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SUMMARY:Exploring the Illinois Spanish Language Arts Standards
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Tuesday\, March 3\, 2026\nPresenter: Rachell Plote\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503097\n\n\n\n\n\nExploring the Illinois Spanish Language Arts Standards \n\nThis webinar will provide an exploration of the Illinois learning standards for Spanish Language Arts \nWe will examine how the standards address the development of Spanish language and literacy.\nWe will analyze the SLA standards by breaking them down into the essential understandings.\nWe will engage in vertical articulation by exploring Spanish language and literacy skill development across multiple grade levels\n\n  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 Teachers of Spanish Language Arts\, Administrators\, Program Directors
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/exploring-the-illinois-spanish-language-arts-standards-2
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Rachell Plote,Webinar
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SUMMARY:Scaffolding for MLs
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 5\, 2026\nPresenter: Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503099\n\n\n\n\n\nScaffolding for MLs \nWe will explore a variety of scaffolding techniques in support of Multilingual Learners that are applicable across content areas and grade levels. Teachers will receive a list of strategic grouping considerations to support differentiated instruction for MLs and practical scaffolding methods that are research-based. \n\n\nAudience: Teachers K-12
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/scaffolding-for-mls
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260312T090000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260313T141500
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SUMMARY:Glow in the Dark: Illuminating Support for SLIFE Students
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: March 12 and 13\, 2026 (TWO DAY INSTITUTE -participants must register and attend both days)\nPresenter: Carly Spina\, Michele Yanong\nECPD Credit Hours: 10\n\nEvent ID: 265503072\n\n\nLocation: National Louis University \n                   1000 Capitol Dr.\n                   Wheeling\, IL 60090\n\n\n\n\nGlow in the Dark: Illuminating Support for SLIFE Students\nA 2-Day Professional Development Workshop for Educators \nWorkshop Objectives: Participants will be able to: \n\nUnderstand the unique strengths of SLIFE and challenges of aligning supports\, tools\, and instructional delivery to serve them.\nImplement culturally responsive and trauma-informed teaching practices.\nUtilize effective strategies for literacy development\, math instruction\, and social-emotional learning for SLIFE students\, including exploration of the MALP framework.\nAccess and utilize relevant resources and support systems for SLIFE students and their families.\n\n  \nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators serving Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/glow-in-the-dark-illuminating-support-for-slife-students
LOCATION:National Louis University – Wheeling Campus\, 1000 Capitol Dr\, Wheeling\, IL\, 60090\, United States
CATEGORIES:Carly Spina,In-Person,Michele Yanong
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SUMMARY:Strategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session III (part 3 of 3)
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 12\, 2026\nPresenter: Peter Tierney-Fife and Vanessa Figueroa\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503047\n\n\n\n\n\nStrategies for Making Math More Accessible for Multilingual Learners Session III (part 3 of 3) \n\n\nThis session is the third part of a three part Math series. The activities will be distinct in each session. Teachers will receive evidence-based strategies and share ideas on how to analyze language and content demands within the context of mathematics. We will  share strategies\, examine the language demands within the context of mathematical tasks and identify potential adaptations for multilingual learners across English Proficiency Levels. We will be leveraging the tools from Math for All to build a common understanding around the neurodevelopmental framework and recommendations in the Institute of Education Sciences’ Practice Guide Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School as it applies to mathematics learning and teaching. Additional supplemental resources will be leveraged such as Academic Language in Diverse Classrooms: Mathematics\, Grades K-2 and 3–5: Promoting Content and Language Learning (Gottlieb & Slavit\, 2013). 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 multilingual learners as they learn mathematics. \n\nAudience: Primary Education Teachers grades (K–8)
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/strategies-for-making-math-more-accessible-for-multilingual-learners-session-iii-part-3-of-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Peter Tierney-Fife,Vanessa Figueroa,Webinar
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SUMMARY:An Educator’s Perspective: Applying the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in Lesson and Unit-Level Planning
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Saturday\, March 21\, 2026\nPresenter: Shadia Salem\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503083\n\n\n\n\n\nAn Educator’s Perspective: Applying the WIDA ELD Standards Framework in Lesson and Unit-Level Planning\n\n\nThis workshop supports educators in applying the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Framework to lesson- and unit-level planning. Participants will explore how to use the framework to clarify language expectations\, align content and language objectives\, and design instruction that intentionally supports multilingual learners. Through examples and guided practice\, educators will strengthen their ability to plan lessons and units that promote meaningful language development alongside grade-level content. \n\nTarget Audience: K-12 Administrators\, Teacher Leaders\, and Teachers.
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/an-educators-perspective-applying-the-wida-eld-standards-framework-in-lesson-and-unit-level-planning
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Shadia Salem,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20260322T150000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20260322T170000
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SUMMARY: Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Sunday\, March 22\, 2026\nPresenter: Olivia Mulcahy\nECPD Credit Hours: 2 hours\n\nEvent ID: 265503061\n\n\n\n\n\n Free Write: Conversations\, Connections & Compositions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice \nHow can the experience of writing can help you deepen your practice? Free Write is an opportunity for educators to engage in a creative space to connect\, generate ideas\, and share inspiration within a community of colleagues. Whether you already enjoy writing or have a rocky relationship with writing\, you are invited to join us for one\, some\, or all of the Free Write sessions! Once 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 various writing forms and examples to prompt our own thinking/writing and imagine how they might apply in the context of our own culturally and linguistically diverse classrooms and 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-compositions-to-nourish-our-teaching-practice-28
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Olivia Mulcahy,Webinar
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SUMMARY: Unlock the Potential of Wordless Books
DESCRIPTION:Register Now\n  \n\nDate: Thursday\, March 26\, 2026\nPresenter: Maggie Essig\nECPD Credit Hours: 1 hour\n\nEvent ID: 265503065\n\n\n\n\n Unlock the Potential of Wordless Books \n\nExplore creative interpretive and expressive language and literacy strategies that capitalize on wordless books.\nLeave with a comprehensive list of wordless books that are ideal for Multilingual Learners. \nCreate a plan for incorporating wordless books into instruction for Multilingual Learners.\n\nTARGET AUDIENCE: Educators of Multilingual Learners
URL:https://irc.thecenterweb.org/workshop/unlock-the-potential-of-wordless-books-3
LOCATION:Webinar
CATEGORIES:Maggie Essig,Webinar
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