities in Multilingual Classrooms
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, May 21, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503090 Orgullo and Pride: Affirming LGBTQ Identities in Multilingual Classrooms Get ready to kick off Pride month confidently by learning more about practices to support and celebrate the LGBTQ community in your school! Examine current law, policies and guidelines in Illinois for integrating LGBTQ+ history and affirming practices in our schools, using a lens of language and culture to focus particularly on supporting LGBTQ+ youth in multilingual communities Explore strategies and resources to make your learning environment safe, inclusive, and affirming [...]
