ELA/ELD Framework Intensive Summer Institutes: Register Today!
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Register for one of two English Language Arts (ELA)/English Language Development (ELD) Intensive Summer Institutes. Space is available on a first-come, first-served basis.
Dates & Locations: June 13-15, Union City, CA; August 1-3, San Diego, CA
Organizers: WestEd and Leading with Learning
What You Will Learn
The ELA/ELD Institutes will focus on strengthening teaching and learning in four major areas:
- Fostering collaborative academic conversations among students, abundant writing, and interactive reading around complex texts and intellectually rich content
- Engaging students in text-oriented talk about the language in complex texts
- Observing students closely to provide both planned and just-in-time scaffolding
- Creating positive and culturally responsive learning environments
What To Expect
Participants will engage in collaborative, interactive tasks:
- Discussing key readings from the ELA/ELD Framework, including those related to integrated and designated ELD and culturally responsive teaching
- Participating in and analyzing standards-based, framework-aligned “keystone pedagogies” and model lessons and units
- Sharing and developing new ideas about scaffolding student learning, formative assessment, and equity; and establishing positive learning environments in which all learners can thrive
Who Should Attend
Teams of four-plus members can include:
- School and district teams of teacher leaders
- Coaches, principals, district staff
- District and county office leaders
- University teacher education faculty
- Community organizations