English Learner (EL) students deserve effective, culturally sustaining and responsive designated and integrated English Language Development (ELD) instruction. To achieve this, teachers need high-quality materials, ELD Standards-aligned curriculum, and a coherent instructional system.
This webinar will present a model for designing and supplementing curriculum for culturally sustaining and responsive ELD instruction in the context of professional learning communities.
This webinar will be offered twice in November 2024. Register below for the webinar on the date that works best for you.
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Content area teachers will receive guidance on how to supplement their curriculum to make explicit the language demands of their content standards. Designated ELD teachers will receive guidance on how to ensure alignment between ELD Standards, assessment, and instruction.
Participants will also learn about a model for developing or supplementing curriculum for integrated and designated ELD, and consider formative assessment uses of English Language Proficiency Assessments for California (ELPAC) task types and the Observation Protocol for Teachers of English Learners (OPTEL).
This webinar is intended for content area and designated ELD teachers, administrators, and professional learning providers committed to achieving equitable outcomes for EL students.
Speakers
Dr. Christine Snyder
Research Associate, WestEd
Dr. Christine Snyder is a Research Associate at WestEd. Snyder designs professional learning with the San Diego County Office of Education, performs district English Language Arts (ELA) curriculum reviews, and facilitates the Interim Formative Assessment ELPAC hand-scoring trainings for the California Department of Education (CDE). Through the Region 15 Comprehensive Center at WestEd, Snyder supports the CDE’s OPTEL rollout and ELD Standards webinars. A former designated ELD and ELA teacher, Snyder’s approach to professional learning emerges from her classroom experience. She holds a PhD in Education from Claremont Graduate University and an MA in the Teaching of English from Columbia University Teachers College.
Antonio “Tony” Mora
District Advisor, San Diego County Office of Education
Tony Mora is a District Advisor at the San Diego County Office of Education and a Regional English Learner Specialist for the CDE in Region 9 (San Diego, Orange, and Imperial Counties). He supports districts and charters with Title III plan development, implementation, and evaluation. He also supports local educational agencies (LEAs) with EL/multilingual learner policy, education code, and compliance items (such as California EL Roadmap implementation, reclassification, OPTEL, ELPAC, ELD, and EL Master Plans, and more). He is a former site administrator, district EL resource teacher, ELD coordinator, middle school teacher, and bilingual resource specialist program teacher.
Dr. Julie Webb
Senior Program Associate, WestEd
Dr. Julie Webb is a Senior Program Associate on the Assessment for Learning team at WestEd. Webb is a former classroom teacher and reading specialist with National Board Certification in Early and Middle Childhood Literacy. Webb’s role at WestEd includes leading professional learning and providing technical assistance to districts and state departments of education to foster educator learning around evidence-based literacy and language instruction and building assessment literacy. Webb leads research and evaluation projects including school/family engagement for parents and caregivers of multilingual children and professional learning courses promoting simultaneous content knowledge and language development practices for teachers of multilingual students. Webb holds an EdD in Educational and Organizational Leadership and an MA in Curriculum and Instruction with an emphasis on Professional Development.
Dr. Yetunde Akinola
Research Associate, WestEd
Dr. Yetunde Akinola is a Research Associate at WestEd, where she supports local education agencies and state departments of education working to achieve equitable systems for all. Her research and professional interests include culturally sustaining and responsive pedagogy, school climate and culture, and addressing educational disparities for Black and Brown communities. A former early childhood teacher, Akinola founded a program in Washington, D.C. that partnered with families to support children, ages 1–5, on a path of long-term success. Akinola is dedicated to family and community engagement, especially home-school partnerships. Akinola holds an MA and PhD in developmental psychology from Howard University.