Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS To effectively support the diverse needs of students from various cultural and linguistic backgrounds, it is imperative to understand the concept of "culture" and how it impacts the teaching and learning process. This course presents culturally relevant pedagogy as a teaching method that leverages learners’ cultural knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences. This makes the learning process more meaningful and suitable, thereby enhancing student achievement.   Virtual Class Meetings: 10/7; 10/21 & 11/11 from 6–7:00 pm Eastern/Central/Pacific/Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Read more

Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, you will explore three SEI themes: Social Awareness, Relationship Skills, and Responsible Decision-Making. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach these skills to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION AND INSTRUCTIONAL STRATEGIES In this course, you will explore second language acquisition (SLA) and learn to understand the stages of acquiring a second language. You will also explore how SLA impacts educational experiences for Multilingual Learners’ cognitive processes, academic achievements, and socio-emotional growth. Furthermore, this course introduces various instructional strategies you can use in your classroom to support and engage your Multilingual Learners.   Virtual Class Meetings: 10/8; 10/22 & 11/12 from 6–7:00 pm Eastern/Central/Pacific/Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Read more

  Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, you will take a deep dive into self awareness. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach self awareness to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ASSESSING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS Multilingual learners (MLs) have unique needs to demonstrate their understanding and knowledge in an academic setting.   Creating assessments that provide MLs with opportunities to demonstrate their learning successfully is one of the key skills teachers of MLs need to master.  Assessments are one of the most essential tools educators use to gather data to drive best classroom instruction practices. To accurately assess MLs, teachers must identify the most appropriate tools to evaluate the reliability of assessments and create appropriate accommodations for their students. This course will support teachers by intentionally designing, creating, and evaluating assessment tools for classroom use so that results best reflect multilingual students’ content knowledge and language ability.   Virtual Class Meetings: 10/9; 10/23 & 11/13 from 6–7:00 pm Eastern/Central/Pacific/Hawaii-Aleutian Standard Time Read more

  Rehumanizing education requires leaders to recognize the importance of social and emotional intelligence (SEI) skills. These skills support all adults to lead thriving lives and ensure healthy practices are integrated into the culture of their workplaces and associations. In this session, we will take a deep dive into self management. In addition, you will unpack new ways to teach self management to your students and colleagues and lead others in their own healing journey. Read more