El camino hacia la participación familiar auténtica: comprender y trabajar a través de las barreras

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Register Now   Date: Tuesday, September 20, 2022 Presenter: Adelicia Brienzo ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503048 El camino hacia la participación familiar auténtica: comprender y trabajar a través de las barreras En esta sesión, los participantes: Explorarán estrategias para resolvar las barreras a la participación familiar Compartarán experiencias sobre la construcción de conneciones auténticas con las familias de alumnos recibiendo services de inglés. Revisarán las etapas de la participación de los padres inmigrantes en las escuelas y cómo impactan nuestros esfuerzos de participación. PÚBLICO OBJETIVO: Educadores, administradores, trabajadores sociales y enlaces de padres que apoyan a los [...]

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Helping Multilingual Learners Show What They Know Mathematically: Grades 4-8

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Register Now   Date: Thursday, September 22, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503076 Helping Multilingual Learners Show What They Know Mathematically: Grades 4-8 Participants in this session will: Learn ways to engage students’ oral language and literacy during mathematics instruction Practice strategies that support students’ mathematical reasoning and problem-solving Explore a variety of concrete materials and multiple representations to engage learners and to help make the mathematics content accessible to a wide range of language learners  TARGET AUDIENCE: teachers, interventionists, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for bilingual learners in grades 4-8.

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

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Register Now   Date: Sunday, September 25, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503005  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 [...]

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Designing & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools

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Register Now   Date: Monday, September 26, 2022 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503012 Designing & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools In this session, educators and leaders will: Unpack problematic phrases we often overhear in our school settings Design a language-norm framework for our collaborative educator spaces Explore tools & resources to promote linguistic inclusivity in our settings TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 

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Developing Language Without Print: Using Non-Print Texts with Multilingual Learners

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Register Now   Date: Saturday, October 1, 2022 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503011 Developing Language Without Print: Using Non-Print Texts with Multilingual Learners What are non-print texts and where can you find them to enhance instruction for multilingual learners? View examples of how non-print texts communicate, entertain, inform, and persuade in the same way as their print-based counterparts. Walk away with non-print text strategies that facilitate language development, content learning, creativity, and critical thinking. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators

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Weekend Language Detectives: Supporting Multilingual Learners by Modeling and Deconstructing the Genre K-8

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Register 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

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Unpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards

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Register 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 [...]

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Apoyando el desarrollo socio-emocional de los estudiantes pequenos

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Register 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 sí mismos y en los demás. Identificarán formas de incorporar libros infantiles para enseñar habilidades socio-emocionales. Discutarán formas de incorporar aprendizaje socio-emocional [...]

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Developing Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Multi-tiered System of Supports (MTSS) for Multilingual Learners (MLs) within Dual Language Immersion (DLE) Programs

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Register 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 [...]

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The Language of YouTube: Leveraging Students’ Interests & Promoting Language Development Opportunities

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Register 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

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