Free Write: Conversations, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice

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Register Now   Date: Sunday, December 11, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503037 Free Write: Conversations, Connections and 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 [...]

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Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom

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Register Now   Date: Saturday, December 17, 2022 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503091 Strengthening Writing in a Bilingual and Dual Language Classroom Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to strengthen writing for their bilingual and dual language learners (Spanish-English). We will examine writing rubrics, student work and teaching techniques that can be utilized in practice.  This workshop content will be beneficial for ESL/Bilingual Teachers, Dual Language Teachers or General Education Teachers who would like to learn more about how to support their bilingual and/or dual language learners.   TARGET AUDIENCE: Teachers [...]

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Weekend Language Detectives: Conferral and Small Group Writing Instruction K-8

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Register Now   Date: Sunday, January 8, 2023 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503083 Weekend Language Detectives: Conferral and Small Group Writing Instruction K-8 Gather tools for the conferral process, including questions to ask students, forms to guide self-reflection, and phrases that affirm student production Leave with more than 15 small group writing ideas that you can put into place this year in your writing workshop TARGET AUDIENCE: K-8 General Educators, Content Area Specialists, Language Support Teachers and Everyone Else

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Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas

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Register Now   Date: Tuesday, January 10, 2023 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503022  Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas Do you teach Spanish literacy in a bilingual or dual language program? Or do you just want to expand your understanding of Spanish literacy instruction? Join me for a look at how trabalenguas (tongue twisters) can be used to support teaching reading in Spanish. We will explore how to “hook” students into literacy and oracy concepts by using fun and popular trabalenguas (tongue twisters in Spanish). We will examine how trabalenguas can be used [...]

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The Road to Authentic Family Engagement: Understanding and Working Through Barriers

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Register Now   Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Presenter: Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 238807028 The Road to Authentic Family Engagement:  Understanding and Working Through Barriers  In this session, participants will: Explore strategies for working around common barriers to family engagement Share experiences around building authentic relationships with EL families. Review stages of immigrant parent involvement in schools, and how they impact our efforts for engagement.  TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators, administrators, social workers and parent liaisons who support multilingual learners and their families

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Who is Advocating for the Advocate? Strategies to Support YOU!

Illinois Resource Center , United States

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, January 11, 2023 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503106 Who is Advocating for the Advocate? Strategies to Support YOU! In this session, educators and leaders will: Define and explore our current realities related to how we serve students, families, and communities Explore moments of advocacy and rest throughout the school year Explore tools & resources to intentionally rest, reset, pause, and heal so that we can be more balanced human beings TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators,  instructional coaches, and leaders who support multilingual learners 

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Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts

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Register Now   Date: Tuesday, January 17, 2023 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503023 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

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Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development

Illinois Resource Center , United States

Register Now   Date: Wednesday, January 18, 2023 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503095 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 [...]

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Deconstructing the LTEL Label: What We Thought We Knew & How to Plan Forward

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Register Now   Date: Thursday, January 19, 2023 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503071 Deconstructing the LTEL Label: What We Thought We Knew & How to Plan Forward In this session, educators and leaders will: Analyze the “phenomenon” of Long Term English Learners Address our beliefs and mindsets Consider our setting’s specific LTEL Data Design a plan to support students and staff in ongoing growth TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners

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Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) with a Focus on Tier 1

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Register Now   Date: Saturday, January 21,  2023 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez  ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503080  Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) with a Focus on Tier 1 This workshop will provide guidance to those interested in implementing MTSS with MLs with a Focus on Tier 1  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 [...]

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