8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: Any Teacher and Paraprofessional in grades 2-5th who support Emergent Bilingual, Dually Identified students are welcome

Description: This session highlights how graphic organizers can be powerful tools to elevate students’ academic language and deepen content understanding. We'll explore strategies for using organizers to structure thinking, support vocabulary development, and scaffold complex tasks 

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: Any Teacher and Paraprofessional in grades P-2 who support Emergent Bilingual, Dually Identified students are welcome

Description: This professional development session supports PK–2 bilingual teachers in strengthening writing instruction in dual language classrooms. Educators will explore practical strategies to develop young writers. The session will include dedicated time to internalize upcoming Amplify Habilidades y Destrezas and PK Benchmark lessons and prepare materials for upcoming lessons. Teachers will leave with concrete tools and ready-to-use resources to support biliteracy development. 

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: Any Teacher and Paraprofessional in grades 3- who support Emergent Bilingual, Dually Identified students are welcome

Description: This session is designed for bilingual educators at the 3rd-5th grade levels. We will explore effective strategies to support emergent writers in both Spanish and English (the target language) with a focus on building foundational writing skills and nurturing their writer’s voices in both languages. 

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: Any Teacher (Math/Sci/SS/ELA) in grades K-12 who supports Emergent Bilingual, Dually Identified students are welcome

Description: Come one, come all, let us jump into easy-to-implement habits that will help your students talk more and think more. We will explore and practice research-based strategies to help get students to think more and speak more frequently and effectively in an academic setting. (This training complements part 1 of the previous PD, but it can also be taken as a stand alone!) 

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: LPAC Administrators by invitation

Description: EOY LPAC compliance and planning for EB students EOY 

8:30 AM - 11:30 AM

Audience: LPAC Clerks By Invitation

Description: Elementary and Secondary LPAC clerks will create their Iowa test sessions and ensure

students are entered on the platform .