Multilingual Language Workshops
College of Education’s Elementary Education Department will be hosting three workshops on multilingual language.
Welcoming Newcomers: Understanding Linguistically Diverse Learners’ Early Development
Thursday, June 3rd | 9–10:30am
Presenter: Dr. Keri-Anne Croce
For many newcomers, the classroom will provide their first opportunities for long term sustained experiences with English. This presentation will help participants develop a tool kit that will allow
teachers to encourage newcomers to continue to develop as critical thinkers while also learning an additional language.
REGISTER NOW
Preparing General Educators to Identify and Support Multilingual Learners with Disabilities
Thursday, June 3rd | 1–2:30 pm
Presenter: Dr. Patricia Rice Doran
This workshop will provide an overview of research regarding multilingual learners (MLs) with disabilities in the classroom setting. Participants will review research-based practices for identifying these learners and providing evidence-based interventions within a culturally and linguistically responsive framework. Participants will also review strategies appropriate for support of this population in classroom settings and describe approaches to build preservice and inservice teachers’ knowledge and skills for serving MLs with disabilities.
REGISTER NOW
Use Multicultural Children’s Literature to Promote Preservice Teachers’ Understanding and Practice of Multilingualism
Friday, June 4th | 9–10:30 am
Presenters: Dr. Maria Perpetua Socorro U. Liwanag, Dr. Xiaoming Liu, and Dr. Huili Hong
This presentation will share high-quality and underrepresented multicultural children’s literature and further discuss how to use it to engage into critical conversations about diversity and equity issues. In addition, this PD introduces an ABC model that aims to enhance preservice teachers’ understanding and practice of multiculturalism.
REGISTER NOW
Categorised in: General
This post was written by Miller, Kendall