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… at san diego state university. tim and cristina sat down (virtually) with merideth trahan, wida chief of staff, … and for wida, to develop a spanish language arts framework. can you talk about the rationale for developing marco ale … are here in the 21st century, and we are looking at how we can best prepare students linguistically to be globally …
… educators, classrooms and their communities. as the wida can do philosophy states, "by focusing on what language learners can do, we send a powerful message that children and youth …
… and cal staff visited schools in indiana, virginia, colorado and tennessee where they spoke with students, teachers … to a task. mark chapman, a researcher at wida, and shauna cannon, a language testing specialist at cal, visited … tasks. “i’m excited to learn from the data so that we can better understand whether this change will allow …
… from lower left: jessica lee stovall and rita kamani-renedo. from upper left: tim boals, katie stenz and merideth … you introduce yourselves? jessica: i'm a fifth-year ph.d. candidate at the stanford graduate school of education. my … us to talk about building community, plus what teachers can do to find joy and excitement in teaching. jessica, can
… emphasizing what a student knows, rather than what they don’t know. the term multilingual learner is in sync with wida’s can do philosophy . this philosophy reflects the … belief that your students have valuable resources they can use to support their own and others’ learning. when your …
… find their place as valued members of our society. we all can learn so much from each other – we just need to listen! it can be difficult to get staff and teachers to be powerful … website, beautiful speech life , you talk about what to do as a speech language pathologist (slp) when you have a …
… view download now these posters bring each of the 10 wida guiding principles of language development to life and can be used by educators in classrooms and with parents, … booklet .   family engagement instructional practice can do guide or manual … These posters bring each of the 10 …
… katie stenz, a communications specialist at wida.  katie: can you tell me a little bit about yourself, like where you … i’m continuing my education at madison college. katie: what do you like to do in your free time? elizabeth: in my free … back to talking a little more about you and life at home--can you talk about what languages you speak at home versus …
… paton, wida professional learning specialist. they sat down (virtually, in their home offices) with merideth … for those of us who never attended one of his sessions, can you describe what made him so magical? melissa: what … identifying classrooms by individual students is an american concept. the group suggested classroom portraits because …
… wida web team is pleased to announce that, based on significant user feedback, we have made  several improvements to … from the resource library parent letters, guides and handouts translated into spanish remain in the resource library … outlines wida foundational beliefs and exemplifies the can do philosophy while providing updated research citations …