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| Overview: | |||||||||
| International schools face a watershed moment as the demography continues to change to the point where most students are multilingual learners. This workshop is the first step towards making the often-heard mantra of every teacher is a language teacher more of a reality. | |||||||||
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| There are four synchronous sessions of 2 hours each. | |||||||||
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| Participants will connect through the ZOOM meetings platform. They will need a laptop, headphones/earbuds and a quiet space to be during the synchronous sessions. All participants will be issued with a link to the course that will not be shareable with others. Participants will agree to use the video and sound function to enable full participation. The workshop will not be recorded. Customized resource materials will be made available to participants, and responses to weekly questions will be provided. | |||||||||
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| In the interest of personalization, the number of participants will be limited to 40. | |||||||||
| WHO SHOULD ATTEND | |||||||||
| Pre K-12 EAL teachers and school leaders interested in advocating and improving learning in a school with majority multilingual populations. | |||||||||
| DR. VIRGINIA PAULINE ROJAS | |||||||||
| Virginia Rojas is semi-retired from international-school consulting in which she conducted professional training on effective programs and strategies for multilingual learners from pre-school through grade 12 for EAL specialists and classroom teachers alike. As a former ASCD faculty member, Dr. Rojas uses the backwards design curriculum model to help teachers design high-challenge, high-support learning experiences for strengthening multilingual learners' second language proficiency and academic achievement. She provided professional development trainings, job-embedded coaching and demonstration lessons, and conducted linguistic audits of EAL (English as an Additional Language) program. She has worked in over 350 international schools throughout the world as well as with school districts in the US and Canada. Dr. Rojas is the author of Strategies for Success with English Language Learners: An Action Toolkit for Classroom and ESL Teachers published by ASCD (2007) and of Educating English Language Learners: Connecting Language, Literacy, and Culture (2010), ASCD DVD Series. In partnership with the PTC, Dr. Rojas is the architect and lead faculty of the PTC EAL certification program. |
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| DATES & TIMES: 31st October, 7th, 14th, 21st November 2023 Each session is for 2 hours Mexico City 5:00 am | New York 6:00 am | London 11:00 am | Zurich 12:00 pm | Dubai 3:00 pm | India 4:30 pm Hong Kong 7:00 pm | Melbourne 10:00 pm Note:This workshop will be not recorded Please click here to check your time for the workshop |
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