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Foundational
Differentiation for Linguistically Diverse Students
English language learners need instruction that is differentiated to meet the needs unique to learning an additional language and grade appropriate content. Participants will approach the idea of differentiation of language from an asset-based perspective, recognizing that language learners bring many contributions to the school community. The Differentiation workshop is offered in three formats: webinar, 1-day and 2-day.
Jul 20–Jul 23, 2020, 10:00 am - 12:00 pm CST — Summer Institute - Webinar Series
Jul 28, 2020, 5:00pm - 7:00pm CST — Webinar
Aug 4, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CST — Webinar
Aug 17, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT — Back to School Institute - Webinar Series
Educator Collaboration
Educator collaboration provides an overview of collaborative methods and structures for instruction and assessment. Utilizing WIDA tools, participants will explore and discuss language development meaning making through language use, the Four C’s of Collaboration, and collaborative structures that support shared responsibility of multilingual learners.
Jul 20–Jul 23, 2020, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST — Summer Institute - Webinar Series
Aug 6, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT — Webinar
Aug 19, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT — Back to School Institute - Webinar Series
Purposeful Lesson Planning for Language Learners
This webinar is designed to enhance participants’ lesson planning processes. Participants will examine seven essential elements that attend to the needs of English language learners. In particular, participants will focus on creating contexts for meaningful language use within settings that integrate content learning and academic language development.
Jul 20–Jul 23, 2020, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST — Summer Institute - Webinar Series
Aug 18, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT — Back to School Institute - Webinar Series
WIDA Institute – Webinar Series
This institute was created with topics that build on each other so that educators end the week prepared with the tools and resources needed to support their multilingual language learners. Participants will begin the week learning the foundations necessary to differentiate their instruction for the diverse group of students within their classroom and learn more focused ways of approaching learning as the week progresses.
Jul 20–Jul 23, 2020, 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm CST — Summer Institute - Webinar Series
Aug 17–Aug 19, 2020, 10:00am - 12:00pm CDT — Back to School Institute - Webinar Series