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Sessions include in-person and online/asynchronous professional learning options:
Sessions include in-person and online/asynchronous professional learning options:
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- 💻 Canvas Courses & Asynchronous Learning💻 (scroll down)
June Sessions
🏫Talk, Read, Talk, Write - Level 1.0
🏫Talk, Read, Talk, Write - Level 1.0
Secondary RLA Teachers
Talk, Read, Talk, Write is a dynamic session exploring effective literacy techniques. Learn to integrate language development through reading, writing, listening, and speaking. Discover methods for engaging students with content vocabulary and eliciting higher-level thinking through discussions and writing activities.
*Free book provided
TTESS: 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
06/05
8:00-4:00
7 CPE/Flex-Eligible
🌺Summer Language Academy🌺
🌺Summer Language Academy🌺
Our annual Summer Language Academy is here again! Join us on June 14th for a full day of wonderful learning options. View Summer Language Academy🌺 options below, register for the session that will best meet your learning goals, and tell all your friends to do the same!
🏫🌺Target Communication in Your World Language Classroom - Level 1.0
🏫🌺Target Communication in Your World Language Classroom - Level 1.0
Secondary World Language Teachers
Join Sally Barnes from Seidlitz as she unveils the keys to keeping students engaged and in the target language! Create performance-based tasks in the four communication modes. Leave the session with activities that will add excitement into your classroom, making language acquisition attainable and engaging for both you and your students!
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
06/14
8:00-4:00
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫🌺Teaching Science to English Learners - Level 1.0
🏫🌺Teaching Science to English Learners - Level 1.0
Teachers - 4th & 5th, Middle School Science, Biology, IPC
Prepare for an immersive exploration of innovative techniques tailored to elevate learning for emergent bilinguals (EB/EL) in science classrooms. Discover a repertoire of effective methods crafted to bolster the success of EB students while deepening their grasp of scientific principles. Remember, 'What is necessary for emergent bilinguals is good for all.' Don't miss this chance to revolutionize your science teaching to impact ALL students!
*Free book provided
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
06/14
8:00-4:00
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫🌺Building Better Writers: New for Summer 2024!! - Level 1.0
🏫🌺Building Better Writers: New for Summer 2024!! - Level 1.0
RLA Teachers - 3rd through 12th
RLA Teachers - 3rd through 12th
Building Better Writers offers RLA teachers an insight into the unique needs of multilingual writers and provides practical strategies to address these needs. The session is designed to offer RLA teachers a variety of techniques to enhance their writing instruction for newcomer and experienced language learners. Participants will explore simulated mini-lesson and leave with sample activities for their particular grade level.
*Free book provided
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
06/14
8:00-4:00
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫🌺Teaching Math to English Learners - Level 1.0
🏫🌺Teaching Math to English Learners - Level 1.0
Elementary and Secondary Math Teachers
Unlock the potential of English learners in math by integrating proven techniques to enhance academic language and critical thinking for ALL students. Explore practical methods to engage students with content vocabulary, utilize formative assessment data for responsive teaching, and open-ended tasks.. Gain insights from "Teaching Math to English Learners," featuring over twenty activities to cultivate mathematicians, while reinforcing math process standards and nurturing diverse math mindsets.
*Free book provided
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
06/14
8:00-4:00
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
July Sessions
🏫Help! I Have a Newcomer! - Level 1.0
🏫Help! I Have a Newcomer! - Level 1.0
All Levels
This session will help to engage students with content vocabulary using best practices while actively engaging students in classroom activities. Participants will gain a better understanding of the stages of language acquisition and learn to implement research-based instructional strategies to help differentiate instruction so ALL students are successful.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/24
8:00-11:30
3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫Scaffolding for Experienced Language Learners - Level 2.0
🏫Scaffolding for Experienced Language Learners - Level 2.0
All Levels
In this session, we will analyze proven strategies that work across subject areas to help our Experienced Language Learners. We explore techniques to differentiate learning to elicit student thinking through discussions of higher level questions and open-ended writing activities. Join us for a half-day training to learn about best practices to engage emergent bilingual students with content vocabulary while actively engaging students in classroom activities.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/24
12:30-4:00
3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫Empowering Math Instruction for English Learners: Strategies for Academic Language & Critical Thinking - Level 2.0
🏫Empowering Math Instruction for English Learners: Strategies for Academic Language & Critical Thinking - Level 2.0
All Levels - Math Teachers
In this session, you'll review Adrian Mendoza's innovative approach to math instruction, which emphasizes the importance of academic discourse and student ownership in the development of mathematic skills. Attendees will explore examples of how Birdville ISD teachers apply these techniques in their classrooms. Then you will apply the practical strategies from the Teaching Math to ELs approach in your own lesson plans. Come ready to engage in meaningful conversations, embed techniques into your lesson plans, and walk away with lesson designs that transform student learning.*
*Please bring materials needed to lesson plan for quarter 1, your laptop, and your copy of Adrian Mendoza's "Teaching Math to English Learners."
*Prior attendance at Adrian Mendoza's 'Teaching Math to English Learners' session is required to participate in this session.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/24
8:00-11:30
3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫ELevating Learning in Science Classrooms - Level 2.0
🏫ELevating Learning in Science Classrooms - Level 2.0
Teachers - 4th, 5th, Middle School Science, Biology, IPC
In this session, participants will review Dr. Stephen Fleenor's dynamic approach to enhancing scientific discourse in the classroom, highlighting the significance of academic discourse and active student learning. Participants will analyze examples of how teachers implement these techniques and apply the practical strategies in their own lesson plans. Prepare to engage in meaningful conversations, embed techniques into your lesson plans, and leave with tailored lessons geared towards fostering academic discourse in YOUR science classroom!
*Please bring materials needed to lesson plan for quarter 1, your laptop, and your copy of Dr. Fleenor's "Teaching Science to English Learners"
*Prior attendance at Dr. Stephen Fleenor's 'Teaching Science to English Learners' or 'Maximizing Content Knowledge Through Language Acquisition in the Science Classroom' is required to participate in this session.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/24
12:30-4:00
3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫Talk, Read, Talk, Write: Take Action! - Level 2.0
🏫Talk, Read, Talk, Write: Take Action! - Level 2.0
Secondary RLA Teachers
In this session, you'll review Nancy Motley's innovative approach to literacy instruction, which emphasizes the importance of academic discourse and student ownership in the development of reading, writing, and language skills. Attendees will explore examples of how Birdville ISD teachers apply these techniques in their classrooms. Then you will apply the practical strategies from the Talk, Read, Talk, Write approach in your own lesson plans. Come ready to engage in meaningful conversations, embed techniques into your lesson plans, and walk away with lesson designs that transform student learning.*
*Please bring materials needed to lesson plan for quarter 1, your laptop, and your copy of Nancy Motley's "Talk, Read, Talk, Write."
*Prior attendance at Nancy Motley's 'Talk, Read, Talk, Write' session is required to participate in this session.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/25
8:00-4:00
3120 Carson Street
Haltom City, TX 76117
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
🏫Empowering Learners: Fostering Academic Biliteracy in Every Dual Language Classroom - Level 2.0
🏫Empowering Learners: Fostering Academic Biliteracy in Every Dual Language Classroom - Level 2.0
Elementary K-5 Dual Language Teachers
This one-day institute offers a dynamic professional learning experience designed to energize and inspire bilingual educators. The day’s goal is to equip educators with innovative strategies and practical tools that foster inclusivity and guarantee every student, irrespective of their primary language, can engage with academic content effectively and excel academically. Join us as we delve into approaches for ensuring the success of our learners that are on their journey towards biliteracy. Together, let's strengthen our commitment to creating inclusive and empowering dual language environments.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
07/24
8:00-4:00
7 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
💻Scaffolding in a Sheltered Classroom
💻Scaffolding in a Sheltered Classroom
3rd - 5th Grade Teachers, All Secondary Teachers
During this asynchronous professional learning, participants will receive an overview of the Workshop Model and then see how a lesson could be implemented within the Workshop Model and scaffolded to meet the needs of an emergent bilingual student while still achieving the rigor of the TEKS. This course will count for 3.5 hours of CPE credit for watching the recording and completing the linked PAT List. Asynchronous Course Resource Link -- It will force you to make-a-copy.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
Asynchronous / Canvas Course
Complete on your own time!
Up to 3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
💻Making Texts Accessible
💻Making Texts Accessible
3rd - 5th Teachers, All Secondary Teachers
Participants will learn techniques for helping students to more easily access or comprehend texts. This course will count for 3.5 hours of CPE credit for watching the recording, completing the linked PAT List, and submitting an artifact. Asynchronous Course Resource Link -- It will force you to make-a-copy.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
Asynchronous / Canvas Course
Complete on your own time!
Up to 3.5 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
💻Read, Write, Speak for Secondary Emergent Bilingual Students
💻Read, Write, Speak for Secondary Emergent Bilingual Students
All Secondary Teachers
Ideas and resources will be shared to add to your "toolkit" for promoting reading, writing, and speaking, using relevant topics, with emergent bilingual students. Participants will experience and practice activities for incorporating opportunities to read, write, and speak in the classroom. Canvas enrollment link.
TTESS 1.1, 1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 2.4, 2.5, 3.3
Asynchronous / Canvas Course
Complete on your own time!
Up to 2 CPEs/Flex-Eligible
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