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Pandemic professional learning: adapting to change
February 5, 2021
WIDA Early Years speaks with three early childhood professionals to find out how they have learned to adapt professional learning during the COVID-19 pandemic.
February 2021 Featured Educator: Nicole Maier Reitz
February 3, 2021
Nicole Maier Reitz is a Title 1/English Language Learner Coordinator in the Park County School District #1 in Powell, Wyoming. This is Nicole’s sixth year in her position and 24th year teaching.
Instruction in Spanish: El transculturalismo
February 3, 2021
This article by WIDA Español explores transculturalismo and offers strategies for incorporating this ideology into Spanish language arts instruction.
Instrucción en español: El transculturalismo
February 3, 2021
Este artículo de WIDA Español explora el transculturalismo y ofrece estrategias para incorporar esta ideología en la instrucción de las artes del lenguaje del español.
WIDA statement on ACCESS for ELLs testing in 2020-21 school year
January 21, 2021
In this letter to the WIDA community, WIDA Founder and Director Tim Boals discusses ACCESS for ELLs testing during the 2020-21 school year.
FAQ: ACCESS for ELLs testing in 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years
January 20, 2021
WIDA answers key questions on administering ACCESS for ELLs in the 2020-21 and 2021-22 school years.
Conversations with Tim: Explore the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition
January 7, 2021
In this edition of Conversations with Tim, Tim talks to WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework researcher Fernanda Kray. Together, they unpack the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition and walk through how the 2020 Edition came to be, how to use it and, most importantly, how to get a copy.
January 2021 Featured Educator: HeeGyoung Song
January 5, 2021
HeeGyoung Song is an English to Speakers of Other Languages teacher at Warford Elementary School in Kansas City, Missouri. This is HeeGyoung’s 13th year teaching English language learners in her school district.
WIDA unveils new edition of the English Language Development Standards Framework
December 18, 2020
After two years of development, WIDA proudly announces the release of the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition: Kindergarten–Grade 12. Included in the 2020 Edition is a robust standards framework, grade-level cluster materials, sample collaborative planning process, and more.
An inside look at WIDA Early Years eLearning
December 7, 2020
Five online modules and a specialized webinar make up the current professional learning offerings available through WIDA Early Years eLearning. These offerings are available at no additional cost to early care and education (ECE) professionals in WIDA Early Years member states. This article provides an overview of the content covered in each WIDA Early Years eLearning offering.