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The CAL/Vista spring webinar series is over, but that doesn’t mean the learning stops. If you missed any of the webinars, you can watch them here.

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Vista Higher Learning Webinar Archive:

Professional Development on Your Schedule

Welcome to the Vista Higher Learning Professional Development Archive. Here you can access all of our professional development webinars, created specifically for world language educators like you. Enjoy at your convenience!

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The store will not work correctly in the case when cookies are disabled. JavaScript seems to be disabled in your browser. For the best experience on our site, be sure to turn on Javascript in your browser. Vista Higher Learning Webinar Archive: Professional Development on Your Schedule Welcome to the Vista Higher Learning Professional Development Archive.

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Research to Policy - CAL Reframing Literacies through the eyes of Refugees and SLIFE students.

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Research to Policy - CAL Reframing Literacies through the eyes of Refugees and SLIFE students.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Reframing Literacies through the eyes of Refugees and SLIFE students. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Register below to receive more information on this webinar when it becomes available! --- Limited to first 500 registrants. This webinar will be recorded and broadcast on CAL Facebook Live: www.facebook.com/CALLinguistics/live

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Empowering Multilingual Learners, an exciting webinar series co-sponsored by CAL and Vista

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Empowering Multilingual Learners, an exciting webinar series co-sponsored by CAL and Vista

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Starting on Thursday, March 17 | 4:00pm EST

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Online Professional Learning for Educators at the Friday Institute

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Online Professional Learning for Educators at the Friday Institute

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Preparing Multilingual Learners for College & Career Success

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Preparing Multilingual Learners for College & Career Success

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Preparing multilingual learners for college and career success. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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How do we prepare multilingual learners for their next steps after high school? What unique barriers do multilingual learners face when discovering and choosing a career path? What federal and state policies are alleviating –or exacerbating– these challenges? In this 30-minute conversation hosted by…

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Strategies for English Learners Featuring Dr. Jeff Zwiers

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Strategies for English Learners Featuring Dr. Jeff Zwiers

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Strategies for English Learners Featuring Dr. Jeff Zwiers

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Wednesday, March 09, 2022 at 02:00 PM Eastern Standard Time. Hear Dr. Jeff Zwiers share how podcasts build academic conversations and support English language development.

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Equity Practices for Multilingual Learners!

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Equity Practices for Multilingual Learners!

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Join us for the annual LI ESOL Symposium on March 5th, 2022, 9-11 am. THEME: Equity Practices for Multilingual Learners Schedule: Welcome (9:00-9:10) Ignite Sessions (9:10-9:30) Zoom Transition T...

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Impact is an opportunity for classroom teachers and administrators, curriculum and instruction specialists, education advocates, policymakers, and more to join in a community of professional learning with the common goal of furthering progress in multilingual education.
Check out Impact 2022
Recording available for Impact 2020 and 2021.

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The second annual Impact Conference is a free virtual event taking place on December 6th, 7th, and 9th featuring experts in supporting the needs of multilingual learners. Impact 2020 was the highest attended conference focused exclusively on the needs of multilingual learners, and Impact 2021 promises to be even bigger. Impact is an opportunity for classroom teachers and administrators, curriculum and instruction specialists, education advocates, policymakers, and more to join in a community of professional learning with the common goal of furthering progress in multilingual education. Learn more about our presenters and register for sessions below.

Co-planning Assessments for Multilingual Learners 10:00AM - 11:00 AM EST

The Impact of Teacher Training and Preparation on ML Instruction 12:00PM - 1:00 PM EST

Empowering LTELS with SEL, Language, And Literacy 2:00PM - 3:00 PM EST

The integration of SEL competencies with language, literacy and core content instruction is essential in preventing and addressing the plight of LTELs. Instead of teaching SEL strategies in isolation, we can integrate them into language, literacy, and core content instruction throughout virtual or hybrid lessons. Margarita and Hector will have participants practice the integration of SEL competencies in teaching vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing in a virtual or hybrid learning environment. This session will share how to devise SEL opportunities that teenagers can appreciate.

Presenter Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón is a Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. She currently conducts long-term professional development and coaching programs in several school districts. She has been an Educational Leadership professor at the University of Texas El Paso and Associate Professor of bilingual courses at the University of California at Santa Barbara. She began her career as an ESL and English literature teacher at a high school. She has over 100 publications.

Presenter Dr. Hector Montenegro is currently Senior District Advisor for the Collaborative for Academic, Social and Emotional Learning (CASEL) and works with districts and administrators nationally and internationally on systemic implementation of SEL. He is also a Senior Associate for Margarita Calderon and Associates (MC&A). He has been a math teacher, principal, Chief of Staff and Superintendent of Schools in three districts in Texas. He is the past president of the Association of Latino Administrators and Superintendents (ALAS) and Co-Director of the ALAS Superintendent's Leadership Academy (SLA). He also serves on several national boards including the New York City Leadership Academy (NYCLA), Board Chair & Senior Advisor for the Transformative Educational Leadership Academy (TEL), and the Parent-Teacher Home Visits (PTHV).

The Intersection of Instruction and Assessment: Where Do Multiple Languages Fit? 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EST

If classroom assessment is indistinguishable from instruction and multiple languages are synonymous with multilingual learners, doesn't it make sense that multilingual learners should have access to the use of their multiple languages throughout the assessment process? This session offers teachers and school leaders opportunities to contemplate dilemmas associated with assessment in multiple languages with the intent of leveraging the linguistic and cultural assets of multilingual learners as part of their assessment practices.

Presenter Dr. Margo Gottlieb is the co-founder and lead developer for WIDA at the Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Starting her career as an elementary school teacher and bilingual coordinator, she served as the longstanding director of assessment and evaluation at the Illinois Resource Center. In addition, she has been a Fulbright Senior Specialist in Santiago, Chile. In recent years, Margo's scholarship has focused on designing language development standards frameworks, co-constructing linguistically and culturally sustainable curriculum, promoting student agency through assessment as, for, and of learning, and evaluating language education policy in K-12 settings. Besides co-authoring Beyond Crises with Debbie Zacarian and Margarita Calderón, Margo's most recent books include Assessment in Multiple Languages: A Handbook for School and District Leaders and its companion, Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages: A Handbook for Teachers (Corwin, 2021).

Overcoming Trauma and Finding Strength in Multilingual Learners 2:00PM - 3:00 PM EST

Educators must be able to support students whose lived experiences may be far different from their own, particularly if those students are newcomers. In this session, Dr. Jose Luis Zelaya will share tools and strategies educators can use to help build strong relationships needed to remove obstacles that trauma can create. Dr. Zelaya will draw on his own experiences as an unaccompanied minor as well as his expertise in working with school districts around the country.

Presenter Dr. Jose Luis Zelaya is a Dreamer born in San Pedro Sula, Honduras. At 13 years of age, he was obligated to flee Honduras and embark on a journey to the United States as an unaccompanied minor. A graduate of Texas A&M University Department of Education and the CEO of Dr. Zelaya Educational Consulting LLC. At Texas A&M, Dr. Zelaya pursued a bachelor's in interdisciplinary studies, a master's in education in Curriculum and Instructions, and a Doctorate in Urban Education. He attributes each of his academic accomplishments to his family, mentors,and community who have supported his dreams of educational progress.

Session information coming soon! 4:00PM - 5:00 PM EST

Engaging English Learners in Mathematical Thinking through Reasoning Routines 11:00AM - 12:00 PM EST

Presenter Grace Kelemanik, co-founder of Fostering Math Practices, is a former urban high school mathematics teacher and Project Director at Education Development Center. Grace has also worked extensively with new and preservice teachers through the Boston Teacher Residency program. She is a mathematics education consultant and professional development provider. Follow Grace on Twitter @GraceKelemanik

Developing a WE CARE Attitude for Multilingual Learners Success 2:00PM - 3:00 PM EST

More sessions will be added. Please check back soon!

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The second annual Impact Conference is a free virtual event taking place on December 6th, 7th, and 9th featuring experts in supporting the needs of multilingual learners. Impact 2020 was the highest attended conference focused exclusively on the needs of multilingual learners, and Impact 2021 promises to be even bigger.

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DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS: A PANEL DISCUSSION

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DIFFERENTIATION STRATEGIES FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS IN SECONDARY CLASSROOMS: A PANEL DISCUSSION

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THURSDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2021 12:00 p.m. PST / 3:00 p.m.
Recording available.

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Welcome! You are invited to join a webinar: Differentiation Strategies for Multilingual Learners in Secondary Classrooms: A Panel Discussion. After registering, you will receive a confirmation email about joining the webinar.

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Many teachers are searching for the best ways to serve students with a wide range of language proficiency levels in their classrooms. Differentiation and grouping are the keys to successful student learning, but how does that look in middle and high schools?

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How to Prepare All Educators to Teach English Learners

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How to Prepare All Educators to Teach English Learners

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Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EST
Recording available.

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Presented by Dr. John Nelson, Former Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District (CA); and Kevin Baird, Chief Academic Officer, Achieve3000

Sponsored by Achieve3000
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According to the Brookings Institution, the number of English learners (ELs) in U.S. public schools has grown by roughly 60 percent over the last decade. While the level of diversity they have brought us holds plenty of potential value for all students, we are not yet able to capitalize on that, as many English learners are not enrolled in schools with teachers who have been given the sufficient preparation and training to teach them.

Join Dr. John Nelson, former Superintendent of the Chula Vista Elementary School District (CVESD) in Southern California, where more than a third of the district's 30,000 K-6 students are classified as English learners, for an engaging edWebinar about how to help all educators support multilingual students.

School and district leaders will learn how to improve outcomes by:
About the Presenters

Supporting collaborative academic planning efforts across subject areas

Providing ongoing professional development with an EL emphasis

Embedding coaching around understanding the language development needs of students learning English as a new language

This edWebinar will be of interest to PreK-12 school and district leaders, teachers, librarians, and education technology leaders. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Dr. John Nelson is a dedicated instructional leader, expert in the use of technology to improve student outcomes, and passionate advocate for English language learners. During his tenure as the assistant superintendent for instructional services at the Chula Vista Elementary School District in California, he oversaw the district's dramatic improvement in academic performance and high-stakes test scores through the implementation of a student-centered instructional framework and a cloud-based differentiated instruction solution. With four decades of experience in education, Dr. Nelson has also worked as a classroom teacher, ESL instructor, school principal, and lecturer at San Diego State University.

Kevin Baird (MBA, ALEP) serves as Chief Academic Officer for Achieve3000. Kevin is a noted leader in college and career readiness content, strategies, and standards. He has participated in educational research on every continent save for Antarctica, consulted with governments to create college and career readiness initiatives, and has served as a trainer and consultant for states and districts across North America. Kevin has served as Chairman and Senior Faculty at the non-profit Center for College & Career Readiness. Kevin creates graduate-level programs in college and career readiness for school administrators and is a sought-after speaker around the world. An expert in the use of predictive analytics and artificial intelligence in education, he has helped to create a variety of K-12 and higher education technologies. Kevin has collaborated with Achieve3000 for more than 15 years and contributes as a member of the Achieve3000 Educator Leadership Council.

To participate in the live edWebinar, log in with current version of Google Chrome or install the meeting app prior to the edWebinar on your computer, your Apple device, or Android device. If you have a firewall in your location, you can participate on your mobile device using your cellular data (not your local network).

The edWebinar recording will be posted to this page the day after the presentation. Closed captioning will be added to the recording within 2 weeks of the live presentation.

Join the Differentiating Instruction with Educational Technology community to network with educators, participate in online discussions, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates.

Achieve3000 partners with educators to deliver a comprehensive suite of digital solutions that significantly drive literacy and math acceleration and deepen learning across the content areas. Using personalized and differentiated solutions, Achieve3000 provides equity for remote and on-site instruction, enabling teachers to help all students achieve accelerated growth. For more than four million students in grades PreK-12, Achieve3000 improves high-stakes test performance and drives college and career readiness.

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How to Prepare All Educators to Teach English Learners - edWeb

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Presented by Dr. John Nelson, Former Superintendent, Chula Vista Elementary School District (CA); and Kevin Baird, Chief Academic Officer, Achieve3000 Sponsored by Achieve3000 Register Here Register to attend live or to receive the recording. The recording will be posted on this page after the live session.

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Tools for Supporting Multilingual Learners in Interpreting and Constructing Informational Texts 

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Tools for Supporting Multilingual Learners in Interpreting and Constructing Informational Texts 

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Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 5:00 pm - 6:00 pm EST
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Presented by Dr. Kate Kinsella, Emeritus Teacher Educator at San Francisco State University, and Author

Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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To thrive within grade 4-12 coursework, multilingual learners require intentional and systematic language development alongside the academic demands of core content areas. Contemporary U.S. college-readiness standards and English language development standards (e.g., WIDA, ELPAC, AZELLA) alike emphasize a number of high-leverage competencies. The ability to inform and explain with factual information counts amongst the most vital for achievement in standards-aligned coursework. However, accurately summarizing, comparing, or conveying why things happen places exceptional language and literacy demands on a young language scholar with basic to intermediate English proficiency.
About the Presenter
In this edWebinar, drawing on extensive experience as an English language development practitioner and instructional coach, Dr. Kate Kinsella offers research-informed and classroom-tested routines and resources to support multilingual learners in interpreting, discussing, and constructing informative texts. Through detailed explanation, expert modeling, and video, she highlights some priority language functions and language features. Classroom teachers and teacher educators will leave with practical directions and tools for lesson development and professional learning.

This edWebinar will be of interest to teachers and school and district leaders of the elementary through high school levels. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.

Kate Kinsella, Ed.D. is an emeritus teacher educator at San Francisco State University and a highly sought-after speaker and consultant to school districts within and outside of the U.S. Her 30-year career focus has been equipping youths from diverse linguistic and cultural heritages with the academic communication, reading, and writing skills to be truly college ready. A teacher's teacher, Dr. Kinsella maintains active K-12 classroom involvement by writing curricula, conducting research, teaching demonstration lessons, and coaching teachers and administrators. She is the author of multiple widely used instructional programs to support English language learners and striving readers, including READ 180, English 3D, Language Launch, and the Academic Vocabulary Toolkit. Dr. Kinsella has served as the lead scholar and pedagogy guide on three recent successful U.S. Department of Education-funded research initiatives to improve educational outcomes for K-12 multilingual learners, in particular long-term English learners.

To participate in the live edWebinar, log in with current version of Google Chrome or install the meeting app prior to the edWebinar on your computer, your Apple device, or Android device. If you have a firewall in your location, you can participate on your mobile device using your cellular data (not your local network).

The edWebinar recording will be posted to this page the day after the presentation. Closed captioning will be added to the recording within 2 weeks of the live presentation.

Join the Language and Literacy community to network with educators, participate in online discussions, receive invitations to upcoming edWebinars, and view recordings of previous programs to earn CE certificates.

HMH® brings together on-demand professional development, students' assessment data, and relevant practice and instruction, so you can teach, learn, and grow, in class, at home, and anywhere in between. HMH® is committed to providing proven-effective solutions designed to engage, empower, and address the individual needs of students from Pre-K through Grade 12.

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Tools for Supporting Multilingual Learners in Interpreting and Constructing Informational Texts - edWeb

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Presented by Dr. Kate Kinsella, Emeritus Teacher Educator at San Francisco State University, and Author Sponsored by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Register Here Register to attend live or to receive the recording. The recording will be posted on this page after the live session.

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Teaching K-8 English Learners Literacy and Academic Content

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Teaching K-8 English Learners Literacy and Academic Content

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Start Date 10/04/2021

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The Teaching K-8 English Learners Online Professional Learning Course will help you more effectively prepare your students with limited English proficiency in elementary and middle grades with the skills they need to be successful in school. This is a critical challenge for elementary and middle school teachers as the number of English Learners continues to increase in the United States.

The percentage of public school students designated as English Learners in the United States rose from 8.1 percent (3.8 million) in 2000 to 9.6 percent (4.9 million) in 2016 (Institute of Education Sciences, 2019). Moreover, a higher percentage of English Learners are concentrated in the lower grades of US public schools. For example in 2016, 16.2 percent of kindergartners were identified as English Learners while only 8.5 percent of 6th-graders; 6.9 percent of 8th-graders and 4.1 percent of 12th-graders were designated as English Learners (Institute of Education Sciences, 2019).

This course draws on the recommendations of the Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School Practice Guide, published in July 2014 by the U.S. Department of Education's What Works Clearinghouse. The Practice Guide, developed by a panel of expert researchers and practitioners, provides educators with specific, research-based recommendations for effective teaching practices. It focuses on the foundational skills that enable English Learners to understand academic vocabulary, integrate oral and written English language into content areas, develop written language skills, and participate in small-group interventions for literacy and EL development.

The overarching goal is for participants to understand and be able to apply the panel's recommendations to their teaching with K-8 Learners.

Course Objectives

To involve educators in an online professional learning community with a focus on supporting English Learners.

To engage educators in perspective-taking opportunities to better relate to and understand the struggles of English Learners.

To build an understanding of strategies and methods to better support English Learners.

To guide educators in building a repository of resources, activities, and skills to bring back to their classroom, school and learning community.

To provide a space to reflect on, assess and share knowledge gained through the online professional learning community.

Learn More

After the orientation unit, there are four main units in this course, each addressing one of the recommendations from the practice guide:

Teach a set of academic vocabulary words intensively across several days using a variety of instructional activities

Integrate oral and written English language instruction into content-area teaching

Provide regular structured opportunities to develop written language skills

Small-group instructional intervention to students struggling in areas of literacy and English language development

In each unit, you will participate in a number of activities to help you dig into the content.

Introduce Each Practice Guide Recommendation

Connect Your Own Prior Knowledge

Read and Engage with English Learner (EL) Instructional Strategies

Notice and Discuss EL Strategies in Action

Apply and Reflect on Your Learning

Dive Deeper into Expert Panel Discussions and Additional Resources

Participants will have the opportunity to earn a certificate of completion for 10 hours of professional development during the Teaching K-8 English Learners course.

In order to earn a certificate, participants must:

As part of the registration process, complete an initial survey about your background, organization, and goals for engaging in this online learning experience.

Identify and engage with resources that provide methods and strategies to support English Learners.

Contribute to the forums by asking questions, responding to others' questions, and sharing ideas; agreeing with or identifying comments as insightful; suggesting resources that will be useful to others; and sharing your expertise in other ways. A certificate of completion requires participation in at least one discussion per unit.

Complete a final survey at the end of the course and provide suggestions for improving it in the future.

You can submit the certificate to your local agency with a request for CEUs. Granting of CEUs will be subject to the policies and procedures of your state and local agency.

Primary Audience

English Learners Teachers
Elementary School Teachers
Middle School Teachers
Parents of English Learners

Facilitators

Hiller Spires
Marie Himes
Brittany Miller

Previous Courses

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Teaching K-8 English Learners Literacy & Academic Content

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The Teaching K-8 English Learners Online Professional Learning Course will help you more effectively prepare your students with limited English proficiency in elementary and middle grades with the skills they need to be successful in school. This is a critical challenge for elementary and middle school teachers as the number of English Learners continues to increase in the United States.

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LinguaFolio for NC K-12 STANDARDS, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

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LinguaFolio for NC K-12 STANDARDS, CURRICULUM & INSTRUCTION

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Supporting English Learners in Math Webinar with Rusty Bresser

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Professional Learning #NCELs Growing Success for English Learners

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The ESL/Title III Professional Learning website gets updated frequently. Check it out for announcements and opportunities.

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Announcements Professional Learning EL Coordinators EL Data Quick Links Contact Us

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Britannica Tools to Support English Language Learners 

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Best Practices for Serving English Language Learners and Their Families

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Best Practices for Serving English Language Learners and Their Families

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Are you looking for culturally responsive ways to support English language learners? Based on our recently updated ELL best practices guide, this webinar presents specific tools and strategies for supporting ELLs in instruction, family engagement, classroom culture and school policies. Participants will also review and understand the legal obligations for serving ELLs and identify ways to enhance their current practices.

Earn credit: When you complete 95 percent or more of the webinar, a certificate of completion will be available for you to download and print from within the webinar platform. Please note this certificate will not state how long the webinar was or how long you viewed the webinar. Because Teaching Tolerance is not a credit-granting agency, we encourage you to check with your administration to determine if your participation will count toward continuing education requirements.

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Best Practices for Serving English Language Learners and Their Families

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Are you looking for culturally responsive ways to support English language learners? Based on our recently updated ELL best practices guide, this webinar presents specific tools and strategies for supporting ELLs in instruction, family engagement, classroom culture and school policies.

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Check it out frequently for announcements and PD opportunities.

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During Testing: Managing Students in WIDA AMS (Paper)Q&A Webinar

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Tuesday, December 14, 2021 2:00 pm
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Meet virtually with Cisco Webex. Anytime, anywhere, on any device.

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Seven Self-Paced eWorkshops and 12 Facilitated eWorkshops are available to educators from Sept. 1, 2021 – Aug. 31, 2022. The content is relevant for all educators: school leaders, coaches and facilitators, K-12 classroom teachers, ESL teachers and specialists, and professional learning communities.

All workshops are available in the WIDA eLearning Center via the WIDA Secure Portal (valid login required)

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State-sponsored virtual workshops that bring you high-quality professional learning, right where you are

WIDA Professional Learning provides two virtual workshop formats that allow WIDA Consortium members/states to bring quality professional learning right to your computer:

Facilitated: Live or recorded workshops facilitated by a WIDA Professional Learning Specialist to a selection of educators

Self-paced: On-demand, interactive learning opportunities that can be accessed anytime

Most WIDA Consortium members offer their educators a combination of WIDA's self-paced and facilitated virtual workshops.

2023-24 Virtual Offerings

Nine self-paced workshops, 3 add-on self-paced packages, and 17 facilitated virtual workshops are available to educators in participating states from Sept. 1, 2023 - Aug. 31, 2024. The content is relevant for all educators: school leaders, coaches and facilitators, K-12 classroom teachers, ESL teachers and specialists, and professional learning communities.

Virtual workshops are available under the Professional Learning tab within the WIDA Secure Portal (valid login required).

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State-sponsored virtual workshops that bring you high-quality professional learning, right where you areWIDA Professional Learning provides two virtual workshop formats that allow WIDA Consortium members/states to bring quality professional learning right to your computer:

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SADDLEBACK Webinar Series website gets updated frequently. Check it out for announcements and opportunities.

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WITH KATHRYN STARKE
Author and Literacy Specialist

If you aspire to create an environment where multilingual learners feel seen and connected, this webinar is for you! Join Emily Francis, author of If You Only Knew: Letters from an Immigrant Teacher, for a FREE one-hour webinar on the power of personal stories. Emily will share some of the life experiences featured in her book, as well as ideas for how teachers can use literature as "windows" and "mirrors" on students' diverse cultural experiences. You will walk away with ideas for cultivating connections with students while encouraging them share their own life stories.

JESSICA LANDER
Author and EL History and Civics Teacher

Join award-winning high school teacher and author Jessica Lander in a conversation about strategies for nurturing a sense of belonging in immigrant-origin students and creating welcoming and inclusive schools. In this FREE one-hour webinar, Jessica will share with us inspiring and essential stories and ideas from her forthcoming book Making Americans: Stories of Historic Struggles, New Ideas, and Inspiration in Immigrant Education (Beacon Press, Oct 4, 2022). Our conversation will cover creative approaches for supporting immigrant-origin students, culturally responsive models that build empathy across the classroom, actionable ideas for policy and practice geared towards teachers, and so much more!

IEVA GRAUSLYS
ESL/ELL Teacher
Creator at Simply Ieva ESL

WITH ANDREA HONIGSFELD
Professor of Education
Molloy University

Professor of Education
Molloy University

If there has ever been a time to learn and read about teacher collaboration, it is now. A collaborative school and classroom community is a place where standards are high and fear is low. A collaborative school and classroom culture is where educators, students, and leaders seek excellence in themselves and support others to achieve their goals. This FREE one-hour webinar is based upon Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria G. Dove's latest edited volume published by Seidlitz Education, Portraits of Collaboration, which showcases several unique, yet easily transferable collaborative practices in support of multilingual learners.

Senior Educational Consultant NANCY MOTLEY

Seidlitz Education

In this FREE one-hour webinar, participants will be challenged to envision a high-quality learning environment that supports the whole child, moving beyond labels of "EL" 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.

Coffee with Katie and Richard: Making Grade-Level Text Accessible, Grades 4-12

PATTY VITALE-REILLY
Education Consultant, Author & Speaker

Assistant Professor & Director, Reading Specialist Program DR. DENISE FURLONG

Georgian Court University

Supervisor of Bilingual/ESL Programs CECILIA ZIMMER, MEd

Freehold Borough Schools, NJ

Parent Communication in the Home Language: Translation Tech Tools

What if multilingual learners, teachers, and educational leaders all had opportunities to plan for and use assessment data in multiple languages? What if multilingual learners and their teachers in dual-language settings had opportunities to use assessment data in multiple languages to make decisions? In this FREE one-hour webinar, Margo Gottlieb will examine these questions and discuss equitable assessment practices for MLs based on her 2021 books, Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages: A Handbook for Teachers and Assessment in Multiple Languages: A Handbook for School and District Leaders.

In this FREE webinar, we will highlight Saddleback's new Go! Decode Library, a unique resource created for emerging readers in grades 4-8 who are developing decoding skills. Join us to learn about the versatility of this new resource, from teaching phonics in context to developing reading comprehension skills. Attendees of the live broadcast will be entered into a drawing to win a Go! Decode additional book set.

WITH LOUISE EL YAAFOURI
DiversifiED Consulting

WITH EMILY FRANCIS
Author and ESL Educator

WITH TINA BEENE
Educational Consultant
Seidlitz Education

Coffee with Katie and Richard: Critical Thinking as a Foundation to Literacy Development

In this FREE webinar, we will highlight our new GO! SEL Tween Literacy Library, a unique collection of fiction and nonfiction books designed for upper elementary and middle school students. Join us to learn about the versatility of this new resource, from building emotion-related vocabulary to helping tweens think about and discuss topics critical to successful social interactions. Attendees of the live broadcast will be entered into a drawing to win a GO! SEL Tween Literacy Library additional book set.

Rapidly growing in popularity and demand, more and more high school students in the United States are registering to learn the critical skill of American Sign Language (ASL). Like any language, teaching ASL requires high-impact and engaging strategies to facilitate learning. In this FREE one-hour webinar, Anna Matis, the author of 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Foreign Language Classroom, will be joined by ASL teachers Bethany Davis and Daphryne Manning as they share how to implement the book's techniques for ASL instruction with general education students. This session is appropriate for ASL teachers in a general education setting or deaf educators who would like to learn more about the 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Foreign Language Classroom.

WITH ORLY KLAPHOLZ
Founder and CEO
Inlier Learning

Founder AND RICHARD CASH, EdD

nRich Educational Consulting, Inc.

MARGARITA ESPINO CALDERÓN, PHD
Professor Emerita /
Senior Research Scientist
Johns Hopkins University

Crises can happen with no warning or with certainty. The epic numbers of multilingual learners experiencing these phenomena is as diverse as are the types of language programs, instructional practices, and schoolwide policies they are provided. Our ever-changing educational landscape often evokes uncertainty as to how to work with these students and their families. In a conversational style, this FREE one-hour webinar engages participants along with the authors of Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms in tackling some of the pervasive issues that educators of older multilingual learners face today and how some schools are addressing these successfully.

Newcomer Academy
Jefferson County Public Schools

Author of WITH IVANNIA SOTO, PHD
Professor of Education, Whittier College Shadowing Multilingual Learners

According to Diane August of the Center for Applied Linguistics, Multilingual Learners spend less than 2% of their school day in academic oral language development. This is problematic, as academic oral language is the foundation for literacy and meaning making for Multilingual Learners. Shadowing Multilingual Learners (Soto, 2021) is a way to experience a day in the life of an ML and to begin to disrupt silence on behalf of this group of students. During this webinar, you will learn about the shadowing process and one research-based strategy that will assist you with disrupting silence in your classroom.

Learning without thought is labor lost; thought without learning is perilous.
-Confucius

By using a critical thinking approach, your students build background knowledge, strong academic vocabulary, and enhanced content understanding. In this FREE one-hour webinar, Saddleback is partnering with Engaging Learners to bring you an episode of Coffee with Katie and Richard. Join us as Katherine McKnight, PhD, and Richard Cash, EdD, share ideas for constructing challenges that develop critical thinking throughout any content area, especially in an online platform. Virtual learning should not eliminate the need to think deeply-it should enhance it!

WITH DR. ANDREA HONIGSFELD
Educator, Author, and Consultant

Founder & Director, Confianza Author, WITH SARAH OTTOW
The Language Lens

WITH DR. KATHY PEREZ Professor Emerita
Saint Mary's College of California

WITH SUSAN PATTERSON
High School ESL Teacher and Peer Coach

There is light at the end of this exceptionally long pandemic tunnel! As students move back to in-person learning, we must understand that their self-regulatory and literacy-learning skills may have diminished during the time of virtual instruction. In this FREE one-hour webinar, Saddleback is partnering with Engaging Learners to bring you an episode of Coffee with Katie and Richard. Join us as Katherine McKnight, PhD, and Richard Cash, EdD, share how to set up an emotionally secure classroom where literacy skills are the foundation of success.

AND STACI KOTTKAMP
Librarian,
Newcomer Academy

If you are ready for engaging, relevant instruction that gets students excited about learning, then Project-Based Learning (PBL) is for you. We will explore the numerous benefits you and your students will enjoy through PBL including:

·streamlined interdisciplinary planning
·a focus on essential standards
·using a student-developed essential question to guide inquiry
·capitalizing on digital and in-person tools for learning both in and outside the classroom
·accelerating student learning post-COVID
·differentiating learning with less planning

This FREE one-hour webinar is for teachers both new to and experienced in PBL. You will leave with ready-to-use tools and differentiation strategies for all students as well as specific support strategies for newcomers.

WITH DR. MARY AMANDA (MANDY) STEWART
Co-Author, But Does This Work with English Learners?
Associate Professor, Texas Woman's University

Students acquiring English are by default bilinguals who bring more than one language with them into the classroom.In this free one-hour webinar, Dr. Mandy Stewart will share how all teachers (even if you don't speak multiple languages) can create a multilingual ESL classroom to support students' academic as well as social-emotional success. Learn how to engage students with diverse texts in English as well as their home language(s) to serve as mentor texts for their multilingual writing. Discover how real teachers are doing this in ESL classrooms and the impact it has on student learning, class participation, and literacy engagement.

AND KATHERINE MCKNIGHT, PhD
Founder
Engaging Learners, LLC

What's Next? Trauma-Informed Strategies for Helping ALL Students (and Teachers) Succeed!

Introducing GO! ELL Literacy Library

In this FREE webinar, we will highlight the new GO! ELL Literacy Library, a unique collection of fiction and nonfiction books designed for upper elementary and middle school English language learners. Join us to learn about the versatility of this new resource, from teaching basic reading comprehension skills to building vocabulary and background knowledge. Attendees of the live broadcast will be entered into a drawing to win a set of books from the GO! ELL Literacy Library.

WITH MONICA WASHINGTON
Senior Manager of Inclusive and Responsive Educational Practices
BetterLesson

As we continue remote instruction and think about returning to brick-and-mortar next year, we must consider how we can support digital comfort for all learners regardless of their identity, language, ability, or access. In this FREE one-hour webinar, we will introduce participants to various tech tools and educational resources to ensure techquity in their virtual, remote, or hybrid classrooms.

The Inclusive Literacy Classroom: What Is It Exactly, and How to Build It

WITH DR. KATHERINE MCKNIGHT
Founder
Engaging Learners, LLC

WITH KIMBERLY SANZO
Founder, Language First

WITH SUSAN PATTERSON
High School ESL Teacher and Peer Coach

WITH CARLY SPINA
Multilingual Education Specialist & Author

AND DR. KATHERINE MCKNIGHT
Founder
Engaging Learners, LLC

WITH ORLY KLAPHOLZ
Founder Multilinguals Forward

Do you need help facilitating language acquisition and engagement in secondary content areas? In this FREE webinar, Jody Nolf will share strategies to help content-area teachers and ESL teachers work together effectively in a collaborative setting. Most importantly, these strategies are easy scaffolds to use and will work with all levels of learners in both traditional classroom settings and virtual classroom settings.

WITH DR. BARBARA KENNEDY
Co-Author of Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education
Founder of GlobaLingo Education Consulting, LLC

WITH THERESA WILLS, PHD
Author of Teaching Math at a Distance
Assistant professor, School of Education
George Mason University

Are you teaching remotely and in need of help increasing student participation? In this FREE webinar, join Theresa Wills as she explores strategies that give students a voice in your online classes. These simple activities and templates are ready to implement, and the purposeful routines will support your students in gaining the confidence to participate more frequently.

Are you wondering how teachers and students can best use Saddleback Educational Publishing's Welcome Newcomers library? If so, then this is the webinar for you! From teachers who have always wanted Saddleback newcomer materials to those who already have them but need fresh implementation ideas, we've got you covered! Join Liz Mangus and Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa for this FREE webinar to get answers to your implementation questions. Dorina will share her expertise as a teacher who successfully used Welcome Newcomers with her students. Options for hybrid and remote learning will be discussed.

Part 1 of a 2 part series on English learners and disabilities

As teachers of English learners, it can be difficult to determine if a student is simply struggling with language acquisition or if the student also has learning disabilities. Join us for this FREE webinar, where Solange Lopes-Murphy will share a framework for better understanding the interface of language learning and learning disabilities along with guides for reflection and tips for practice when working with multilingual students with disabilities.

Part 2 of a 2 part series on English learners and disabilities

WITH SHARON PLANTE
Teacher and Chief Technology Integrator
The Southport School

WITH DR. KATHERINE MCKNIGHT
Founder
Engaging Learners, LLC.

WITH DR. KATHERINE MCKNIGHT
Founder
Engaging Learners, LLC

WITH DR. SANDRA HEMPHILL
The Language Lady

WITH DANNY BRASSELL, PH.D.
Author and Nationally Recognized Speaker

PART 1 OF 2 PART SERIES:
THE READING GAP & HOW WE CAN CLOSE IT

Founder WITH DR. KATHERINE MCKNIGHT

Engaging Learners, LLC

PART 2 OF 2 PART SERIES:
YES, DIFFERENTIATING TEXT IS A GOOD INSTRUCTIONAL PRACTICE

WITH DR. BRANDEE RAMIREZ
Middle School Teacher

Transformative Emotional Intelligence and the Resilient Educator: Managing Our Emotions in a Time of Change

Literacy Specialist WITH LIZ MANGUS

Saddleback Educational Publishing

WITH CAROL SALVA Educational Consultant
Seidlitz Education

Director of Literacy WITH JILL HANEY

Saddleback Educational Publishing

AND LIZ MANGUS
Literacy Specialist
Saddleback Educational Publishing

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