I am excited to tell you that
WIDA will be offering a free webinar this Friday, April 26, 2013 on
one of the hottest topics in our work with English language learners (ELLs). The webinar will be about how we as educators
respond to ELLs that are experiencing difficulties in school.
This webinar will be
presented by Cristina Sanchez-Lopez and Laurie Donnell, the lead developers of
the WIDA RtI² for ELLs document. It will
be interactive. Participants will learn
about seven important factors in understanding ELLs’ development, and they will
have a chance to complete a sample screening protocol that will assist schools and districts
in gathering data along these critical factors.
Participants will also view real examples from school districts across
the consortium while learning how WIDA tools and resources can be used within an RtI² framework. Interested in joining
the webinar?
Click here for
all the details.
The webinar is based on a new
document called Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Approach to Response to Instruction
and Intervention (RtI² ) for English Language Learners (ELLs). Currently
a draft of this document is available online.
Educators from across the WIDA Consortium at the state, district and school levels have been providing WIDA with fantastic
feedback on this document. That feedback is
being reviewed and used to finalize the document. The final publication will be released this
summer (2013) as a free download and for purchase as a printed book.
But it won’t stop there, WIDA
plans to add even more resources to their RtI webpage in the coming
months. There will be tools to help
educators introduce the publication to their colleagues. Having reviewed the document, I am eager to
get my hands on these new resources.
Written by: Tammy King
Image: Freedigitalphotos.net
I'm interested. Where do I sign up?
ReplyDeleteMrs. Moreno,
DeleteNo need to sign up ahead of time. But you do need to make sure your computer is ready and set up for the webinar. So go to http://wida.us/resources and follow the directions there. That will be the same webpage you will go to on Friday to join the webinar. Be sure to note the time zone. It will be from 10:30am - 12:30 pm CDT (which is 11:30am EDT and 9:30am MDT).
Will this be available at a later date?
ReplyDeleteAnon,
DeleteAbsolutely. The webinar will be recorded and archived. It will be available at http://www.wida.us/RtI2 and in our Download Library. Look for it beginning Friday, May 3, 2013.
There were some technical difficulties (audio problems) during the webinar today. The presenters have graciously offered to re-record the webinar and post it. However, this might take a few weeks in order to schedule, record and post it. The documents referenced during the webinar are already available at http://www.wida.us/resources.
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