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.

• 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)  🔗

• 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)  🔗

• 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)

  
  

• 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 🔗

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.

• Grade 5: Science  🔗

• Grade 7: Humanities 🔗

• Grade 10: Chemistry 🔗

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 🔗

• 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

• 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

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.

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!

• 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

• 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

• 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 🔗

• 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)  🔗