Scaffolding Learning through Language Workshop

This two-day workshop provides educators with a fresh look at how to engage multilingual learners in rigorous content area learning with a balance of challenge and support. The purpose of the workshop is to encourage educators to consider a dynamic set of classroom practices that support multilingual students as they move toward increasing independence and expertise in grade-level content. Participants will explore how rigorous, well-sequenced curriculum within the content of meaningful experiences contributes to rich classroom interactions that mediate learning.

    Topics

    • valuing students' resources for learning
    • developing a strong community of learners
    • engaging students in rigorous curriculum

    In this workshop, educators will:

    • Connect workshop learning to a shared experience
    • Engage in making meaning together through readings, videos, and discussions
    • Draw on and build on their own experiences
    • Reflect on their classroom practices.

    Audience

    This workshop is designed for all educators of multilingual learners. It provides a great opportunity for teams who work with the same language learners to collaborate.

    Participants will be able to:

    • Develop an understanding of scaffolding practices based on prior knowledge, new learning, and shared experience.
    • Build awareness of macro- and micro-scaffolding practices that apprentice students into language use for content area learning.
      • Consider how students’ resources can support collaborative learning.
      • Recognize the importance of establishing a collaborative community of learners that moves forward and upward together.
      • Examine ways to engage students in exploring language use for content learning.

    Event information

    Two Days
    35 Participant Maximum

    Interested in bringing this workshop to your school or district?