Customized Professional Development

The professional development offered will be customized to meet your school and/or district needs. The methods and examples used during the presentation will be geared toward the attendee's respective grade levels. Workshops benefit new and experienced teachers, academic specialists, and administrators.  Parts of the training can be expanded/condensed to fit your time frame needs. Workshops are tailored toward educators with Bilingual/ESL students, however all educators are welcome to attend. Many strategies for English Learners (Emergent Bilinguals) are also effective for all learners; think of it as "necessary for some, good for all."

All workshops include the following key components:

• Customized for the school/audience based on their need/focus 

• Content and Language Objectives

• Explain the Why

• Data/research/stories to support the topic

• Engaging questions for the audience

• At least one opportunity for the audience to contribute their own experiences or expertise

• Opportunity to apply new learning in a meaningful way

• At least one strategy that can be applied immediately, based on data analysis

• Reflection at the end

• Link or QR code to solicit feedback

• Note taking guide for participants

Major topics which can be included in the training:

• Bilingual program types/framework/research

• Linguistic and Academic Data Analysis

• Cross-linguistic Connections for Bilingualism

• Vocabulary Development

• Increasing CQ (Cultural Competency)

• Special English Learner/Emergent Bilingual Populations

• Facilitating Academic Conversations

• Metacognitive Thinking

• Instructional strategies for English Learners (Emergent Bilinguals)

• Language Domain Based Instructional Strategies (Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing)

• SUCCESS formula for Word Walls

• Language Based Content Instruction