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Workshop:
Equitable Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners: What Every Teacher Should Know / A Virtual Full-Day Workshop

Presented by Andrea Honigsfeld

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Date and Time

One full-day workshop from 10:00am to 5:00pm Eastern Time (ET).

• Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Please note that this virtual full-day workshop is scheduled for Eastern Time (ET). If you are in a different time zone, please plan your schedule accordingly.

Overview

In her book Growing Language and Literacy, Andrea shares how to help move English learners through the five stages of language development. In this all-day online session, she will highlight key strategies that focus on equitable language and literacy development practices. Participants will leave this session with strategies and resources aligned to three evidence-based, equity-oriented approaches to serving the needs of multilingual learners: an assets-based philosophy; integrated content and language instruction; and culturally and linguistically sustaining instructional and assessment practices.

Learning Objectives

• Explore three overarching principles of contemporary pedagogy for the sake of English learners
• Learn how to provide ELs with varied and meaningful learning experiences for understanding, analyzing, and using academic language
• Discuss scaffolds that support language and literacy development across core content areas
• Apply select strategies to their own instructional context

About the Presenter

Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld is Associate Dean and Professor in the School of Education and Human Services at Molloy College in Rockville Centre, New York. She directs a doctoral program in Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English-as-a-foreign-language teacher in Hungary (Grades 5-8 and adult) and an English-as-a-second-language teacher in New York City (Grades K-3 and adult). She also taught Hungarian at New York University. She has published extensively on working with English language learners and has been presenting at conferences across the United States, Canada, China, Great Britain, Denmark, Sweden, the Philippines, and the United Arab Emirates. She frequently offers staff development, primarily focusing on effective differentiated strategies and collaborative practices for English language development specialists and general-education teachers. She has published three Heinemann books, including Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners.

Who Should Participate

Classroom teachers of grades K-8, literacy coaches, reading and language arts specialists, curriculum coordinators, and administrators. While our examples will be based on Andrea's text presenting K-8 strategies, many of the strategies will be applicable for 9-12 teachers, too.

Tuition

The cost of this virtual full-day workshop is $125.00 per person. Tuition also includes access to the recorded workshop for 30 days, which begins on the date you receive the link. Please note, access cannot be extended past 30 days.

Related Book

To support your learning in this workshop, we highly recommend Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Learners.

Confirmation

Registrants will receive multiple emails from Heinemann, including enrollment confirmation, which also serves as your tuition receipt and contains some basic instructions. If you have not received your confirmation email within 48 hours of your registration, please contact us at workshops@heinemann.com or 800-541-2086, ext. 1151. Approximately two days prior to the event date you will receive an email with the PD event's Zoom link and log-in instructions.

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