El Dictado has the power to accelerate the academic and linguistic growth of bilingual readers and writers. Discover the transformative power of El Dictado as a holistic approach to bilingual foundational skills. Students can experience explicit foundational skills instruction grounded in meaning while leveraging cross-linguistic transfer as they engage in the Dictado instructional routine. Join us to uncover how student dictados can serve as valuable formative assessment data, and leave feeling inspired to implement El Dictado K-5. Whether you're an experienced educator or new to bilingual instruction, this session offers insights and practical tools to elevate your teaching and enhance student success. Don't miss this opportunity to see El Dictado in action and revolutionize your foundational skills instruction!
Central Office Specialist, Highline Public Schools
Jordan Montalvo is a Dual Language specialist for Highline Public Schools. She serves as an advocate for bilingual education programming and liaison between schools and district level supports. Jordan is also a OCDE Project GLAD trainer, providing ongoing professional learning for... Read More →
The presenter will review the WIDA K-5 Key Language Uses and break down the standards with examples, demonstrations, and interactive discussions for teachers to implement in their own work with K-5 Multilingual Learners. For example, using the format of Narrate, Argue, Explain, Inform to guide reading lesson plans, questioning strategies, and next steps for scaffolding writing. This presentation can apply to various K-5 Multilingual Learner Program models: Small-group/Pull-out, Push-in, Collaboration/Co-teaching
Join us for tips and tricks to be more intentional about including visual supports in your teaching! Learn how to sketch people and common icons, design charts, and locate the images you need to support vocabulary, plus get to know the research behind why visuals are so important for MLs.
Lauren Monroe is an instructional coach in a dual language elementary school in Highline Public Schools. She is a National Board Certified Teacher with over twenty years of experience in education serving a population of diverse learners. She completed a Master of Education of English... Read More →
Shawnda Fukano is an OCDE Project GLAD trainer and a National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language. She has worked as an ELL classroom teacher, dual language coordinator, and instructional coach in Highline Public Schools for the past 19 years. She has a masters degree... Read More →
Dual language programs support both student academic outcomes, as well as increased student, staff, and family belonging. This session will delve into the Edmonds School District's dual language program, discussing its implementation, systems of support, and its impact on student achievement and cultural understanding.
Director of Multilingual Education, Edmonds School District 15
Nichole Rodriguez, Director of Multilingual Education in the Edmonds School District, advances academic language development for linguistically diverse students. Her expertise includes Dual Language programs, curriculum alignment, and data-driven instruction. She leads district-wide... Read More →
Dual Language Program Specialist, Edmonds School District
Erica is the Dual Language Program Specialist in the Edmonds School District. Prior to this role, she was a Dual Language teacher in the Woodburn Oregon school district. Currently, she supports the implementation and expansion of dual language in Edmonds through instructional coaching... Read More →
Come learn how infusing language & content standards ignited teachers to collaborate and elevate language instruction at an elementary school. Expect to walk away with an understanding of this innovative model, and tools to implement a systemwide shift at any site. This session includes the voices of multiple stakeholders necessary to prioritize team collaboration, Tier 1 instruction, progress monitoring and expressive language growth!
This workshop invites teachers to reflect on their home languages, language proficiency and language ideologies, examining how these concepts shape their classroom practices. In the second part of the session, participants will collaboratively develop strategies to support students' home languages, integrating Social and Emotional Learning principles for a holistic approach.
Assistant Professor of Multilingual Education, Western Washington University
¡Hola! I'm a teacher educator and researcher working toward racial and linguistic justice. My research focuses on Latinx Spanish-English dual language teacher candidates. I examine their experiences with cultural and linguistic oppression, investigate whether their language ideologies... Read More →
Empowering multilingual learners includes mastering sentence structure. This session introduces a dynamic strategy that integrates ELD, ELA, and content standards to teach sentence structure and parts of speech. Already familiar with the Sentence Patterning Chart? Discover fresh ways to expand its use and make language learning both effective and fun. Join us to unlock endless possibilities from one simple strategy to build and enhance the superpowers of your multilingual learners.
Professional development is most impactful when teachers apply their learning in real time. Educator’s mindsets and instructional practices transform when there is a clear focus on creating the conditions for multilingual students to be protagonists of their own learning. Teachers learn to listen to students in languages that may be unfamiliar to them and use this data to shift their teaching. This session will present a powerful tool for professional development, “learning labs,” how this practice has positively impacted collaboration and instruction, and how they can be implemented in any school setting.
Discover how to use AI tools like ChatGPT to create quick, effective strategies for building background knowledge, enhancing vocabulary, and fostering oral language development in multilingual learners. This session provides practical, classroom-ready approaches tailored for tier 1 instruction, empowering educators to meet ML students’ unique needs.
K-6 ML Instructional Coach, Eastmont School District
Bridget Clark is an ML instructional coach with a background as both a classroom and ML teacher. She specializes in aligning ML instruction with tier 1 practices by designing resources along a structured Support Continuum. Bridget is passionate about integrating technology, such as... Read More →
