Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, February 11, 2023 Presenter: Vanessa Figueroa ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503092 Balancing Language and Content Objectives in the Upper Grades Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to balance language and content objectives when planning for their multilingual learners. We will examine how to build literacy across content areas and set priorities that align to the needs of individual students. We will examine assessments in core content areas and make modifications aligned to students’ stages of language development as evidenced in their writing and oral language development. We will [...]
Unpacking and Utilizing the Spanish Language Arts Standards
WebinarRegister Now Date: Tuesday, February 14, 2023 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503054 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 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 of [...]
Multilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Multilingual Learners in Guided Reading
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, February 15, 2023 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503086 Multilingual Literacy Strand: Nothing Small About It! Supporting Multilingual Learners in Guided Reading Come build a “guided reading ready” kit to support your multilingual learners and everyone else Consider ways to embed language objectives into your guided reading lessons for students at a variety of language development levels …. And what should the rest of the class be doing?! Learn how to balance the whole operation by simplifying the independent tasks and organizing the routines in a visual way that all [...]
Sense y sentido: Making Meaning In-between Languages and Cultures
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, February 16, 2023 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503040 Sense y sentido: Making Meaning In-between Languages and Cultures Learning In-between Languages And Cultures (LILAC) is a schema that helps us plan instruction that creates opportunities for students to leverage bilingual ways of knowing and meaning making. Any teacher in any classroom can use LILAC as a guide to enhance teaching and learning for bilingual students and build an enriching multilingual ecology for the whole learning community. Participants in this workshop will: Explore the concept of LILAC as a tool to [...]
Developing and Implementing a Multilingual Learner Intake Plan
WebinarRegister Now Date: Saturday, February 18, 2023 Presenter: Shadia Salem ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503097 Developing and Implementing a Multilingual Learner Intake Plan Newcomers and their families need myriad forms of support from multiple sources. This workshop is designed to support participants in developing and implementing an English Learner/Multilingual Learner Intake Plan. The English Learning Intake Plan recognizes these needs and develops strategies to meet them so that all stakeholders help newcomers build the necessary foundation to thrive both socially and emotionally and to achieve academic success. Specifically, participants will learn steps in transitioning newcomer students [...]
Universe y universo: Exploring Where the Worlds of Translanguaging and Universal Design for Learning Meet
WebinarRegister Now Date: Wednesday, February 22, 2023 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503039 Universe y universo: Exploring Where the Worlds of Translanguaging and Universal Design for Learning Meet Together we will: Explore the fundamentals of both Translanguaging as a pedagogy and Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Examine how the intersection of these approaches can amplify and deepen learning opportunities for bilingual students and everyone in your classroom Brainstorm ways to try out UDL and translanguaging inspired practices in your own teaching context TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
Effective Instruction for Multilingual learners with Special Educational needs
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, February 23, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez & Theresa Young ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503116 Effective Instruction for Multilingual learners with Special Educational needs In this session, participants will: Examine a framework for Culturally and Linguistically Sustaining Inclusive learning environments Review classroom based research on instruction for young and adolescent multilingual learners with special education needs Review research and resources to support students’ multilingualism TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and practitioners who support bilingual learners with special educational needs.
Supporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) – Part 1
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, February 23, 2022 Presenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and Carolyn Droll ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503117 Supporting Young Multilingual Learners Mathematically (Prek-K) - Part 1 In Part 1 of this series, participants will: Learn ways to engage students’ oral language during math explorations Develop an understanding of the developmental progressions of number and operations Explore a variety of concrete materials that engage young learners and build conceptual understanding Create play scenarios that support students’ mathematical reasoning TARGET AUDIENCE: teachers, interventionists, educators and practitioners who support math instruction for bilingual learners in PreK-K
Free Write: Conversations, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
WebinarRegister Now Date: Sunday, February 26, 2023 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503041 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 [...]
Vocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary
WebinarRegister Now Date: Thursday, March 2, 2023 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503107 Vocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary In this session, educators and leaders will: Explore how we can make academic vocabulary instruction more meaningful and relevant for ELs Examine instructional strategies & tools that result in generative vocabulary learning, allowing ELs to leverage what they know in their home language Consider opportunities to take this learning back to your classroom/school/district. TARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners
