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WIDA lanza el Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE). Este marco informa la instrucción, el currículo, la capacitación profesional y las evaluaciones del desarrollo del lenguaje de estudiantes bi/multilingües que aprenden contenido curricular en español.

WIDA releases the Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE), WIDA’s latest Spanish language development standards framework. The Marco DALE is a framework for instruction, curriculum, professional development and assessments of Spanish language development of bi/multilingual learners who are learning academic content in Spanish.

The WIDA International School Consortium membership program ended June 30, 2023. While there is no longer a WIDA membership program for independent and/or international schools, you can still continue to use and access WIDA resources, assessments and professional learning (and we encourage you to do so)!

WIDA is excited to announce the appointment of Meg Van Voorhis as its inaugural Chief Educator Learning Officer (CELO).

Meet Michelle Skinner! Michelle is in her first year at a school with a large population of newcomers in South Carolina, but this isn’t her first year teaching. She has more than 20 years of experience! Read this edition to learn more about her approach to the new school year and her wisdom from the last 20.

In this article, we present the six ideas principales of the Marco DALE: equity, integration, collaboration, interaction, multiliteracies and transculturalism. Educators using WIDA’s language frameworks will notice a strong relationship between the ideas principales of the Marco DALE, the Big Ideas of the WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, and the ideologías orientadoras of the Marco ALE. Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE) launches on October 24!

The 2023 WIDA Annual Conference is in Milwaukee, Wisconsin this year! The conference, which runs from October 17-20, features two award-winning headliners and more than 100 sessions and workshops by teachers, for teachers. Educators of multilingual learners are set to share best practices and innovative classroom strategies. A curated virtual track is also available.

En este artículo presentamos las seis ideas principales del Marco DALE: la equidad, la integración, la colaboración, la interacción, las multiliteracidades y el transculturalismo. Los educadores que utilizan los marcos del lenguaje de WIDA, el WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, y el Marco de referencia de las artes del lenguaje del español (Marco ALE), notarán una fuerte relación entre las ideas principales del Marco DALE, las Big Ideas del WIDA ELD Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, y las ideologías orientadoras del Marco ALE. El Marco de los estándares del desarrollo auténtico del lenguaje español de WIDA (Marco DALE) se lanzará al público el 24 de octubre de 2023.

Discover how collaboration is woven into the fabric of WIDA's mission, from the very beginning to current initiatives. Learn how this commitment benefits multilingual learners, educators, member states and the broader educational community.

WIDA is excited to welcome new and returning WIDA Fellows for 2023-2024. The program, launched in 2019, brings expert educators and WIDA staff together in a collaborative effort to enhance the development of WIDA products and services.