English Learners and the Language Arts
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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NCLB Accountability Requirements for English Learners
Understanding How to Navigate the Map of Standards for English Learners (Introductory)
Understanding How to Use the Essential ELD Standards for Teaching and Assessment (Intermediate)
English Learners and the Language Arts (Follow-up Presentation)
Evaluating English Learner Services & Results for Accountability & Instructional Improvement, Part 2
What Does the Research Say About Designing Quality Literacy Instruction?
Teaching Science: How to Really Give Universal Access to English Learners
What’s Happening in Vocabulary Research?
Reading Science for Understanding in Middle and High School
Promising Technology Practices for Struggling Readers
Learning All-Purpose Academic Words (Research from CREATE)
Tools for Literacy: Technology to Support Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary Development
Building Oral Language into the Basal (Research from CREATE)
The Key Three Routine: Comprehension Strategy Instruction
A School Immersed in Vocabulary
A County Immersed in Vocabulary
Using Formative Assessments to Accelerate the Academic Achievement of English Learners
RTI Process Steps: A Small Elementary School's Approach to Implementation
RTI in a Secondary School Setting: Riverbank High School Story
English Learners and the Language Arts
Taking Center Stage—Act II : Building Effective Programs for English Learners in the Middle Grades
English Learner Literacy Development through Formative Assessment of Oral Language
Doing What Works: Teaching Elementary-School English Learners
Building Oral Language into Content Area Instruction (Research from CREATE)
What the Research Does—and Does Not—Say About Teaching English Language Learners
English Learners in Secondary Mathematics: Rigor and Excellence
Quality Teaching for English Learners: High Challenge and High Support
Closing the Learning Gap: Steps That Work
Signal Hill Elementary School: A Road to Results
Cesar E. Chavez High School: High Expectations, Empowerment, and Excellence
English Learners and the Language Arts (Encore Presentation)
"This webinar is the most in-depth explanation that I have encountered of academic English and its components."
—Webinar Participant
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From WestEd.org
The Map of Standards for English Learners, Set
"The Map of Standards has proved invaluable in helping classroom teachers understand the ELD standards. We are using the maps in all our EL PDI institutes and have requests for more copies."–Claudia Lockwood, Director of Multilingual Education, San Joaquin County Office of Education
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