Exploring Academic Language in Content Areas School-wide
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, January 27, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503122 Exploring Academic Language in Content Areas School-wide Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on strengthening academic language across disciplines. We will explore how academic language is used in content areas such as Language Arts, Science, Math, Music, and Physical Education with the ultimate goal of implementing a culturally responsive curriculum school-wide. 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 [...]
Teaching With Trabalenguas
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, January 30, 2024 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503097 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 as a way to [...]
Supporting Multilingual Students through Interpretive Skills (Listening, Reading, Viewing)
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, February 6, 2023 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503077 Supporting Multilingual Students through Interpretive Skills (Listening, Reading, Viewing) During this event, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: Examine Interpretive Language Skills across proficiency levels Explore ways to scaffold students as they listen, read, and view content Design a tool bank of resources to share with colleagues TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students
ML Teacher Toolbox: On Your Feet Strategies and Structures
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, February 7, 2024 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 245503078 ML Teacher Toolbox: On Your Feet Strategies and Structures We all know that kids of all ages need to move! Join me in exploring productive and meaningful activities that get students engaged and on their feet in the classroom. Examine the benefits of meaningful movement for MLs and everyone else See examples of cooperative structures and movement protocols that promote interaction and language acquisition Leave with ready-to-use resources to use with your students in any content area TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators [...]
Multipurpose Can Do Student Portraits
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, February 10, 2024 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503110 Multipurpose Can Do Student Portraits A Can Do Student Portrait focuses on a student’s strengths with information about the learner’s educational background, languages, family, and interests. Learn about how Student Portraits can be multipurpose and impactful for educators and students in the beginning, middle, and end of the school year. Participants will receive resources to help implement Can Do Student Portraits throughout the year. Essential Questions: How can we leverage student assets and challenge biases with Student Portraits? In what ways [...]
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, February 11, 2024 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503080 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 invited [...]
Canciones y dichos y adivinanzas, oh my!
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, February 13, 2024 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503098 Canciones y dichos y adivinanzas, oh my! Do you teach Spanish literacy in a bilingual or dual language program? If you enjoyed my session on Teaching with trabalenguas, then you’ll love this session! Join me for a look at how canciones (songs), dichos (sayings), and adivinazas (riddles) can be used to support teaching Spanish language and literacy. We will explore how to engage students during Spanish literacy and oracy by using fun and popular canciones, dichos, and adivinanzas. We will examine [...]
Teaching Approaches to Develop Biliterate Reading: Strategies to Develop Cross-Language Connections & The Interactive Read Aloud
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, February 22, 2024 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503126 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 [...]
Connecting Languages during Math Instruction
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, March 5, 2024 Presenter: Rachell Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503099 Connecting Languages during Math Instruction This webinar will dig into the importance of helping bilingual learners make cross-linguistic connections to further their metalinguistic development Whether you instruct math in English or Spanish, we will explore ideas for making language connections while also teaching content knowledge Together we will focus on ways that educators can integrate opportunities for language development across English and Spanish during mathematics instruction TARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/ Dual Language Teacher
RAFTing with Multilingual Learners
Register Now Date: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 245503082 RAFTing with Multilingual Learners During this event, EL/Bilingual/Dual Language educators will: Examine the structure of RAFT (Role, Audience, Format, and Topic) Explore a variety of tools and ideas that can support students with higher proficiency levels (PLs of 3-5) Develop our own tool banks for supporting students in expressive language skills TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and leaders who serve multilingual students
