This workshop will highlight the importance of using the OCDE Project GLAD® strategies: Poetry Frame and Found Poetry. Participants will understand the power of using poetry to stretch and inspire student’s imaginations and igniting the love of poetry writing. OCDE Project GLAD® strategies will be shared in the content areas connecting to CCSS. The poetry strategies support students’ academic language and support reading and writing skills. Participants will have the opportunity to interactively engage with the strategies.
Engage in innovative, hands-on/minds-on activities that develop students’ understanding of the interdependence of people and the environment, and expand on ideas of global citizenship. Presented activities provide academic enrichment in science, geography and environmental education, and enhance language skills for students in grades 3-5. Receive bilingual lesson plans that address state learning standards for several content areas.
In this session, participants learn how to transform the simplest of classroom materials into creative, brain-friendly, interactive, three-dimensional graphic organizers that become the format for independent and/or collaborative literacy projects.
Looking for ways to utilize student engagement strategies to maximize participation among your EL students? Do you want your ELD or Dual Immersion students to start talking more and participating in class discussions, but aren't sure how to extend what you're already doing? This session will provide a new spin on commonly used student engagement strategies. Learn easy, yet engaging ideas to get your students to speak and collaborate more with their classmates.
This session will show how to introduce high-level words that will make a noticeable difference in your students' academic vocabulary and language across the curriculum. The presenter will demonstrate how to use fine art images and photos as springboards to discussions about topics in STEM and social studies while also reinforcing rigorous language arts standards. Each participant will leave with sample lessons in English & Spanish, prompts for academically productive talk and access to art images and photos.
Mentor teacher, Instructional Coach, District Coordinator of Multilingual Programs, PD, Curriculum and State & Federal Programs / Instructor in Education Departments of many San Francisco Bay area universities / ELL Specialist California Department of Education. Currently, National... Read More →
To fill writing and reading with meaning, students must have strategies for developing their ideas with specificity and logic, just as they gain other cognitive and linguistic functions. The presenter will demonstrate the use of FRIEDs and Natural Questions, two simple and proven strategies to help students scaffold their developing lexical and syntactical growth to increasingly more thoughtful literacy practices. Examples and classroom applications will be presented, with time for practice and questions.
El panel versará sobre la oferta de educación media y superior a distancia de las instituciones públicas y privadas en México. Destaca la modalidad no escolarizada, mediante el uso de las tecnologías de la información y la comunicación, respaldados en redes de conocimiento, tecnológicas y administrativas, cuyas características serán la flexibilidad, la calidad y la pertinencia.
Director of B@UNAM (UNAM Online High School), Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México
I love developing wonderful learning experiences for my students. I think that engaged learners profit from every effort we do and have an amazing academic performance. I have worked in Education for more than 35 years, especially committed towards developing and implementing educational... Read More →
This session demonstrates how K–12 teachers can develop oral academic vocabulary in English and Spanish through scaffolded, engaging discussions of fine art images from around the globe and across time, from ancient Greece and Egypt to Pre-Columbian art, to 21st century art. Teachers will gain strategies on how to support academic multilingualism. Practical handouts are provided, including sample lessons with accompanying fine art images and concrete academic talk strategies in English and Spanish.
Research shows that weaving together science and language development can increase students’ academic performance in reading, writing, and science simultaneously. Join The Education Trust-West to learn about innovative approaches to English language and science integration and how these practices are resulting in high achievement for English learners. We will also present district level and state policy recommendations.
Prior to joining The Education Trust—West, Ryan was the Director of Education Programs and Policy for the United Way of Greater Los Angeles where he was responsible for the education program and policy efforts for the organization. He also coordinated Communities for Los Angeles... Read More →
The English Language Arts/English Language Development Framework emphasizes an integrated and interdisciplinary approach to teaching language arts and other content areas. In this workshop, you will explore the reading foundational skills, consider implications for English Learners, and learn instructional best practices for integrated literacy instruction. You will see classroom examples to support literacy learning.
This presentation will highlight the transformative possibilities ethnic studies courses can have on elementary and high school students in urban school districts. The focus will be on the students' youth participatory action research projects and the results of their participation. Students are able to identify social justice issues surrounding their personal lives and that of their community. A brief history on the development of this course will also be presented.
Desarrolle vocabulario académico de alto nivel y lenguage oral usando imágenes artísticas y fotos. Apoye temas interdisciplinarios y STEAM para hispanohablantes y estudiantes de la lengua española de todos niveles.
Learn interactive techniques to differentiate instruction and motivate students to write content-rich compositions filled with textual evidence. Model opinion pieces with a clear point of view and organizational structure, fact-supported reasons, and a concluding section designed to tie the entire argument together. Guide informative/explanatory pieces that clearly and accurately convey information to increase reader's knowledge and comprehension of a concept. Catapult Common Core writing with dynamic techniques that engage students in critical thinking immediately!
Carolyn M. Hood, M.Ed., is an experienced, teacher leader, curriculum developer, and instructional coach. As Lead Master Trainer for Learning Headquarters, Carolyn has the opportunity to work with K-6 educators and students on rigorous Common Core reading and writing instruction... Read More →
Examine an interdisciplinary approach to teaching analytical reading and writing using 'learning maps'--a process/method for supporting English learners as they master their literacy skills in context of the Common Core State Standards. Learn how to use learning maps for differentiation, control of rigor, and encouragement of independent learning for ELs. Additionally, investigate how learning maps gradually release the scaffolds educators put into place that lead English learners to independent reading and writing of complex texts.
I'm a teacher with over 30 years of experience teaching English to language learners. I hold two master degrees in teaching and literature. My passion is to support the needs of students who are learning English as a second language. I have presented at multiple conferences including... Read More →
How can I help my English learners revise their writing? This hands-on workshop will give you ideas for a structured, collaborative peer-to-peer revising process in your classroom. I will be introducing an interactive 4-step “Peer Review Protocol” that can be easily adapted to meet the needs of your students. This process will help you access Parts 1 & 2 of the CA ELD Standards.
As an instructional coach in the Norwalk-La Mirada Unified School District, Mr. Casey assists teachers in implementing best practices in their classes, coordinates site and district based programs, and delivers professional development at varying levels among other duties as assigned.
Mr... Read More →
Education must be relevant to students and children must see themselves, their experiences and their cultures reflected in the classroom, while being exposed authentically to lives that are different from their own. This workshop provides a framework for inviting the identities and experiences of children and their families into the classroom and curriculum. Participants will learn specific strategies and will receive tools, templates, and a bibliography of children’s literature to promote and honor diversity.
The Common Core requires all students to engage with rigorous grade-level text and content in order to effectively make meaning. Participants will learn a series of strategies designed to teach children to read complex text, while collaboratively researching a topic of their choice. Intentional scaffolding allows English Learners, and all students, to learn research skills and prepare presentations and written work. Student samples, video, tools and templates for planning will be shared.
Activities that promote mathematical reasoning are essential for developing mathematically proficient students. Building fluency and flexibility with numbers is equally essential. Activities that combine both and that are accessible to all students are rare. I will share several activities, resources, and adaptation strategies that promote both reasoning and fluency, while addressing language challenges. Participants will work through activities during the session, experience productive struggle, and learn techniques to make the mathematics accessible to all students.
Director of Mathematics and Special Projects, CORE Inc.
I am the Director of Mathematics for CORE. I holds a master's degree in math education from Sonoma State University (SSU) and secondary teaching credentials for both mathematics and English. I have 18 years of experience in the classroom teaching all levels of math from 5th grade... Read More →
We talk about the math achievement gap, but what about the math experience gap? In this session we explore how to mathematize any activity, from playing games to everyday tasks, so that we can give students rich math experiences that prepare them for deep problem solving. These activities show students that math is exciting and can help them make sense of the world. Session participants will take home examples of mathematized activities.
Brandon Smith is the Lead Mathematician and Product Director at MIND Research Institute, where he creates experiential learning programs for people of all ages, both in and out of the classroom — including two that are patent-pending. Over the past several years, he has focused... Read More →
Esta sesión interactiva examina el proceso para desarrollar una unidad que integra el Common Core en Español con ciencias, tecnología, ingeniería, arte y matemáticas (STEAM). Se inspira en los Estándares de Ciencias de la Nueva Generación (NGSS). Su objetivo es motivar a los participantes a planear sus propias unidades, ya que con ello aumentarán el rigor académico en programas bilingües/doble inmersión. Promoverán la creatividad, el pensamiento crítico, el diálogo y la colaboración entre sus estudiantes.
* Coordindora y fundadora del Programa de DI en Discovery Charter
School- Chula Vista, CA
*6 años de experiencia en enseñanza de Kinder DI
*Consultora STEAM para Distrito Escolar de El Cajón, CA
*Certificación en Doble Inmersión - Inglés-Español... Read More →
*Mi primera Carrera es ser Hotelera con Maestría en Administración, de México, D.F.
*Entre al ambito de la educacion a traves de una Maestría en Educación con especialidad en Mejores Prácticas, Educación en Línea y Lectura,en CA. y la Credencial Múltiple y Sencilla en español
*Tengo... Read More →
This workshop will walk participants through academic language considerations as they plan to support EL student learning of content through text. The workshop will model and engage participants in crafting a prompt that aligns with standards, examining and extracting vocabulary, as well as determining more supportive and less supportive sentence structures that help students build a cohesive response.
English Learner Program Specialist, San Juan Unified School District
Leslie Wriston, M.S.Ed, is currently the English Learner Program Specialist in San Juan Unified and is responsible for professional learning and implementation of English Language Development K-12 throughout the 60 school sites. She leads a team of teachers on special assignment... Read More →
In this session we will be sharing a lesson for addressing the standards of listening and speaking (to a partner), asking and answering questions, and describing what is happening in a picture, in preparation for the CELDT test.
I have been in public education since 1987, since '67, if you count attending school. As a student, I was an EL and Migrant. I earned my Masters degree in Educational Administration in 2006.As a program specialist, I support all aspects of running a school site. I primarily support... Read More →
The Writing Reform and Innovation for Teaching Excellence (WRITE) Institute offers one hour of professional learning and ready-to-use materials to scaffold writing across content areas. Participants will experience interactive, differentiated strategies to improve critical thinking skills, academic language, and informative writing for all language learners.
Coordinator, Language Learner Team, San Diego County Office of Education
I am passionate about literacy, languages, cultures, equity, mindfulness, and traveling. As a Coordinator for the Writing Reform and Innovation for Teaching Excellence (WRITE) Institute and Language Learner Team at the San Diego County Office of Education, I provide research-driven... Read More →
Students write better when they control their writing. This presentation, focused on upper elementary grades, presents participants with a writing program that balances standards-based instruction with the Writers Workshop model. The five-day plan explains how to arrange time to teach grammar and spelling, district writing assessments, and Writers Workshop sessions. All the components for student writing folders, including domain/genre sheets, writers’ logs to keep track of projects, pre-writing organizers, and more will be shared.
I am a 6th grade teacher at Madison Elementary School in Riverside, California. In my 31 years teaching, I have taught 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. I am also the author of three books, The Runaway Piggy/El cochinito fugitivo, A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila, and... Read More →
Discover how discussions of fine art can reinforce Common Core State Standards. The presenter will demonstrate strategies that include using complex text (the image) to explore meaning, note important details, cite evidence and make an argument to support an opinion. She will share structures for promoting deeper academic discussions across the curriculum including STEM subjects. Each participant will receive sample lessons in English & Spanish and access to dazzling art images from around the globe & across time.
Mentor teacher, Instructional Coach, District Coordinator of Multilingual Programs, PD, Curriculum and State & Federal Programs / Instructor in Education Departments of many San Francisco Bay area universities / ELL Specialist California Department of Education. Currently, National... Read More →
Group processing enables educators and students to promote a deep understanding of learning and derive ownership of individual strengths. This group interaction will demonstrate how students use cooperative learning in evaluating and integrating their pooled knowledge to create better decision-making habits and explain the academic and interpersonal skills involved. Two aspects of group processing are addressed: 1) how students learn to form successful groups; and 2) how they form academic and social learning objectives.
Our transitioning students deserve instruction that provides fast results. Engage your students and bring their English word recognition levels to proficiency quickly! Students experience immediate success and their confidence soars when they are immersed in short, daily Rime Magic lessons that lead to the easy decoding of multi-syllabic words. Eyes light up and you will hear comments like "Oh! Now I get it!". Your students will find motivation and success in just a few targeted lessons.
I am passionate about teaching English Learners and about working with students who are struggling for any reason. I work closely with teachers to improve literacy instruction (both reading and writing) providing guidance in student engagement and simple successful teaching strategies... Read More →
If your students have fallen behind in reading due to low word recognition in English, Rime Magic will bring them up to grade level quickly and easily. Rime Magic helps students transition to English reading with high engagement and soaring confidence!
Providing support for your ELs to engage in the math practices is crucial! We will use the CA ELD Standards and protocols for collaborative conversations/student discourse to develop both content knowledge and academic language in math.
Michelle Staine, born and raised in Los Angeles by immigrant parents, is a staunch advocate for diverse learners. She is proud to be a product of LAUSD schools and currently serves her community as an Elementary English Learner Expert with the Multilingual and Multicultural Education... Read More →
Do you ever find yourself beating around the bush when trying to teach idioms and other figurative language? Do you bite off more than you can chew and end up having to go back to the drawing board to come up with a way to teach this to your English Language Learners? Participants will learn about how two teachers use idioms in their classrooms with their students through Art, Read Alouds, technology, and other interactive ways.
I'm a 4/5 combo teacher in the San Lorenzo Unified School District. I am in my 3rd year teaching and this is my first year at CABE. I'm all about technology in the classroom and honestly just trying new things to be the bomb.com in the classroom. Hope you enjoy!
Quickly raise the reading levels of ELs. For many ELs literacy can become a roadblock. Some students become strong decoders yet have difficulty with comprehension. Learn how to deliver three simple strategies that use retell, vocabulary development, and complex sentence "unpacking" to support comprehension. Implement these strategies with any and all reading materials. Prevent comprehension problems from occurring and intervene with students who have struggled! Significant growth can be expected very quickly. Bonus Strategies----Just Right Books and Precision Reading!!
I am passionate about teaching English Learners and about working with students who are struggling for any reason. I work closely with teachers to improve literacy instruction (both reading and writing) providing guidance in student engagement and simple successful teaching strategies... Read More →
If your students have fallen behind in reading due to low word recognition in English, Rime Magic will bring them up to grade level quickly and easily. Rime Magic helps students transition to English reading with high engagement and soaring confidence!
In accordance with our new mathematics expectations, our instructional practices need to incorporate higher level thinking, adaptive reasoning, strategic competence, conceptual understanding, problem solving, procedural fluency and productive disposition. This new approach has implications for all students, but is especially challenging for English learners. This session will explore strategies and activities teachers can use to successfully navigate the transition to this new way of doing mathematics.
Authentic learning to teach Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) for students and parents. This workshop will describe the personal development and independent living skills acquired by students when introduced to Outdoor Education Programs. Those attending will understand the benefits of an outdoor education program especially English Learners.
This hands-on workshop helps teachers understand how Project-based Learning (PBL) can help further English literacy for English Learners in any classroom context. The workshop walks participants through the steps on how to get started with PBL in any classroom setting, K-12 and beyond. The workshop demonstrates the joys of PBL with bilingual learners. Participants will create a project outline that incorporates three disciplines; addresses the community context, and meets Common Core State Standards.
What are the characteristics of effective Spanish literacy intervention in a dual language or bilingual program? How does literacy and language development in Spanish differ from that in English? Why is cultural relevance of the materials important? What is the importance of authentic text? How does intervention differ from regular classroom literacy instruction? Where does writing fit in? Join us for this discussion. Sample materials from effective intervention and lesson plan formats will be shared.
Conoceremos la importancia de una enseñanza correcta de la ortografía. Los participantes podrán aprender a utilizar varias herramientas que ayudarán a una enseñanza efectiva. El taller ayudará a los maestros a crear un programa consistente en la instrucción y el vocabulario, y ellos sabrán qué deben enseñar en cada grado. Van a recibir apoyo con las estrategias de instrucción y las actividades que ayudan a la comprensión, la interiorización y el dominio de la ortografía.
Desarrollo del español en programas de inmersión. Dando la importancia y el respeto que merecen todas las lenguas a un alto nivel académico. Porque creemos que todos los niños pueden aprender en dos idiomas y porque sabemos lo dedicados y apasionados que son los maestros de español... Read More →
This multimedia interactive session teaches all students about the one million Mexican Americans unconstitutionally expelled to Mexico during the 1930s. Learn about the successful campaign for social justice by a group of elementary school students. Explore the resources and successful examples that will be shared, and meet survivors and their families.
Guadalupe Espinoza is a native Californian who lived and taught EFL in Mexico for over 20 years. Her parents , Arturo and Ramona Espinoza, were born in California and yet were unconstitionally shipped to Mexico in 1932 during the Great Depression. They were raised at the US-Mexico... Read More →
Christine Valenciana, Ph.D. Dr. Valenciana is Associate Professor in the Department of Elementary and Bilingual Education at California State University Fullerton. Dr. Valenciana teaches courses in literacy, instructional methods for teaching English learners and methods in bilingual... Read More →
Language is living, evolving and intimately tied to the identities of its speakers. How do our youth feel when they are told their Spanish is bad, incorrect or informal? And how do we, as teachers, avoid turning Spanish class into yet another barrier? In this interactive presentation, Amy Costales, bilingual children's author and Spanish Heritage Language Advisor, will present methodology to meet the needs of heritage speakers of Spanish and address linguistic variation in U.S. Spanish.
This hands-on demonstration of the Engineering is Elementary curriculum, from the Museum of Science in Boston, will include an explanation of the Spanish language resources available and an overview of how the curriculum works. The presenter was trained in Boston and has taught the curriculum for two years in his classroom. This is a great program for the NGSS and for engaging learners with STEM and literacy.
This session demonstrates how K–12 teachers can develop oral academic vocabulary in English and Spanish through scaffolded, engaging discussions of fine art images from around the globe and across time, from ancient Greece and Egypt to Pre-Columbian art, to 21st century art. Teachers will gain strategies on how to support academic multilingualism. Practical handouts are provided, including sample lessons with accompanying fine art images and concrete academic talk strategies in English and Spanish.
La Secretaría de Educación Pública publicó las medidas para facilitar el acceso a la educación a los mexicanos que regresan a México por voluntad propia o deportados, medidas que buscan asegurar el ingreso o reingreso de los estudiantes mexicanos al sistema educativo nacional, sin importar su condición migratoria o los documentos con los que cuenten; eliminar trámites innecesarios y costosos, y simplificar procesos como la revalidación de estudios en las universidades del país.
This creative workshop will demonstrate how puppets can be used as a motivating tool to read and write. For years, the California Mini-Corps, a program operating through Butte County Office of Education, has used puppets to teach and to motivate students' learning. The California standards are important and with the use of puppets as a tool, many different strands of the ELA, ELD, and Art standards can be taught.
This session will guide participants in the development of strong thematic units which incorporate Language Arts Standards with Next Generation Science and Social Studies curriculum. How to choose a theme, develop vocabulary skills, choose fiction and non-fiction texts, and how to add language arts skills to the theme will all be covered in this session. It is applicable to EL, bilingual, and dual language instruction.
Participants in this session will receive instruction on how to create a vocabulary scaffolding writing folder for their students. They will receive a link to pages that can be printed out to create their own folders.
This workshop will walk participants through academic language considerations as they plan to support EL student learning of content through text. The workshop will model and engage participants in crafting a prompt that aligns with standards, examining and extracting vocabulary, as well as determining more supportive and less supportive sentence structures that help students build a cohesive response.
English Learner Program Specialist, San Juan Unified School District
Leslie Wriston, M.S.Ed, is currently the English Learner Program Specialist in San Juan Unified and is responsible for professional learning and implementation of English Language Development K-12 throughout the 60 school sites. She leads a team of teachers on special assignment... Read More →
Students write better when they control their writing. This presentation, focused on upper elementary grades, presents participants with a writing program that balances standards-based instruction with the Writers Workshop model. The five-day plan explains how to arrange time to teach grammar and spelling, district writing assessments, and Writers Workshop sessions. All the components for student writing folders, including domain/genre sheets, writers’ logs to keep track of projects, pre-writing organizers, and more will be shared.
I am a 6th grade teacher at Madison Elementary School in Riverside, California. In my 31 years teaching, I have taught 2nd, 3rd, 5th and 6th grades. I am also the author of three books, The Runaway Piggy/El cochinito fugitivo, A Mummy in Her Backpack/Una momia en su mochila, and... Read More →
Learn how to meet the cognitive demands of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for math in a dual language classroom! Ideas will be shared on how to help your students use the academic language of math in the target language. Emphasis will be placed on using real world problems to build upon language students’ prior knowledge and move them towards using academic language to explain their thinking.
This interactive, hand-on workshop will focus on and elicit the use of academic vocabulary to describe scientific concepts through the use of dynamic, sensory interactions and realia use. The understanding of vocabulary in an interactive, purposeful way has been proven to lead to the acquisition of science concepts in grades K-12. This workshop will demonstrate model lessons to pique student curiosity and trigger their desire to learn academic English in a science classroom!
Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services, Gonzales Unified School District
I've been a passionate educator for 23 years and have had the privilege to work with English learners and their families during my service as a classroom teacher, academic coach, director of curriculum & instruction and now as an Assistant Superintendent of Educational Services with... Read More →
I've been an elementary and middle school educator for 17 years. I recently earned my M.A. Ed. and Administrative Services Credential. I am passionate about creating a school climate/culture where students feel they are valued as members of a school family, and educators embrace their... Read More →
Every child deserves high-quality, cognitive writing instruction that addresses their unique and diverse characteristics, as well as their developmental and language development proficiency levels. Increase the rigor and sophistication of student writing with ease! Learn meaningful techniques to help all students acquire and use conversational and domain-specific vocabulary. Actively engage learners in building powerful sentences, utilizing sentence variety, and extending the complexity of Common Core text type writing. Leave with tools to use immediately!
Carolyn M. Hood, M.Ed., is an experienced, teacher leader, curriculum developer, and instructional coach. As Lead Master Trainer for Learning Headquarters, Carolyn has the opportunity to work with K-6 educators and students on rigorous Common Core reading and writing instruction... Read More →
Learn content and language simultaneously through educational technology while integrating the Visual and Performing Arts, such as music, dance, theater and the visual arts. Diverse teaching strategies, ideas, lesson plans, units and more will be shared in a multi-media/lecture-demonstration approach using sequencing, sampling, and synthesizing tools. No experience in the fine arts required. Participants will be able to use their imagination, ingenuity, and innovativeness in expanding their students' literacy and language while sharing the arts.
CEO/Principal at McGill School of Success (MSS) a TK-5, non-profit 501(c)3 public charter school. With 170 students, our motto is “A small school with a big heart” and our icon is “Planting the seeds of knowledge”. Both are symbolic in that we offer ‘class size reduction... Read More →
This hands on workshop will provide participants with an opportunity to look at the role writing plays in the empowerment of our young learners. How do we encourage and support our children to use writing to convey messages, find a voice, and tell their stories? How do we as a class, a school, and a community involve families and celebrate the stories of our young authors? Participants will create samples they can easily incorporate in their writing programs.
Teacher on Special Assignment, Corona-Norco Unified SD
I am Blessed to be part of Corona - Norco Unified School District! I am a product of CNUSD and have been given numerous opportunities to develop as an educator and give back to my community. I am passionate about Teacher Leadership and the opportunities we all have, regardless of... Read More →
This interactive session invites K-5 teachers to expand their thinking about using a Guided Reading approach to encourage language and cognitive development. We will explore texts created to encourage discussion around big ideas. Teachers will observe and discuss video of students as they co-construct understandings of texts, considering the teacher facilitation that supports thinking about big ideas. As students think and talk together, opportunities for language development will be highlighted by the presenter and participants.
Richard C. Owen Publishers, Inc., Featured Speaker
Brian Cambourne is presently a Principal Fellow at the University of Wollongong, Australia. He began teaching in 1956 at the age of 19 and spent nine years teaching in a mix of one-room schools and primary classrooms K-6 for the New South Wales Department of Education. In his tenth... Read More →
Kindergartners, first graders, doing close reads? Taking notes, answering text dependent questions? Are you out of your mind? Come learn strategies that you can use in your classroom to help your students better succeed at doing close reads. Presentation will include examples of close reading lessons, strategies for EL's success, and how to extend the close read to meet other Common Core State Standards!
Before I started teaching elementary, I taught preschool for five years, working as a director and head teacher. I have now been teaching elementary school for the last 30 years. I specialize in the primary grades. I have worked as an ELD coach, BTSA support provider, mentor teacher... Read More →
Teachers, administrators, resource personnel and other staff that work with parents in the school are invited to participate in a hands on demonstration of a successful book club that will get your parents excited about reading and learning. Highlighting the parent book, No Estás Solo, a trainer of trainers manual is used that gives step by step instructions on involving parents and motivating them to meet and discuss important issues and ideas that strengthen parent involvement.
Parents attending the workshops, You Are Not Alone/No Estas Solo in school districts all over California and other States has met with phenomenal results. Parents and their childrens' academic skills grow as they gain new outlooks on their importance in their school community... Read More →
Teachers of Language Learners Learning Community (TL3C) provided a Summer Institute offering teachers in Dual Language Immersion programs the opportunity to collaborate to create various STEM and social studies units and lessons in English/Spanish. In this interactive and multimedia session, participants will be walked through a number of activities from the units and lessons shared. Come hear about their experiences and leave prepared, with resources you can integrate into your own classrooms.
Barrio Sésamo needs help showing children what it means to be passionate about learning. Your students will make short videos about a passion to be played on the air. Prime student interest through introducing the project and completing a “creativity workshop.” Next, build your students’ editing and public speaking skills with a 1 minute ignite presentation. Students then write an organized, formal proposal for consideration. Once this scaffolding is complete, students create their videos.
