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Effective Strategies for Teaching English Learner Students with Disabilities - Summer Institutes
Many misconceptions exist around the teaching and learning of English learner students and students with disabilities.
- Learning disabilities are academic and don’t impact other areas of a student’s life.
- Students who are English learners aren’t able to engage in higher-level thinking until they learn basic skills.
- All students who are English learners learn English in the same way and at the same rate.
This two-day institute addresses these and other misconceptions and offers participants effective, research-based strategies to integrate into instructional planning.
Register to attend a summer institute.
Who Will Benefit
- Teachers, administrators, and support staff
What You Will Learn
- How to identify misconceptions and differentiate students’ learning and behavioral characteristics
- The role of multi-tiered system of supports in identification and instructional planning
- The importance of collaboration in the continuum of services
- The elements of good instruction for diverse learners, including the Universal Design for Learning instructional framework and research-based practices
- A lesson-tuning protocol
- How to problem solve and practice new skills through collaborative lesson planning
The institute includes:
- Morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon snacks
- A copy of the book, English Language Learners: Differentiating Between Language Acquisition and Learning Disabilities, by Janette Klinger and Amy Eppolito
- Access to online resources designed to support instructional practices throughout the school year, including two recorded webinars
- The opportunity to obtain one unit of graduate-level credit
Dates
- June 3-4, 2020 – Atlanta, Georgia
- July 8-9, 2020 – Bay Area, California
- July 22-23, 2020 – Phoenix, Arizona
- August 19-20, 2020 – Boston, Massachusetts
Cost
- $989 per participant
- Early Bird: $891 per participant if registered before March 31, 2020
- Team Discount: 10% discount for teams of three (teams must register together)
Register to attend a summer institute.
For more information, contact Silvia De Ruvo at sderuvo@WestEd.org.
Posted on February 3, 2020