Professional Learning   SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ADVOCATING FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS An advocacy perspective requires educators to believe that with adequate support, multilingual learners (MLs) can achieve at the same level as their non-ML peers. Advocates also believe that educators have a shared sense of responsibility for the academic achievement of MLs. For educators to approach MLs’ instruction from an advocacy perspective, they must understand the needs and key areas for ML advocacy, as well as understand the tools and strategies that can support advocacy efforts.  Course Runs from April 08 to May 13, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/08; 4/22 & 5/13 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET/CT/PT   Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS ASSESSING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS 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.   Course Runs from April 11 to May 16, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/11; 4/25 & 5/16 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET/CT/PT   Read more

Professional Learning   SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS CULTURALLY RELEVANT PEDAGOGY FOR MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS This course presents culturally relevant pedagogy as a teaching method to leverage learners’ cultural knowledge, backgrounds, and experiences. By doing so, the learning process becomes more meaningful and suitable, thereby enhancing student achievement.   Course Runs from April 09 to May 14, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/09; 4/23 & 5/14 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET/CT/PT   Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS STANDARDS-BASED INSTRUCTION AND LESSON DEVELOPMENT This course will focus on your need as an educator to teach academic language and content. Teachers must ensure multilingual learners can access grade-level and challenging content within a standards-based framework. They must also implement strategies that help multilingual learners access the content.    Course Runs from April 12 to May 17, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/12; 4/26 & 5/17 from 1:00 – 2:30 pm ET/CT/PT   Read more

Professional Learning SUPPORTING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS FAMILY AND CAREGIVER ENGAGEMENT AND PARTNERSHIP In this 15-hour PD course, educators will explore opportunities to increase family and community involvement with multilingual learners (ML) by understanding the five advocacy steps, which will lead to implementing a multilingual learner family workshop. Course Runs from April 12 to May 17, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/12; 4/26 & 5/17 from 3:30 – 5pm ET/CT/PT   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 for supporting and engaging multilingual learners in the classroom.   Course Runs from April 10 to May 15, 2025:  There will be three virtual workshops: 4/10; 4/24 & 5/15 from 7:00 – 8:30 pm ET/CT/PT   Read more