Strengthening Our Instructional Craftsmanship
Fulfilling Our Promise to Multilingual Learners in the Grade Level/Content Area Classroom
Online
Interactive session - 2 Hours
(participant will receive a certificate of participation at the end of the workshop)
Date
February 24, 2022
Time
Thailand 2:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Individual
USD 150 per participant
Group of 5 or more
USD 130 per participant
Led by:
Beth Puma
"International school teachers know that “all teachers are language teachers” and must embed explicit language instruction into their context. But what does that exactly look like?
Language targets are a keystone element of nurturing the needs of multilingual students learning a new language. Language targets focus on vocabulary, grammar, and discourse needed to be successful in grade level expectations."
Beth Puma is currently an Instructional Coach at The American School in Japan. She has worked with linguistically diverse students in New York City and Tucson public schools, and most recently in China and Japan.
She has a broad range of experience as a classroom teacher, EAL specialist, curriculum coordinator, and coach in the K-12 setting. She specializes in working with teachers in unit and lesson planning that strategically meets multilingual students’ needs through standards aligned-instruction, differentiation, and scaffolding.
Who Should Attend
This workshop is designed for K-12:
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Grade level/content area classroom teachers
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EAL Specialists
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Instructional Coaches
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Curriculum Coordinators
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Leadership
Workshop Overview
This workshop will examine principles of vocabulary, grammar/syntax, and discourse development and provide a toolkit of strategies for participants.
Topics Covered
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Crafting High Impact Language Targets for the Grade Level/Content Area Classroom
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Facilitating Language Learning at the Vocabulary, Sentence, and Discourse Level
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Strategies
This hands-on webinar will equip participants to answer following questions:
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How can my grade level/content area classroom facilitate language acquisition within the context of my curriculum?
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What is an effective language target that facilitates to language learning in the grade level/content area classroom?
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What strategies help our students achieve our language targets, and consequently achieve grade level standards?
Workshop Coordinator
Navin Pawa