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SUMMARY:Vocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 2\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503107\n\n\n\n\n\nVocabulations: Linguistic Play & Vocabulary \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nExplore how we can make academic vocabulary instruction more meaningful and relevant for ELs\nExamine instructional strategies & tools that result in generative vocabulary learning\, allowing ELs to leverage what they know in their home language\nConsider opportunities to take this learning back to your  classroom/school/district. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/vocabulations-linguistic-play-vocabulary
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230304T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
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SUMMARY:Unit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 4\, 2022\nPresenter: Cristina Sanchez-Lopez \nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503115\n\n\n\n\nUnit Planning for Multilingual Learners: Incorporating Oracy and Literacy into Content Area Instruction \nIn this session\, educators will: \n\nReview an interactive Learning Cycle Unit Planning Template\nExamine elementary and middle school sample content area unit plans\nReceive guided practice in creating instructional learning cycle units that incorporate oracy and literacy across the content areas.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators who support multilingual learners’ content area instruction and intervention.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/unit-planning-for-multilingual-learners-incorporating-oracy-and-literacy-into-content-area-instruction-5
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Cristina Sanchez-Lopez,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230305T140000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230305T170000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20220901T172345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220927T192043Z
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SUMMARY:Supportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, March 5\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 3 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503042\n\n\n\n\nSupportive Space: Workshopping Your Free Writing\n\nHave you participated in one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions so far? Do you want some protected time and space to continue your writing? Are you interested in contributing to an IRC collection of teacher writing? \nThis session is a virtual space for you to meet up with the Free Write series facilitator\, Olivia Mulcahy\, and other “free writing” teachers to:   \n\nContinue your piece of writing quietly\, but with supportive peers at the ready to bounce around ideas with you \nWorkshop the form and content of your writing in-progress with feedback and encouragement from collaborative peers\nPrepare your piece for sharing with a wider audience\n\nPop in anytime and stay for as long as you need while the session is live. Come and enjoy working on your writing even if you are undecided about sharing it more widely or don’t need the credits. If you DO want to earn 3 credits\, you must:  \n\nCheck in with Olivia during the session to share what you are working on/hope to contribute\, AND\nSubmit your writing within the following 3 weeks.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Participants in any of the preceding Free Write sessions
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/supportive-space-workshopping-your-free-writing-2
LOCATION:Webinar & Asynchronous Learning Activities
CATEGORIES:Asynchronous Learning Activities,Olivia Mulcahy
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230307T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20220923T175059Z
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SUMMARY:Designing & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 7\, 2023\nPresenter: Carly Spina\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503073\n\n\n\n\n\nDesigning & Nurturing Linguistically Inclusive Spaces in our Schools \nIn this session\, educators and leaders will: \n\nUnpack problematic phrases we often overhear in our school settings\nDesign a language-norm framework for our collaborative educator spaces\nExplore tools & resources to promote linguistic inclusivity in our settings\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators and instructional coaches who support multilingual learners 
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/designing-nurturing-linguistically-inclusive-spaces-in-our-schools-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230308T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20220928T163652Z
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SUMMARY: Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, March 8\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503056\n\n\n\n\n\n Spanish Literacy Strand: Pairing Whole Group and Small Group Literacy Instruction \nLooking for more sessions geared towards Spanish literacy? Join me for a session focused on connecting two important components of literacy instruction: whole group and small group. \n\nIn this webinar we will examine the features of whole group and small group literacy. \nWe will explore how to lower the affective filter for bilingual students and create opportunities for making connections across literacy environments.\nWe will consider ways to compliment instruction by pairing the theme/topic and instructional activities within whole group and small group. \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Teachers of Spanish Literacy
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/spanish-literacy-strand-pairing-whole-group-and-small-group-literacy-instruction-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230311T110000
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SUMMARY:Introducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 11\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503098\n\n\n\n\nIntroducing the WIDA ELD Standards Framework\n\nDesigned for educators and leaders who are responsible for the integration of English language development within content learning\, this workshop will overview the four components of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework. Participants will receive resources to support the implementation of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow do the framework components work together to make a comprehensive picture of language development?\n\n\nIn what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent language uses across the disciplines?\n\n\nHow do Language Expectations create visible ways students need to use language to meet grade-level academic content standards?\n\n\nIn what ways can the Proficiency Level Descriptors describe typical ways multilingual learners might develop across six levels of English proficiency?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/introducing-the-wida-eld-standards-framework-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Breaking Down Silos:  SPED and EL Teams Working Together to Support All Young Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate:  Monday\, March 13\, 2023\nPresenter: Adelicia Brienzo\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 238807038\n\n\n\n\n\nBreaking Down Silos:  SPED and EL Teams Working Together to Support All Young Learners \nIn this session\, participants will be challenged to envision a high-quality learning environment that supports the whole child\, moving beyond the labels of “ELL” or “Special Education.” With a focus on equity and inclusion\, participants will learn the five main components needed to break down silos in their own programs. \nObjectives: \n* Learn five basic components needed to break down department silos \n* Define “intersectionality” and how it relates to dually identified students \n* Set short and long-term goals for building collaboration between teams \nTARGET AUDIENCE: PreK-3rd grade educators\, administrators\, therapists\, SPED and EL teams who support multilingual learners and their families
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/breaking-down-silos-sped-and-el-teams-working-together-to-support-all-young-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Adelicia Brienzo,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230318T110000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20221026T201303Z
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SUMMARY:Key Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 18\, 2023\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503099\n\n\n\n\nKey Language Uses: A Functional Approach to Language Development\n\nDesigned 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. \nEssential Questions: \n\nHow do Key Language Uses foster a functional approach to language development?\n\n\nWhy should educators frame English Language Development Standards around Key Language Uses? \n\n\nIn what ways can the Four Key Language Uses represent prominent language uses across the disciplines?\n\n\nHow can educators integrate Key Language Uses within content learning?\n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/key-language-uses-a-functional-approach-to-language-development-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230322T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20220928T192818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20220928T192818Z
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SUMMARY:Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Wednesday\, March 22\, 2023\nPresenter: Rachell Anderson Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503057\n\n\n\n\n\n Planning for Bilingualism: Connecting Instruction across ELA and SLA \n\nIn this webinar we will explore how to strategically plan for bilingualism by connecting instruction across English Language Arts and Spanish Language Arts.\nWe will examine ELA and SLA content standards as a means to plan opportunities to address similarities and differences between languages. \nWe will consider easy moves for teachers to make cross-linguistic connections in Spanish and English literacy.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-5 Bilingual/ Dual Language Teachers
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/planning-for-bilingualism-connecting-instruction-across-ela-and-sla-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Anderson Plote,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230326T170000
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SUMMARY:Free Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, March 26\, 2023\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503043\n\n\n\n\n\nFree Write: Conversations\, Connections and Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nAre 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! \nOnce a month on Sunday afternoons we will get together to: \n\nExplore topics relevant to our lives and work as educators through a community writing process\nExamine poetry\, picture books\, and other texts to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own classrooms and other learning communities \nEngage in writing\, reading aloud\, discussion\, and storytelling together around a variety of different themes each month\nEmerge with insights\, ideas\, and activities from the community writing experience to feed our teacher spirit and refresh our practice    \n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/free-write-conversations-connections-and-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T160000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20230328T180000
DTSTAMP:20260405T134549
CREATED:20220928T145147Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230306T220915Z
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SUMMARY:Blending Technology and Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 28\, 2023\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 235503064\n\n\n\n\n\nBlending Technology and Reading Instruction for Multilingual Learners \n\nExamine the research about using technology with multilingual learners to develop reading skills.\nExplore where and when technology tools can be easily incorporated into instruction to develop reading skills.\n\n\nWalk away with strategies that can be immediately used with students!\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Educators
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/blending-technology-and-reading-instruction-for-multilingual-learners
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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