International Webinars

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session)

This webinar focuses on how collaboration is not only an effective instructional approach but also a catalyst for professional learning. The collaborative instructional cycle of co-planning, co-teaching, co-assessing and co-reflecting promotes equitable, content-rich and language-rich learning environments for multilingual learners. At the same time, collaboration maximizes teacher learning. Participants will review key collaborative strategies and identify how to leverage collaboration as a valuable source of professional learning.

This session will be presented by Andrea Honigsfeld, an author-consultant and a TESOL Professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Molloy University, Rockville Centre, New York and Jon Nordmeyer, WIDA International Program Director.

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Asia morning session)

Join WIDA to discover what your multilingual learners can do! This free webinar introduces international and independent schools to WIDA. Learn more about how WIDA focuses on both academic language development and academic achievement for culturally and linguistically diverse students. The webinar will also include time for Q&A so please feel free to submit any questions in advance. We hope to see you there!

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session)

Through critical dialogue and shared exploration, participants will consider practical applications of the intentional use of translanguaging pedagogy. This Spanish/English bilingual session will connect current research to educator practice in the teaching and learning of bi/multilingual learners. Participants will explore how translanguaging supports engagement, collaborative learning, and students’ bi/multilingual identities. 

This session will be presented by Maya Martinez-Hart, WIDA Professional Learning Specialist and Analleli Muñoz, Assistant Director of Educator Learning, Research and Practice at WIDA. 

All Time are U.S. Central Time
(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session)

WIDA MODEL is an English language proficiency assessment for students in kindergarten through grade 12. MODEL test scores are used to support a variety of high-stakes decisions about multilingual learners in international schools, particularly to provide data on students’ progress in developing the English language skills needed to access the content of the classroom. The aim of this webinar is to provide resources and strategies so educators can make good use of MODEL test scores to support students’ ongoing English language development. 

In this webinar, the presenters aim to help educators better understand how WIDA MODEL test scores may be used to support instructional planning decisions for multilingual learners and their teachers. We briefly describe the test scores that students receive after taking WIDA MODEL, then consider the rich resources available to educators to understand the test scores in detail. Finally, we explain how these resources provide valuable information for educators as they use WIDA MODEL scores to plan for future instruction. 

This session will be presented by Mark Chapman, Senior Assessment Innovation Manager, Heather Elliott, Lead Assessment Specialist, and Jennifer Feldmann, Assessment Content Specialist at WIDA. 

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Asia morning session)

Join WIDA to discover what your multilingual learners can do! This free webinar introduces international and independent schools to WIDA. Learn more about how WIDA focuses on both academic language development and academic achievement for culturally and linguistically diverse students. The webinar will also include time for Q&A so please feel free to submit any questions in advance. We hope to see you there!

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session)

This webinar will focus on the benefits of using WIDA MODEL Online, including new features and recent MODEL updates. WIDA MODEL is available as a paper-and-pencil-only test for Kindergarten, but for grades 1-12, users may choose to use either the online or the paper version of MODEL. The presenters will explain the differences between MODEL Paper and MODEL Online, and when to use the different modes of the assessment. The webinar will also highlight the tools and resources that are unique to MODEL Online. Since refreshing MODEL Online test content in 2020, WIDA continues to add new tools and resources to the MODEL Online platform on a semiannual basis. The presenters will share information about the most significant updates in 2022 and answer the frequently asked question: Why MODEL Online? 

This session will be presented by Mark Chapman, Senior Assessment Innovation Manager at WIDA and Katie Schultz, an Assessment Content Specialist at WIDA.

All Time are U.S. Central Time
(Europe afternoon/Asia evening session)

WIDA’s Can Do Philosophy facilitates a paradigm shift towards an asset-based approach to teaching multilingual students. However, ideas for putting the Can Do Philosophy into action are often limited. The goal for this session is to shift the Can Do Philosophy from the philosophical to the practical. We will offer ideas on how to integrate culturally sustaining teaching practices by systematizing the Can Do Philosophy. 

This session will be presented by Maya Martinez-Hart, Professional Learning Specialist and Christina Nelson, Professional Learning Specialist at WIDA.

All times are U.S. Central Time
(Asia morning session)

Join WIDA to discover what your multilingual learners can do! This free webinar introduces international and independent schools to WIDA. Learn more about how WIDA focuses on both academic language development and academic achievement for culturally and linguistically diverse students. The webinar will also include time for Q&A so please feel free to submit any questions in advance. We hope to see you there!