This webinar will provide an overview of initiatives in the area of Indigenous language reclamation. Panelists will share about research projects and programs designed to support Indigenous children in connecting to language, heritage, and culture. Webinar attendees will hear about what Indigenous-led research says about intergenerational language learning, land-based pedagogy, and the importance of Indigenous ... Read more
January 4, 11, 18, and 25, 2024 Learn effective strategies for providing job-embedded support for teachers implementing the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Model in your schools. Please join us for this engaging online version of our 2024 CAL SIOP TOT. CAL SIOP Training of Trainers Institute:Â Advanced Coaching Strategies
January 9–11 and January 16–18, 2024 (six two-hour sessions) Foundations of CAL SIOP for Dual Language Programs: Developing Academic Language and Content in Two Languages Learn SIOP methods for meeting the three pillars of dual language education: bilingualism and biliteracy, high academic achievement, and sociocultural competence! CAL SIOP for Dual Language Programs: Developing Academic Language ... Read more
February 14, 21, and 28, 2024 Learn effective strategies and activities to develop English learners’ literacy skills as they develop greater language proficiency. Please join us at this three-day virtual Direct Strategies Institute based on CAL’s widely used What’s Different About Teaching Reading to Students Learning English? professional development program. The training will provide participants ... Read more
March 11–14 and 18 & 19, 2024 Taller de lengua y lectoescritura en español | Spanish Language and Literacy Institute (¡en español!) Cómo fomentar el desarrollo de la lectoescritura en español: Diferencias lingüÃsticas entre el español y el inglés y su impacto en la enseñanza del español | Fostering Spanish Language and Literacy Development Aprenda ... Read more
TITLE: Teaching Multilingual Learners with Generative AI: Affordances, Limitations, and Policy Implications DATE: March 12, 2024 TIME: 4:00–4:30 p.m. Eastern Standard Time REGISTER HERE DETAILS: This webinar explores how teachers can use generative artificial intelligence (GAI) to maximize access to content and agency in literacy learning for multilingual learners (MLs). Join CAL Board member Ester de Jong of the ... Read more
Exemplary Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs: What does it take? Presented by: Igone Arteagoitia, CAL This session reports on a study conducted with funding from the U.S. Department of Education to compile evidence from high-achieving DLBE programs regarding programmatic and instructional practices through case studies with the goal of providing a basis for replication of ... Read more
Less Commonly Taught Language Courses in U.S. Community Colleges: A National Review Although community colleges are consistently more likely to serve historically-minoritized students (Nagano et al., 2017) and better reflect the diversity of their local communities when compared to other types of institutions of higher education (Cohen et al., 2013), little is known about the ... Read more
Transitioning Toward Excellence: Advancing Adult English Language Learning Through BEST Assessments Presenters: Anna Zilberberg Elyssa Sun
From Focus Groups to Classroom Practices: Building Multilingual Multimodal Formative Assessment Activities with Educator-Researchers and Multilingual Students Date:Â March 20-23, 2024 Learn findings from multilingual student/family focus groups designed to show how MLs demonstrate what they know in science and what is shared about science instruction/assessment with families. Presenters: Dr Keira Ballantyne, Center for Applied ... Read more
Understanding Multilingual Student and Family Perspectives on Science Instruction Learn the findings from multilingual student and family focus groups designed to demonstrate how multilingual students showcase their knowledge in science, and what information is shared with families about science instruction and assessment. The main goals of this work are to enhance and broaden family engagement, ... Read more
Exemplary Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs: What does it take? Date and Time: March 27, 2024, 1:30–2:20 p.m Dual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs provide language and content instruction in English and a partner language with the goal of promoting high academic achievement, bilingualism and biliteracy, and socio-cultural competence. While there is considerable evidence about ... Read more
