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Becoming Multilingual Champions: Home Language Survey Edition – 275503053
WebinarDuring this event, school staff will: Identify the purpose of the home language survey and its impact on ELs Discuss procedures for administering the HLS Ensure best practices for family access and understanding TARGET AUDIENCE: school front office & district office staff, registrars, administrators, family liaisons, EL teachers, EL coordinators, district interpreters
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A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, August 12, 2026 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hours Event ID: 275503004 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
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Welcoming and Teaching Newcomers
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503005 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
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Scaffolding for MLs
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 13, 2026 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503030 Scaffolding for MLs We will explore a variety of scaffolding techniques in support of Multilingual Learners that are applicable across content areas and grade levels. Teachers will receive a list of strategic grouping considerations to support differentiated instruction for MLs and practical scaffolding methods that are research-based. Grades: K-12
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Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, August 20, 2026 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503031 Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners The goal of the session is to discuss a variety of options to authentically assess multilingual learners such as through paper-based and/or digital portfolios. We will discuss ways to examine language development across the language domains: listening, speaking, reading, writing, representing as well as a tool to assess their level of acculturation. Target Audience: Teachers-All Levels
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Becoming Multilingual Champions: Front Office Edition
WebinarRegister Now Date: Friday, August 21, 2026 Presenters: Carly Spina, Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours Event ID: 275503051 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
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Becoming Multilingual Champions: Home Language Survey Edition
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, September 1, 2026 Presenters: Carly Spina, Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 1.5 hours Event ID: 275503054 Becoming Multilingual Champions: Home Language Survey Edition During this event, school staff will: Identify the purpose of the home language survey, and its impact on ELs Discuss procedures for administering the HLS Ensure best practices for family access and understanding Target Audience: school front office & district office staff, registrars, administrators, family liaisons, EL teachers, EL coordinators, district interpreters
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Exploring the Illinois Spanish Language Arts Standards
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, September 8, 2026 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503028 Exploring the Illinois Spanish Language Arts Standards This webinar will provide an exploration of the Illinois learning standards for Spanish Language Arts: We will examine how the standards address the development of Spanish language and literacy. We will analyze the SLA standards by breaking them down into the essential understandings. We will engage in vertical articulation by exploring Spanish language and literacy skill development across multiple grade levels Target Audience: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts, Administrators, Program Directors
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Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, September 9, 2026 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503006 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
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Strategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session I (part 1 of 3)
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, September 10, 2026 Presenter: Peter Tierney-Fife and Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 275503032 Strategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session I (part 1 of 3) This session is the first part of a three part Math series. The activities will be distinct in each session. Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to analyze language and content demands within the context of mathematics. We will share strategies, examine the language demands within the context of mathematical tasks and identify potential adaptations for multilingual learners across [...]
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