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I have recently relocated back to Tucson, Arizona after living a decade abroad. I have been a homeroom teacher, a Humanities teacher, an MLL/EAL specialist, a curriculum coordinator, and instructional coach. I love to engage in the deep thinking work of unit and instructional design for equity for multilingual students.  I really love to get nerdy about language.  I am a  mama to a 4 year old  and I prefer Bluey over Paw Patrol.

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I am excited to continue growing in my role as curriculum coordinator and learn alongside my colleagues. I am in SPONGE-MODE! Working with EKC for these past couple of months has been transformative and I want to keep the spirit of collaboration we have been building alive! My hope for this workshop is to understand best practices for co-planning and co-teaching with students' needs at the heart of what we do. I am nerdy about creative problem-solving and student-driven engagement. My kids are teenagers so we are SpongeBob people...though I did watch Bluey with my nieces this summer and it was pretty hilarious!

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Working with EKC has been great for ISNS and for me personally. I have been teaching English since the '90s but I'm not as familiar with primary school classroom culture.

In my role as Director of English Acquisition, one of my main aims is to create cohesion of terminology and strategies and establish mutual understanding about English instruction across programs. Thus, these EKC PDs are extremely valuable for me.

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How Bilingual Brains Switch Between Languages (3 min)  🔗

How Languages Shape the Brain (5 min) 🔗

What’s Going On in the Brain of a Bilingual Child (7 min)  🔗

The Languages We Speak Changes the Colors We See (3 min)  🔗

From Monolingual Mindsets to the Multilingual Turn: Paradigm Shifts for EAL 🔗

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A Bilingual Brain Solves Problems Faster (2 min)  🔗

How Bilingual Brains Perceive Time (3 min)  🔗

How the Languages We Speak Shape the Way We Think  (11 min)  🔗

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Language Acquisition: An Overview  (9min) 🔗

Second Language Acquisition Theories and What It Means for Teacher Instruction 🔗

Key Concepts for Language Development (4min) 🔗

Simultaneous and Sequential Bilingualism 🔗

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Krashen’s Theory of Second Language Acquisition (7 min) 🔗

Second Language Acquisition 🔗

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Growing Language and Literacy (15min)  🔗

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Forgetting My First Language (11 min) 🔗

Honoring Students Stories: Identity Texts to Write and Diverse Texts to Read 🔗

Affirming Identity in Multilingual Classrooms 🔗

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Sustaining a Critical Stance on Language and Identity with Bilingual and Multilingual Students 6-12 (1 hour) 🔗

Jim Cummins and Language Identity 🔗

Funds of Knowledge 🔗 (2min)

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WIDA Guiding Language Principles 🔗

Questions about Immersion 🔗

6 Principles for Effective ELL Instruction 🔗

Two Way Immersion Glossary 🔗

What is Content Integrated Learning? 🔗

Key Principles for ELL Instruction 🔗

The Costs of English  Only Education 🔗

Why UDL for ELL Learners 🔗

UDL Guidelines 🔗

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Language Immersion 🔗

Universal Design for Learning 🔗

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The Nuts and Bolts of Co-teaching 🔗

The Far Reaching Benefits of Co-teaching for ELLs 🔗

How do you Survive the Co-teaching Relationship? 🔗

Collaborative Practices to Support All Students 🔗

3 Tips for Support ELLs through Collaboration

Co-teaching During a Pandemic 🔗

Co-planning, Co-teaching, and Collaboration 🔗

WIDA Guiding Language Principles 🔗

Key Concepts for Language Development (4min) 🔗

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Co-teaching for English Language Learners 🔗

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Coteaching for English Language Learners 🔗

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I'm a new homeroom teacher at ISNS. I started my education journey back in 2006 in Portland, Oregon, working with high ELL (now MLL) students. I've been teaching as an international teacher is 2018.

I really appreciate how collaborative my new team has been and the past week with EKC has been some of the most influential PD I've ever done. I'm excited to learn more this coming week.

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How to Decide the C-oteaching Model 🔗

Six Co-teaching Models 🔗

Six Approaches to Co-teaching 🔗

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In groups of 3-4, select a lesson plan to analyze. After that, complete the See Think Wonder Routine.

Grade 5: Science  🔗

Grade 7: Humanities 🔗

Grade 10: Chemistry 🔗

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EKC. Learning and Language Targets. IS Nanshan Shenzhen. Nov2023

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I am another person at ISNS named Laurie😊 My two boys attend middle school here, and my husband works in the Early Years Program.  I have taught in a number of different capacities over the years that have allowed me to experience working with most age groups. Whether in the US or abroad, I have found myself working with students of diverse backgrounds.  I very much enjoy learning about other cultures and languages and am thankful to be in a school that fosters global citizenship.  I am currently a grade 1 homeroom teacher and look forward to learning what best practices look like around the topic of co-teaching.

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What are the 6 Key Principles for Effective ELL Instruction? 🔗

What might that look like in our cotaught lessons?

Principle 1: Literacy Across the Curriculum

Infusing Authentic Communication 🔗

Teaching Reading Across Gradual Release of Responsibility  🔗

Beth's Favorite Academic Vocabulary Strategies 🔗

Principle 2: Translanguaging

What is Translanguaging? 🔗

The Transformative Power of Translanguaging 🔗

The Home Language: An English Language Learners' Most Valuable Resource 🔗

Nurturing a Rich First Language-the Key To Success in School 🔗

Translanguaging During Vocabulary 🔗

Principle 4: Differentiation:

A Starter Kit for Differentiation 🔗

Instructional Playlists

3 Ways to Differentiate In Any Class 🔗

Differentiation Roundup 🔗

Differentiation for English Language Learners 🔗

Differentiation: What is it? What is it not? 🔗

Culturally Responsive Differentiation Strategies 🔗

18 Teacher Tested Strategies for Differentiated Instruction 🔗

Differentiation Central: Institute of Academic Diversity 🔗

Guided Reading with Jenna 🔗

Guided Reading: Small Group Instruction 🔗

Principle 5: Scaffolding

What is Scaffolding and How Does It Help? 🔗

Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners 🔗

Kagan Cooperative Learning Strategies 🔗

Harvard Project Zero Thinking Routines 🔗

Scaffolding Success 🔗

4 Strategies for Scaffolding for ELs 🔗

6 Scaffolding Strategies to Use with Your Students 🔗

Scaffolding for CCS 🔗

Instructional Scaffolding with Graphic Organizers 🔗

Principle 6: Formative Assessment

7 Keys to Effective Feedback 🔗

How to Reduce Racial Bias in Grading 🔗

Formative Assessment, Common Core and ELLs 🔗

Assessment for ELLs 🔗

Using Informal Assessment for English Learners 🔗

7 Smart Fast Ways to Do Formative Assessment 🔗

WestEd: Focusing Formative Assessment on the Needs of English Language Learners 🔗

Formative Assessment for ELLs 🔗

Supporting English Language Learners with Formative Assessment Strategies 🔗

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Hexagonal Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion

Socratic Seminar: Read, Write, Think

Socratic Seminar: Facing History

Discourse Strategies with Jeff Zwiers

Cultivating Discourse

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60 Second Traverse Strategy

Discussion Mapping Strategy

Building Perspective Through Meaningful Discussion

Implementing Socratic Seminars

Discourse Strategies for Inquiry Science

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Beth's Favorites

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Vocabulary Strategies in Math

Visual Dictionary

Teaching Academic Vocabulary to English Learners

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Word Splash

Translanguaging During Word Inquiry

Tier 2 Vocabulary Strategy Instruction

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Every day is a refreshing start for me to keep learning with my students and colleagues as an EAL teacher here. I have been teaching English since 2016 but this is my first year to teach as an EAL teacher in international school.

My main working goal is to help EAL students improve their literacy skills, which is always my priority points to learn in each PD. I've gained a lot of useful methods in the EKC last week and look forward to learn more during the coming two days.

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This collection of grade-level writing samples provides teachers of English Language Learners with examples of student writing at each proficiency level. Teachers can use these interactive examples to build their understanding of the different writing competencies and levels within the Benchmarks.
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This collection of grade-level writing samples provides teachers of English Language Learners with examples of student writing at each proficiency level. Teachers can use these interactive examples to build their understanding of the different writing competencies and levels within the Benchmarks. Select a writing sample below.

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Co-reflecting for Success 🔗

Up Your Co-teaching with Co-reflecting 🔗

The Co-teaching Marriage 🔗

Turning Around My Co-teaching Relationship 🔗

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Using a Learning Target Throughout a Lesson

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How to Write Language Objectives: Tips for ELL Educators

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I used to think....but now I know Thinking Routine

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I used to think....but now I know Thinking Routine

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I moved to Shenzhen in 2012 and taught at training centers until 2022. This is my second year as a full-time 5th grade homeroom teacher, and I thoroughly enjoy the chaos :)

I'm interested in learning about a variety of things (space, scuba diving, fitness, Spanish) and making gradual improvements in all areas of my teaching. Co-teaching would be a great area to work on!

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I have been a teacher for more years than I care to count in various grades and various countries and I still love it. Reading is a skill that impacts all our learning and I am looking forward to more ideas about how to best serve multilingual students.

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I'm Gloria, a humble and passionate brain explorer on my first spin as an EAL at ISNS. I love the chill vibes and am super grateful for the awesome team support. Last week's EKC session? My mind is officially blown! Diving into brain science had me buzzing. Now, I'm all fired up to put those fresh ideas into action and light up some brain bulbs!

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I've been at ISNS in various roles for the past decade, with a significant portion of my time dedicated to teaching Grade 5. I'm passionate about reading and continuously learning, striving to inspire my students to expand their imaginations through literature. My aim is to encourage deliberate connections within and across subjects. Utilizing co-teaching methods for several years, I've found the most effective models involve alignment and shared goals during planning, as well as comparable teaching approaches. I'm looking for guidance on adjusting and working together efficiently when there are varying preferences and teaching styles involved.

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I have been at ISNS for two years. In my first year as a one-to-one support teacher, I worked with middle school students and with primary students this year. I love the atmosphere of learning at the primary school here. I look forward to learning about co-teaching and what it looks like at ISNS.

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I would like to learn different types of co-teaching.

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I'm An. This is my eighth year working at ISNS. When I'm not working you can find me in the mountains looking at rocks. Literacy is my favorite subject.

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I teach 4th grade and I have a lovely, cohesive team ready to learn more about coteaching effectively.

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Should we aim for a certain amount of teaching language and spoken language?

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Hexagonal Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion

Socratic Seminar: Read, Write, Think

Socratic Seminar: Facing History

Discourse Strategies with Jeff Zwiers

Cultivating Discourse

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60 Second Traverse Strategy

Discussion Mapping Strategy

Building Perspective Through Meaningful Discussion

Implementing Socratic Seminars

Discourse Strategies for Inquiry Science

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Read 📚

Hexagonal Thinking: A Colorful Tool for Discussion

Socratic Seminar: Read, Write, Think

Socratic Seminar: Facing History

Discourse Strategies with Jeff Zwiers

Cultivating Discourse

View 👩🏻‍💻

60 Second Traverse Strategy

Discussion Mapping Strategy

Building Perspective Through Meaningful Discussion

Implementing Socratic Seminars

Discourse Strategies for Inquiry Science

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WIDA Guiding Language Principles 🔗

Questions about Immersion 🔗

6 Principles for Effective ELL Instruction 🔗

Two Way Immersion Glossary 🔗

What is Content Integrated Learning? 🔗

Key Principles for ELL Instruction 🔗

The Costs of English  Only Education 🔗

Why UDL for ELL Learners 🔗

UDL Guidelines 🔗

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Language Immersion 🔗

Universal Design for Learning 🔗

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How Bilingual Brains Switch Between Languages (3 min)  🔗

How Languages Shape the Brain (5 min) 🔗

What’s Going On in the Brain of a Bilingual Child (7 min)  🔗

The Languages We Speak Changes the Colors We See (3 min)  🔗

From Monolingual Mindsets to the Multilingual Turn: Paradigm Shifts for EAL 🔗

View

A Bilingual Brain Solves Problems Faster (2 min)  🔗

How Bilingual Brains Perceive Time (3 min)  🔗

How the Languages We Speak Shape the Way We Think  (11 min)  🔗