WEA English Language Learners (ELL) Summer Seminar
to be held at KEA
August 1st through August 3rd, 2016
 

The WEA Human and Civil Rights PD Network invites you to attend this intensive, three-day course to explore how to apply research-based instructional strategies, classroom-focused language acquisition, and culture and equity practices to support our English language learners (ELLs).

Learn from two National Board Certified ELL Teachers as they cover the strategies to support teachers become more effective with ELL students in their classrooms.  These current ELL practitioners will be your resource to research-based and classroom-focused instructional and advocacy strategies to help educators.   

• Engage English Language Learners in academic learning and English language development
• Recognize and build on cultural and equity assumptions and culturally relevant instruction
• Create classroom and school environments that facilitate language learning
• Absorb, understand and capitalize on language acquisition theory
• Recognize language development stages and promising instructional practices for teaching in the classroom and school
• Identify appropriate ELL instructional strategies aligned and differentiated to lessons, objectives, and goals
• Find innovative ways to motivate ELLs to practice academic language skills that are carefully structured and require students to demonstrate growing proficiency.

    Date:  08/01/2016 - 08/03/2016

Location:  Kent Education Association, 10427 SE 244^th Street, Kent, WA 98030

Time:  Three Days (8:00 - 4:00 pm)

Cost: $100.00 WEA Members and $450.00 for non-members.

Register Now!