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| Overview: | |||||||||
| Cultivating a collective responsibility for multilingual learning environments requires content and language teachers to know more so they can do better. These sessions provide the ‘what, why, and how’ knowledge and skills teachers need to unleash the potential of collaboration in content and language integrated learning classrooms. Learn how to make the mantra, ‘every teacher is a language teacher’ a reality in collaborative classrooms. | |||||||||
| Workshop Agenda: | |||||||||
| Session 1 EAL and classroom teachers learn how to identify the linguistic features to collaboratively teach recount language for math, science, social studies, and language arts tasks. | |||||||||
| Session 2 EAL and classroom teachers learn how to identify the linguistic features to collaboratively teach explanation language for math and science tasks. | |||||||||
| Session 3 EAL and classroom teachers learn how to identify the linguistic features to collaboratively teach argument language for social studies and language arts tasks. | |||||||||
| Session 4 EAL and classroom teachers learn how to identify the linguistic features to collaboratively teach narrative language for social studies and language arts tasks. | |||||||||
| PLATFORM, MATERIALS, & RESOURCES: | |||||||||
| Participants connect through ZOOM and need a laptop, headphones / earbuds during the synchronous sessions. All participants are provided a link to the course. Resource materials are made available to participants and responses to weekly questions provided. | |||||||||
| TARGET AUDIENCE: | |||||||||
| Classroom teachers, EAL specialists, Instructional Coaches, school leaders, and any other education professionals involved in collaborative practices (Pre K through Grades 10). | |||||||||
| 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: 8th, 10th, 15th & 17th April 2025 Each Session is for 2 hours Mexico 5:00 am | New York 7:00 am | London 12:00 pm | Zurich 1:00 pm | Dubai 3:00 pm | India 4:30 pm Hong Kong 7:00 pm | Melbourne 9:00 pm Note: This workshop will be not recorded Please click here to check your time for the workshop |
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