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SUMMARY:Supporting the SEL Needs of Newcomers PM
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, July 17\, 2025\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503028\nLocation: Peoria County Regional Office of Education\n2116 N. Sheridan Road\,  Peoria\, IL 61604\n\n\n\n\nSupporting the SEL Needs of Newcomers \n\nExplore the impact of a sense of belonging\, along with ways to cultivate a sense of belonging in classrooms and in the school community\nExplore strategies for welcoming and supporting families\nUnpack layers of cultural and linguistic identities\, the affective filter\, and trauma through 3 lenses\nReceive a digital tool bank of resources to take with you\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: educators serving multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-the-sel-needs-of-newcomers-pm
LOCATION:Peoria County Regional Office of Education\, 2116 N. Sheridan Road\, Peoria\, IL\, 61604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,In-Person
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SUMMARY:Classroom Strategies for Newcomers AM
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, July 17\, 2025\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503027\nLocation: Peoria County Regional Office of Education\n2116 N. Sheridan Road\,   Peoria\, IL 61604\n\n\n\n\nClassroom Strategies for Newcomers \nDuring this event\, educators serving multilingual learners will:  \n\nExplore the instructional needs of newcomer students\nUnpack different scaffolds that include low-prep or no-prep\nExplore instructional strategies that are designed to support the entire class that are appropriate and inclusive for newcomer students\nReceive a digital tool bank of resources to take with you\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: educators serving multilingual learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/classroom-strategies-for-newcomers-am
LOCATION:Peoria County Regional Office of Education\, 2116 N. Sheridan Road\, Peoria\, IL\, 61604\, United States
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,In-Person
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250715T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250715T150000
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SUMMARY:IRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, July 15\, 2025\nPresenter: All IRC Specialists\nECPD Credit Hours: 5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503001\nLocation: Rantoul City Schools  District Office\n\n                1 Aviation Center Drive\,   Rantoul\, IL 61866\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nIRC’s EmpowerCon: A One-Day Mini Conference\n\nThe Illinois Resource Center is proud to host a one-day mini conference that will support educators and leaders to feel empowered and equipped to lead in their schools and districts. This free\, in-person conference will provide teachers with a whole-group learning experience (via either a keynote or panel) as well as multiple breakout sessions so that participants can customize their learning. The IRC specialists will leave you feeling inspired\, energized\, and ready to start the new school year with fresh ideas for serving and supporting your multilingual learners. Get ready! Get set! Get to IRC’s EmpowerCon!  \nDuring this event\, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: \n  \n\nParticipate in a keynote presentation about empowering ourselves as educators serving multilingual learners\nExplore various breakout sessions centered around serving and supporting multilingual learners and their families\nBuild up their collective efficacy toolkit by recognizing the various ways in which they serve and support multilingual learners and families across their school or district\n\n  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators\, instructional coaches\, and leaders who support multilingual learners\, their families\, and programming \nNOTE: This in-person workshop will include a one hour lunch break on your own.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ircs-empowercon-a-one-day-mini-conference-7
LOCATION:Rantoul City Schools District Office\, 1 Aviation Center Drive\, Rantoul\, IL\, 61866\, United States
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Carly Spina,In-Person,Maggie Essig,Michele Yanong,Olivia Mulcahy,Rachell Anderson,Rachell Plote,Vanessa Figueroa
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250610T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250610T100000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250220T170554Z
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SUMMARY:A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, June 10\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 255503130\n\n\n\n\nA Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners \n\nVisuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners\, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! \nExplore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. \nLeave with a list of tools\, all free to educators\, that you can use or share tomorrow.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words-creating-and-finding-visuals-to-support-multilingual-learners-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250607T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250607T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250219T202826Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T202826Z
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SUMMARY:Leveraging Multilingual Learners in Continuous Improvement
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, June 7\, 2025\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503082\n\n\n\n\nLeveraging Multilingual Learners in Continuous Improvement\n\n\nIn this session\, we will explore innovative strategies for utilizing multilingual learners as vital resources in the continuous improvement of multilingual programs. Educators can gain invaluable insights into student experiences and needs by engaging with them and their families for deeper insights. This collaborative approach not only empowers students but also informs data-driven practices that enhance curriculum\, instruction\, and assessment. Join us as we discuss practical methods to integrate student voices into the improvement process\, fostering a more inclusive and effective educational environment for all learners.     \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/leveraging-multilingual-learners-in-continuous-improvement-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250531T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250219T201204Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T201204Z
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SUMMARY:Leading and Learning: Multilingual Programs
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, May 31\, 2025\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503081\n\n\n\n\nLeading and Learning: Multilingual Programs\n\n\nIn today’s increasingly diverse classrooms\, multilingual programs provide a valuable pathway for nurturing students’ linguistic\, academic\, and social-emotional development. This comprehensive workshop delves into the leadership and learning practices of multilingual education programs that prioritize equitable opportunities and maximize impact for multilingual learners. Participants will engage in reflective sessions to synthesize their learnings and develop action plans for implementing effective program practices. \n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teach
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/leading-and-learning-multilingual-programs-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250213T210234Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T210234Z
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SUMMARY:Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 29\, 2025\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503120\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners \nThe 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 four language domains: listening\, speaking\, reading and writing\, as well as a tool to assess their level of acculturation.   \nTarget Audience: Teachers-All Levels
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/authentic-assessment-options-of-multilingual-learners-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250213T202732Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250318T194656Z
UID:7519-1748523600-1748532600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Learning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 29\, 2025\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503125\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\nLearning In-between Languages and Cultures: Using Trade Books to Support Bilingual Learning   \nTogether we will: \n\nExplore a variety of bilingual\, multilingual\, multicultural\, and metalinguistically-focused trade books and analyze the potential for each type of book to support bilingual development\nExamine how to use trade books to raise students’ metalinguistic awareness\, guide cross-linguistic and cross-cultural connections\, and develop language and literacy through a translanguaging lens \nIdentify texts to build your library and cultivate a multilingual ecology to support and affirm language learning the school community \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/learning-in-between-languages-and-culture-using-trade-books-to-support-bilingual-learning
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Olivia Mulcahy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250529T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250213T182821Z
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SUMMARY:Building Background Bilingually: Creating Language Rich Opportunities while Introducing Text
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 29\, 2025\nPresenter: Rachell Plote \nECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503063\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\n\nBuilding Background Bilingually: Creating Language Rich Opportunities while Introducing Text \n\nIn this workshop we will take a look at how to activate prior knowledge of text and increase student understanding by building background across languages and through translanguaging.\nWe will explore how to support students in both Spanish and English literacy through bilingual pre-reading activities.\nWe will examine ways to create a conceptual preview that allows for all students to have entry points into a text through the use of their entire language repertoires. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Bilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/building-background-bilingually-creating-language-rich-opportunities-while-introducing-text
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Rachell Plote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250524T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250524T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250213T222506Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250218T181143Z
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SUMMARY:Integrating Newcomers: A Guide for Educators
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, May 24\, 2025\nPresenter: Dana Piraino\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503127\n\n\n\n\nIntegrating Newcomers: A Guide for Educators\n\n\n\nTopics covered will include:\n\n\nEmbracing Cultural Differences\n\n\nCreating Support Strategies\n\n\nUsing Empathy and Understanding to Fuel a Growth Mindset\n\n\nSEL ideas and strategies will be included as well\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/integrating-newcomers-a-guide-for-educators-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Dana Piraino,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250522T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250522T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250129T205159Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T205159Z
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SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Collaborative Writing & Independent Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 22\, 2025\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503119\n\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Collaborative Writing & Independent Writing \n\nTeachers will examine Collaborative Writing and Independent Writing methods and examine what is unique in the teaching of literacy-based English Language Development (ELD) and Spanish literacy classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing  Collaborative Writing and Independent Writing methods across primary and intermediate grade levels. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual Language Teachers\, ESL/Bilingual Teachers\, or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners. \n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-collaborative-writing-independent-writing-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250520T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250520T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20241113T181104Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250213T172720Z
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SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox:  Noisy Classroom Edition
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, May 20\, 2025\nPresenter: Michele M. Yanong \nECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503095\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox:  Noisy Classroom Edition \nLoud classrooms lead to language growth… come see why and how! \n\nExplore practices and strategies to build language skills through meaningful talk in the classroom\n Consider ways to give your multilingual students entry points to interaction with content\, through fun and engaging\, science of reading aligned\, activities. \n Leave with ready-to-use tools and templates that you can use right away!\n\nAudience: All Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-noisy-classroom-edition
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Michele Yanong
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250518T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250518T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250129T180937Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T181005Z
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, May 18\, 2025\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503045\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \n\nAre 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?  \nWhether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing\, you are invited to join us for one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore topics relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine poetry\, picture books\, and other texts to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own classrooms and other learning communities \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together around a variety of different themes each month\nEmerge with insights\, ideas\, and activities from the community writing experience to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice     \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-21
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250513T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250513T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250130T202335Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T202335Z
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SUMMARY:Artificial Intelligence and English Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, May 13\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503044\n\n\n\n\n\nArtificial Intelligence and English Language Development \n\nExplore various artificial intelligence tools that educators can use in planning and instruction for Multilingual Learners.\nEnvision creative strategies to support English language development using AI.\nDiscuss how to model responsible use of AI for students.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/artificial-intelligence-and-english-language-development
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250512T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250512T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250129T173410Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T173410Z
UID:7489-1747042200-1747060200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Modification Station - Engineered Instructional Materials\, Texts\, and Assessments
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, May 12\, 2025\nPresenter: Michele M. Yanong \nECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503111\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\n\nModification Station – Engineered Instructional Materials\, Texts\, and Assessments (grades 3-12) \nGet ready to remodel some of your texts\, assignments\, ans assessments to make them accessible to all students! This workshop is designed to equip educators with practical strategies for engineering instructional materials to better support multilingual learners. The workshop will cover principles of comprehensible input\, scaffolding strategies\, and differentiation techniques\, providing participants with hands-on opportunities to apply these concepts to their own teaching contexts. Try new AI tools\, play with visual design platforms\, and leave with ready to use resources for your students. Don’t forget to bring yucky texts\, assignments\, or assessments to renovate! Be ready to finish strong or start the next school year with a solid game plan! \n\nAudience: Grades 3-12
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/modification-station-engineered-instructional-materials-texts-and-assessments
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Michele Yanong
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250508T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250508T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250123T170902Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250123T170902Z
UID:7484-1746720000-1746727200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY: Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, May 8\, 2025\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503118\n\n\n\n\n\n Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: Modeled Writing & Shared Writing \n\n\nTeachers will examine modeled writing and shared writing methods and what is unique in the teaching of literacy-based English Language Development (ELD) and Spanish literacy classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing Modeled Writing and Shared Writing across primary and intermediate grade levels. Teachers  will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual Language Teachers\, ESL/Bilingual Teachers\, or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners. \n\n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-modeled-writing-shared-writing-4
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250428T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250428T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250122T164846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T164846Z
UID:7478-1745856000-1745859600@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY: ML Teacher Toolbox: Language Feedback Techniques
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, April 28\, 2025\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 255503109\n\n\n\n\n\n ML Teacher Toolbox: Language Feedback Techniques \nReady to add a few more techniques to your repertoire?   Examine concrete strategies for providing effective language feedback in any subject area to refine student speaking and writing. From recasting and eliciting to peer feedback and self-correction\, you’ll learn how to: \n\nProvide feedback that focuses on meaning and communication.\nAddress errors constructively and sensitively.\nFoster a growth mindset and support fluid use of languages\nImplement feedback strategies across various learning activities.\n\nWalk away with a toolkit of ready-to-use forms\, templates\, and printables to enhance your teaching and empower emergent bilinguals. \n\nAudience: All Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-language-feedback-techniques
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250427T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250109T160757Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250109T160757Z
UID:7457-1745766000-1745773200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, April 27\, 2025\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503043\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \n\nAre 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?  \nWhether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing\, you are invited to join us for one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore topics relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine poetry\, picture books\, and other texts to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own classrooms and other learning communities \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together around a variety of different themes each month\nEmerge with insights\, ideas\, and activities from the community writing experience to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice     \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-20
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250426T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
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SUMMARY:Language Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 26\, 2025\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503079\n\n\n\n\nLanguage Expectations: Making Language Visible in Academic Content Standards\n\n\nDesigned for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning\, this workshop will focus on Language Expectations\, one of the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Language Expectations are goals for content-driven language instruction. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of Language Expectations. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow can Language Expectations serve as goals for content-driven language instruction?\n\n\nHow do Language Functions and Features show ways language works in service of content learning?\n\n\nHow can educators integrate Language Expectations within content learning?\n\n\nHow can the integration of content and language invite collaboration between educators as they collectively share responsibility for teaching multilingual learners?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/language-expectations-making-language-visible-in-academic-content-standards-6
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T153000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250130T211339Z
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UID:7498-1745586000-1745595000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Flujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Friday\, April 25\, 2025\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy \nECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503124\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\nFlujo and Flow: Writing the Translanguaging Corriente \n“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.”  \nWith this metaphor from Ibarra-Johnson\, Garcia\, Seltzer (The Translanguaging Classroom\, 2017) in mind\, we will focus in on how it applies to writing and: \n\nEngage in writing\, discussion\, and storytelling activities across and beyond named languages that you can bring to your own classroom\nExamine a variety of translanguaging books and writings and consider how they can serve as mentor texts for bilingual student writers\nConsider how to listen to and leverage the translanguaging corriente in your classroom to boost students’ joy and skill in writing across content areas\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/flujo-and-flow-writing-the-translanguaging-corriente-2
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Olivia Mulcahy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250425T120000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250130T205522Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250130T211653Z
UID:7497-1745573400-1745582400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Translanguaging en acción: Bilingualism in las matemáticas
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Friday\, April 25\, 2025\nPresenter: Rachell Plote \nECPD Credit Hours: 2.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503062\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\nTranslanguaging en acción: Bilingualism in las matemáticas \n\n In this session we will  \n\n\nExamine how translanguaging spaces might look within math instruction\n\n\nConsider going beyond cognates as a way to bring English and Spanish together\n\n\nExplore ideas such as using word problems and journaling as a means to support students’ bilingualism and development of mathematical concepts\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators of Bilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/translanguaging-en-accion-bilingualism-in-las-matematicas
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Rachell Plote
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250424T143000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250122T172146Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T172146Z
UID:7479-1745487000-1745505000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Standards in Action: Unpacking Language Demands and Opportunities
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 24\, 2025\nPresenter: Michele M. Yanong \nECPD Credit Hours: 4.5 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503112\n\n\nLocation: The Center: IRC\n                    2626 S. Clearbrook Dr.\n                    Arlington Heights\, IL 60005\n\n\nStandards in Action: Unpacking Language Demands and Opportunities \nEnsuring equitable access to rigorous content for all learners requires a deep understanding of language demands. In this workshop\, participants will:  \n\nExplore the WIDA Guiding Principles and Standards\nLearn the difference between language functions\, forms\, and features\nIdentify the WIDA Key Uses of Language present in a specific unit or lesson that you teach. (suggested focus on writing instruction)\nWith a content and language target in mind\, think about reasonable expectations for students at a variety of language development levels\nConsider scaffolds or supports for receptive and productive language\n\nHeavy lifting\, yes… but the day will be filled with lively activities\, color\, collaboration\, games\, and music!  The structure of the day will provide additional ideas to take back to your classroom.  \nAudience: All Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/standards-in-action-unpacking-language-demands-and-opportunities
LOCATION:Illinois Resource Center\, United States
CATEGORIES:In-Person,Michele Yanong
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250422T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250122T180109Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T180109Z
UID:7482-1745337600-1745344800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:An Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 22\, 2025\nPresenter: Rachell Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503122\n\n\n\n\nAn Introduction to Dual Language Bilingual Education \n\nDive into the essential components of implementing a Dual Language program. \nExamine various program models\, research\, and content and language allocation plans\nExplore mindset shifts needed to fully embrace a program that supports bilingual development\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and Administrators New to Dual Language Bilingual Education
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/an-introduction-to-dual-language-bilingual-education
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250417T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250120T181113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T181113Z
UID:7473-1744905600-1744912800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 17\, 2024\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503117\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Writing: El Dictado/Dictation\n\n\nTeachers will examine TheDictado/Dictation writing method in Spanish-English in grades K-5 dual language classroom settings. Teachers will receive suggestions for implementing TheDictado across grades and analyze student work samples to identify students’ developmental linguistic needs. Teachers  will view a model as presented in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared by Escamilla et. all. and Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages by Beeman & Urow. This workshop content will be beneficial for Dual Language Teachers\, ESL/Bilingual Teachers\, or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners.  \n\nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-writing-el-dictado-dictation-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250415T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250415T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250219T195059Z
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UID:7526-1744732800-1744740000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Supporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, April 15\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503128\n\n\n\n\nSupporting Long-Term English Learners in the Classroom\n\n\nUnderstand the linguistic\, academic\, and social-emotional needs of long-term English learners in our classrooms\nLearn methods for supporting and engaging long-term English learners\nWalk away with strategies you can immediately use\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: 6-12 Educators of Long-Term English Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supporting-long-term-english-learners-in-the-classroom-6
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250414T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250414T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250120T183047Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T183047Z
UID:7474-1744646400-1744650000@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:ML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, April 14\, 2025\nPresenter: Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 255503108\n\n\n\n\n\nML Teacher Toolbox: Using Mentor Sentences \nIgnite powerful writing\, one sentence at a time! This session provides practical\, ready-to-use strategies for using mentor sentences to accelerate language acquisition\, develop essential writing skills\, and amplify diverse voices. Learn how to select impactful mentor texts and sentences.  Leave ready to guide MLs through effective analysis and application activities that support all language development levels. Grab freebies and printable to try right away! \nAudience: All Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/ml-teacher-toolbox-using-mentor-sentences
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Michele Yanong,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250407T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250407T170000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250129T212221Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250129T212221Z
UID:7493-1744041600-1744045200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:A Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Monday\, April 7\, 2025\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 255503042\n\n\n\n\nA Picture is Worth 1000 Words: Creating and Finding Visuals to Support Multilingual Learners \n\nVisuals are a key linguistic support for multilingual learners\, but educators don’t have unlimited time to search the internet for the perfect visual! \nExplore where and how educators can create or find quality visuals to use in a range of contexts and content areas. \nLeave with a list of tools\, all free to educators\, that you can use or share tomorrow.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/a-picture-is-worth-1000-words-creating-and-finding-visuals-to-support-multilingual-learners-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250405T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250405T110000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20241205T194308Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T194308Z
UID:7426-1743843600-1743850800@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, April 5\, 2025\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503078\n\n\n\n\nKey Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development\n\n\nDesigned 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. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow do Key Language Uses foster a functional approach to language development?\n\n\nWhy should educators frame English Language Development Standards around Key Language Uses? \n\n\nIn what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent language uses across the disciplines?\n\n\nHow can educators integrate Key Language Uses within content learning?\n\n\n  \nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/key-language-uses-a-functional-approach-to-language-development-6
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250403T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250120T174645Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250120T174645Z
UID:7472-1743696000-1743703200@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, April 3\, 2025\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503116\n\n\n\n\n\nTeaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Shared Reading & Collaborative Reading \n\nThe goals of this session are to orient to the recommendations for implementing shared reading in a dual language classroom setting: during  Spanish literacy and literacy based English Language Development.  Teachers will have an opportunity to deepen their understanding of comprehension strategies and literacy skills within the content of the whole-group instruction. We will review comprehension strategies and prompts for language support. Escamilla et al (2014) Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared will be among the primary tools leveraged in this series as well other research-based resources. \n  \nAudience: Teachers K-5 (Spanish-English)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/teaching-approaches-to-develop-biliterate-reading-shared-reading-collaborative-reading-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250327T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250327T180000
DTSTAMP:20260404T054253
CREATED:20250120T162217Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250219T162918Z
UID:7470-1743091200-1743098400@irc.thecenterweb.org
SUMMARY:Authentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 27\, 2025\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 255503114\n\n\n\n\n\nAuthentic Assessment Options of Multilingual Learners \nThe 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 four language domains: listening\, speaking\, reading and writing\, as well as a tool to assess their level of acculturation.   \nTarget Audience: Teachers-All Levels
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/authentic-assessment-options-of-multilingual-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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