English Learners and the Language Arts

This webinar was presented on Nov 10, 2004 and is now archived

Presenters

Vanessa Girard (Primary)

Senior Research Associate
WestEd


Description

Vanessa Girard, Senior Research Associate at WestEd, will provide teacher leaders, principals, and district administrators with research-based, foundational knowledge in teaching English literacy to K-6 English Learners.


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We learned a lot about different strategies to engage second language learners in this webinar. We loved the online format!

—Webinar Participant

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