Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging Series (2024-2025)

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Pathways to Greatness for ELL Newcomers: A Comprehensive Guide for Schools and Teachers (a five-part series)Pre-registration is required
Presenter: Kathy Simpson 
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Participants will explore a variety of age-appropriate reading interventions, and discuss how to build self-efficacy and foster independence to build motivation, engagement and confidence in readers, across ENL, classroom, and reading teacher colleagues. What is the role of each of these teachers when working with the same striving readers, and how do we come together to help a child develop new language skills and new reading skills?

How we respond to children, and what we say about children, matters. The ways in which difference shows up in our classroom is both an opportunity for learning and a challenge for us to work through. In this session, we will explore how complex learners show up in our school communities, and will practice working through strength-based perspectives, as well as developing learning opportunities that embrace differences. Additionally, participants will continue to consider inclusive literacy practices as discussed in the keynote (appropriate for all content areas).

This is a session description.

Participants will explore a variety of age-appropriate reading interventions, and discuss how to build self-efficacy and foster independence to build motivation, engagement and confidence in readers, across ENL, classroom, and reading teacher colleagues. What is the role of each of these teachers when working with the same striving readers, and how do we come together to help a child develop new language skills and new reading skills?

How we respond to children, and what we say about children, matters. The ways in which difference shows up in our classroom is both an opportunity for learning and a challenge for us to work through. In this session, we will explore how complex learners show up in our school communities, and will practice working through strength-based perspectives, as well as developing learning opportunities that embrace differences. Additionally, participants will continue to consider inclusive literacy practices as discussed in the keynote (appropriate for all content areas). In this urgent and vital workshop, participants will delve into critical considerations to assess a student at risk of referral to special education and make equitable and informed decisions. The session will cover legal requirements, characteristics of second language acquisition, clinical markers of disabilities, cultural dynamics, social-emotional resilience, optimal learning environments, effective interventions, and comprehensive assessment practices.

"Co-teaching" models have changed dramatically since its inception. So where does co-teaching fit into the ever changing landscape of 21st century learning?Take a deep dive into what still works, what doesn't, and the new roles co-teachers play in our modern classroom.

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