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Developing and empowering educators
As you support multilingual learners, you are building capacity in the areas of language development, instructional practices and assessment. WIDA’s professional learning workshops, webinars, conferences and eLearning offerings are designed to meet you where you are in terms of your learning needs and your schedule.
- WIDA professional learning reaches approximately 23,000 educators each year
- Our WIDA Fellows program engages educators to co-construct expertise
- The WIDA Annual Conference is the largest conference dedicated to educators of multilingual learners
Featured Educator
“I really appreciate WIDA in that you think about EL students in a way that meets students where they are and describes where they need to go in a culturally responsive way. WIDA values what ELs bring to our classes and schools.”
Amanda Kail, EL Teacher
Nashville, Tennessee
Professional Learning Options
Self-Paced Workshops
Self-paced, online professional development for educators in WIDA Consortium member states/territories/agencies
WIDA Academies
WIDA Academies are in-person professional learning workshops that focus on a variety of topics relevant to educators of multilingual learners
WIDA Webinars
Virtual learning opportunities that offer educators insights and resources on a variety of topics relevant to educators of multilingual learners
WCEPS-delivered Workshops
The Wisconsin Center for Education Products and Services (WCEPS) delivers WIDA-developed workshops focused on WIDA assessments, standards and instructional practice in both English and Spanish