Professional Learning
Workshops
Customized Teacher Learning
During my Professional Learning Workshops, I use a variety of visual supports to help leaders and teachers learn best practices in planning and instruction for language learners. My professional learning days follow the workshop model where I model instructional strategies, guide teachers in practicing, and then release teachers to apply the new skill set independently while I coach teachers one-on-one or in small groups.
LIST OF WORKSHOPS
Interactive Read Aloud
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Understand the flow of a read aloud
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Choose a focus
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Formulate questions and answer stems
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Identify productive language
Shared Reading
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Identify the class mean reading level
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Select resources
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Determine which strategies to teach
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Plan for modeling and guided practice
Word Work
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Understand the components of Word Work
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Assess word work
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Embed instruction in the context
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Teach explicitly
Thematic Guided Reading
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Adapt Running Records
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Analyze texts
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Plan thematic guided reading
Project-Based Learning and Writing
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Create a purpose for a project
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Produce a mentor piece
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Determine which strategies to teach
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Plan language goals
Team Teaching in Dual Language Immersion
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Follow a 10-step collaboration plan
Intentional Planning for Content and Language
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Solidify understanding of standards
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Understand the difference between a standard, a skill and a strategy
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Formulate content objectives and language objectives
A Scaffolded Lesson Delivery
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Deconstruct the architecture of the workshop model
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Know what modeling sounds like and looks like
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Explore multiple ways to support students during guided practice
Focus on Productive Language
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Pair students effectively
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Prepare for turn and talks
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Increase social language
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Create visual supports
Math in the Second Language
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Follow the workshop approach
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Create math dialogue charts
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Teach problem-solving strategically
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