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.