Dual Language Coaching

Facilitator: Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Companeros Program, Windham Public Schools, CT

Date: August 10, 11, and 12, 2020; 9 - 11 am

VIRTUAL PD: Three, 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings

Audience: Dual Language coaches, coordinators, principals and teacher-leaders who serve as mentors for their colleagues

Metalinguistic Awareness Toolkit

Facilitator: Elissa Washburn, Barbieri School Dual Language Program, Framingham, MA

Date: August 10, 12, & 14, 2020; 1 - 3 pm 

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings

Audience: PK-12 teachers in dual language programs

Incorporating Sheltering Instruction in Dual Language Programs

Facilitator: Silvia Lima, DL Teacher (Portuguese), International Charter School, Pawtucket, RI

Date: August 11, 13 & 17, 2020; 1- 3 pm

VIRTUAL PD: THREE 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings

Audience: This workshop is planned for teachers new in one-way or two-way programs and/or for teachers who are new in the dual language field.  Experienced dual language teachers are also welcomed.

Dual Language Curriculum Workshop

Facilitators:  Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Companeros Program in Windham Public Schools in Connecticut  

Date: August 13, 14, 17 & 18, 2020; 9 - 11 am

VIRTUAL PD: Four 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings and follow up individual technical assistance

Audience: Dual Language program curriculum design teams, Dual Language educators familiar with Teaching for Biliteracy

Partner Teaching in DLE

Facilitator: Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Companeros Program, Windham Public Schools, CT

Date: August 12, 13 & 14, 2020, 3:30 - 5:30 pm

VIRTUAL PD: Three, 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings

Audience: Partner Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

      Conference September 25 and 26, 2020

          Virtual Format (ZOOM)

           CONFERENCE THEME: Access and Inclusion in Dual Language Education

DATE: Friday, September 25, 2020 - Keynote Address and Saturday, September 26, 2020 - Workshops

KEYNOTE SPEAKER: Ester deJong, Professor in ESOL/Bilingual Education and the Director of the School of Teaching and Learning at the University of Florida.

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