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Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
Register Now Date: Sunday, August 28, 2022 Presenter: Olivia Mulcahy ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503004 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 sessions. […]
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Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
Getting to know the New Illinois Learning Standards for Spanish Language Arts
Register Now Date: Tuesday, August 30, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 235503018 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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Pajama Planner Party: Mapping Out our Multilingual Support & Advocacy
Pajama Planner Party: Mapping Out our Multilingual Support & Advocacy
Register Now Date: Wednesday, August 31, 2022 Presenter: Carly Spina ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503081 Pajama Planner Party: Mapping Out our Multilingual Support & Advocacy Participants will: Prioritize personal and professional wellness Identify moments of advocacy & leadership throughout the school year Develop a lan for the year through the lens of delivering instructional support to colleagues TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 EL Teachers
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Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment Where Multilingual Learners Thrive
Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment Where Multilingual Learners Thrive
Register Now Date: Thursday, September 1, 2022 Presenter: Maggie Essig ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503010 Crafting a Multilingual Learning Environment Where Multilingual Learners Thrive Examine how educators can build a multilingual learning environment regardless of the language they speak. Explore how inviting and incorporating students’ languages and cultures into all classroom settings as valuable resources build understanding and validate student identity. See examples of multilingual classroom design, resource selection, instructional strategies, and family communication that help create a safe and welcoming environment. TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
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Cancelled – ML Teacher Tools, Tips, and Treats: Readers Notebooks Make and Take Night Grades 2-8
Cancelled – ML Teacher Tools, Tips, and Treats: Readers Notebooks Make and Take Night Grades 2-8
Register Now Date: Wednesday, September 7, 2022 Time: 5:00 PM - 6:30 PM Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit: 1.5 Hours Event ID: 235503030 Location: IRC, 2626 S. Clearbrook Dr. Arlington Hts., IL 60005 ML Teacher Tools, Tips, and Treats: Readers Notebooks Make and Take Night Grades 2-8 Ever wish you had more time to prep? Come hang with fellow teachers and spend an hour creating a sample readers notebook. We will begin with a short presentation about using reader’s notebooks with multilingual learners, including links to digital tools, tips for set-up and use, and a presenter sample. After that, [...]
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Conociendo los nuevos estándares estatales de Illinois para los artes del lenguaje en español
Conociendo los nuevos estándares estatales de Illinois para los artes del lenguaje en español
Register Now Date: Thursday, September 8, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour Event ID: 235503019 Conociendo los nuevos estándares estatales de Illinois para los artes del lenguaje en español Este seminario web proporcionará una descripción general de los estándares de aprendizaje recientemente adoptados para los educadores de artes del lenguaje español en Illinois. Vamos a explorar cómo los estándares sostienen el desarrollo del idioma español y la alfabetización. Examinaremos algunas de las semejanzas y diferencias de los estándares de artes del lenguaje en español con los estándares de artes del lenguaje en inglés. **esta sesión [...]
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Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas
Spanish Literacy Strand: Teaching With Trabalenguas
Register Now Date: Tuesday, September 13, 2022 Presenter: Rachell Anderson Plote ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503020 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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Multilingual Literacy Strand: Inspiring Interactive Read Alouds Grades K-5
Multilingual Literacy Strand: Inspiring Interactive Read Alouds Grades K-5
Register Now Date: Wednesday, September 14, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503031 Multilingual Literacy Strand: Inspiring Interactive Read Alouds Grades K-5 Want to kick your read alouds to the next level and get students excited and involved in thinking and discussion? Explore systems of strategic action that will help you plan and support reader growth Learn how the WIDA standards connect to genre-based literacy plans Learn how anchor charts and reader notebooks can create reading maps for independent readers Leave with digital and printable resources for both turn-and-talk and writing about reading Target Audience: [...]
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Weekend Language Detectives: Making the Writers Notebook a Sacred Space for Growing Authors K-8
Weekend Language Detectives: Making the Writers Notebook a Sacred Space for Growing Authors K-8
Register Now Date: Sunday, September 18, 2022 Presenter: Michele Yanong ECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours Event ID: 235503032 Weekend Language Detectives: Making the Writers Notebook a Sacred Space for Growing Authors K-8 Consider how using writing notebooks can allow your young author’s to shine and provide a perfect place for them to play with words, ideas, and their languages within a scaffolded writing cycle Explore how to use personalized notebooks for brainstorming, collecting ideas and research, and planning. See examples of when to stay or go back to the notebook and when to move out of the notebook during [...]
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El camino hacia la participación familiar auténtica: comprender y trabajar a través de las barreras
El camino hacia la participación familiar auténtica: comprender y trabajar a través de las barreras
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
Helping Multilingual Learners Show What They Know Mathematically: Grades 4-8
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
Free Write: Conversations, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
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
Designing & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools
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
Developing Language Without Print: Using Non-Print Texts with Multilingual Learners
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
