Weekend Language Detectives: Supporting Multilingual Learners by Modeling and Deconstructing the Genre K-8
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Sunday, October 9, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503034 Weekend Language Detectives: Supporting Multilingual Learners by Modeling and Deconstructing the Genre K-8 Examine how modeling and deconstructing a genre using mentor texts fits into a scaffolded writing cycle for language learners and all Learn how to screencast or deliver a live writing mini-lesson that will support growing authors Explore activities, response options, and language focused anchor chart ideas that you can try right away! TARGET AUDIENCE: K-8 General Educators, Content Area Specialists, Language Support Teachers and Everyone Else
Unpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Tuesday, October 11, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503026 Unpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards In this webinar we will dive deeper into the newly adopted learning standards for Spanish Language Arts (SLA) for Illinois educators by “unpacking” and exploring what students need to know and do within Spanish literacy instruction. We will analyze the SLA standards by breaking them down into the essential understandings and skills. We will consider how to plan for instruction by aligning the SLA standards with teachers’ repertoire. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers [...]
Apoyando el desarrollo socio-emocional de los estudiantes pequenos
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Wednesday, October 12, 2022 Presenter: Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503049 Apoyando el desarrollo socio-emocional de los estudiantes pequenos El aprendizaje socioemocional es un componente vital de cualquier programa para la primera infancia. ¡Únase a Adelicia Brienzo mientras comparte estrategias y recursos para incorporar SEL en sus rutinas de clase y actividades de juego! En esta sesión, los participantes: Aprenderán estrategias para enseñar a estudiantes multilingües a identificar emociones en sà mismos y en los demás. Identificarán formas de incorporar libros infantiles para enseñar habilidades socio-emocionales. Discutarán formas de incorporar aprendizaje socio-emocional [...]
Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) within Dual Language Immersion (DLE) Programs
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Thursday, October 13, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503077  Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) within Dual Language Immersion (DLE) Programs This workshop will provide guidance to those interested in implementing MTSS with MLs in Dual Language Education (DLE) programs through: Exploring the socio-cultural context of educating MLs and frameworks for developing more culturally and linguistically responsive multi-tiered system of supports (MTSS) Examining seven integral factors that impact achievement for MLs and the process for collecting data and monitoring student progress within [...]
The Language of YouTube: Leveraging Students’ Interests & Promoting Language Development Opportunities
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Wednesday, October 19, 2022 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503013 The Language of YouTube: Leveraging Students’ Interests & Promoting Language Development Opportunities  In this session, educators and leaders will: Define and explore the terms engagement and relevance and how they relate to what students currently consume online. Analyze WIDA’s modes of communication for a variety of purposes and audiences. Explore tools & resources to promote learning experiences that leverage student interests.  TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
Flujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Thursday, October 20, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503006 Flujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente “We use the metaphor of the translanguaging corriente to refer to the current or flow of students’ dynamic bilingualism that runs through our classrooms and schools. Bilingual students make use of the translanguaging corriente, either overtly or covertly, to learn content and language in school and to make sense of their complex worlds and identities.” With this metaphor from Ibarra-Johnson, Garcia, Seltzer (The Translanguaging Classroom, 2017) in mind, we will focus in on how [...]
Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503027 Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction Looking for more sessions geared towards Spanish literacy? Join me for a session focused on connecting two important components of literacy instruction: whole group and small group. In this webinar we will examine the features of whole group and small group literacy. We will explore how to lower the affective filter for bilingual students and create opportunities for making connections across literacy environments. We will consider ways to compliment [...]
Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Tuesday, October 25, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503027  Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction Looking for more sessions geared towards Spanish literacy? Join me for a session focused on connecting two important components of literacy instruction: whole group and small group. In this webinar we will examine the features of whole group and small group literacy. We will explore how to lower the affective filter for bilingual students and create opportunities for making connections across literacy environments. We will consider ways to compliment [...]
Collaborating to support Bilingual learners with Special Educational needs
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Thursday, October 27, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez & Theresa Young ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503078 Collaborating to support Bilingual learners with Special Educational needs In this interactive session, bilingual/dual language/ ESL educators and special educators collaborate to: Describe and understand unique strengths and characteristics of bilingual learners with special educational needs Review classroom based research on instruction and intervention to support these learners Explore resources to support students’ multilingualism TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and practitioners who support bilingual learners with special educational needs.
 Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now  Date: Sunday, October 30, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503007  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 [...]
