Do you need support with your multilingual programs? Are you looking to save financial resources or time by providing professional development across your multilingual programs? Do you need to build culture across your multilingual programs? For examples, do you need your Dual Language teachers and SEI teachers to lear how they can work together? Do your World Language teachers crave PD too?

Workshops – All PD’s are adaptable for both district and school leaders as well as teachers

Brain-Based Instruction for Multilingual Learners

This 3- series, 9-hour PD can be delivered to Sheltered English Instruction, English as a Second Language, Dual Language, Transitional Bilingual, and/or World Language teachers together or separately. When delivered to more than one group of teachers (for example, SEI and Dual Language teachers), there will be a focus on understanding the differences and similarities in instruction across programs and how teachers can work together as outlined in Puzzle Pieces: A Systems Approach to Multilingual Education. This is a great PD for improving instruction for multilingual learners.

Target Audience: SEI, ESL, Dual Language, TBE, and/or World Language

Three three-hour instructional PDs – 1st Session: Focus – Oral Language Acquisition

2nd Session: Focus – Reading and Writing

3rd Session: Focus – Review & Planning as a Team

***This PD has been adapted for the needs of Early Childhood educators as well.

Understanding Multilingual Learners – Changing demographics means that teachers may be working with Emergent Bilinguals for the first time. Or perhaps there has always been a pobrecito syndrome at your school or district. This PD is designed to help teachers see multilingual learners through an asset-based lens and shift to having high expectations with scaffolds and supports for students.

How to Grade Students at Different Language Levels – Teachers often wonder how to grade students at different levels of language. This PD will help teachers classify students according to their language levels and grade them accordingly.

Levels of Language Acquisitions – What do different levels of language acquisition mean? What supports are needed at each level? This workshop is a deep dive into different language levels, what to expect to observe, and how to support.

Language Acquisition Supports – Have you received an influx of newcomers? Are you trying to figure out how to keep to the 90% target language recommended by ACTFL in your world language class? This is a hands-on approach to understanding how to support language acquisition for language beginners without relying on translation. Participants will experience being a newcomer themselves and have concrete strategies to use with their beginners.

Bridging and Translanguaging – What do translanguaging and bridging look like at different

Writing Language Objectives – How to ensure the incorporation of the three elements of language objectives by using language standards. Supports all teachers of multilingual learners.

Oracy for Multilingual Learners – In this workshop, we explore the importance of oracy for multilingual learners and how to incorporate oracy into multilingual instruction.

Sociocultural Competence vs. Biculturalism – Sociocultural competence is the most misunderstood pillar of multilingual education. We will explore what sociocultural competence is and what it is not, how it differs from biculturalism, and how to build it among our students and staff.

Coaching/Consulting: Here is a sample of the coaching and consulting we offer. Anything can be adapted for the particular needs of your district/school.

Coaching for Leaders – We will work with leaders to learn what to expect in the classroom using a walkthrough document developed by us. Classroom observations may include coaching sessions with teachers.

Program Assessment – We will evaluate your program for structural and instructional best practices, provide a report/presentation, and help you craft a 5-year plan for both structural and instructional improvement.