Webinars

webinars

2024 ML Conference at Towson University — These videos and PowerPoints were captured during the live professional development conference held in April 2024:

 

Other Webinar Recordings:

Building Supportive Spaces for Multilingual Learners — This one-hour webinar discusses concrete ways for teachers to become more interculturally aware and use effective ESOL and SIOP resources to better connect with their students in building supportive and safe spaces for them to feel included and learn.  For a copy of the PowerPoint with all of the notes, click HERE.

Bullying Prevention and Response When Supporting Refugee Students — This one-hour webinar is created by the Switchboard refugee support organization to outline ideas for schools to use when creating anti-bullying initiatives for their multilingual learners and full student population.

Dual Language Immersion — This approach to teaching multilingual learners includes instruction in two languages within the school setting.  The percentage of time in each language varies as students become more proficient with both languages.  This series of videos (each only 4-6 minutes long) shows two teachers in a summer school dual language immersion setting alternating with English and Spanish with students who will be entering the first grade the next school year.

Educating Transnational Students: Languages and Identities Across Borders — This 30-minute video shares approaches to build on the assets of students we sometimes think of as immigrants who are really in transnational families.  These families have cultural and/or physical roots in more than one country, and we can value students’ rich identities more explicitly in our classroom environments.  Here is a link to the website housing a 30-minute documentary film titled, “Una Vida, Dos Paises” and resources for students, including a secondary students curriculum guide on the of Transnationalism.

Effective Literacy Instruction for Multilingual Learners — These two podcasts each run for 20 minutes and are created by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of English Language Acquisition.  The podcasts explain effective literacy practices in monolingual and bilingual instructional settings.

Multilingual Beginning with Early Learning — This 90-minute webinar from the Office of English Language includes a panel from across the U.S. discussing various approaches and insights for nurturing multilingualism in preschool and primary grade students.

Office of English Language Acquisition–Teacher Appreciation: Spotlight on Multilingualism — This one-hour webinar aired by OELA during Teacher Appreciation Week during May 2023 interviews four bilingual teacher leaders (and Teachers of the Year) to gain insights on the assets of multilingual students and practical ideas for teachers and school systems.

Stephen Krashen Webinar and Conversation — Dr. Stephen Krashen is the author of over 525 books and articles related to second language acquisition.  He created the “Natural Approach” to learning a second language and was a founder of the original idea for sheltered classroom experiences.  Here is an outline of his remarks during the presentation he gave in this 55-minute webinar.  There is also a link to his website which contains hyperlinks to free and lower-cost resources that he has produced.

Supporting Multilingual Early Learners — This 30-minute recording is of a live presentation at a conference held at Towson University(TU) in June 2023 with ideas shared by the director of the preschool center at TU in how they work with multilingual young learners.

Supporting Multilingual Learners Across the Continuum of Needs — This 37-minute recording is of a live presentation at a conference held at Towson University in June 2023 with practical ideas to support multilingual learners identified with special needs.

Transnational and Transborder Multilingual Learners — This 30-minute panel discussion from the Center for Applied Linguistics help teachers and families to think about the cultural assets and settings in which children and families are living sometimes as multilingual learners.  The term “immigrant” may not capture the rich cycles of life that can reflect our learners’ experiences in a culturally-responsive way.

Traumatic Stress Among Refugee Children and Youth — This is a series of three webinars presented by Switchboard, a national organization supporting the resettlement of immigrants in the U.S.  Each webinar is about 90 minutes long and contains explanations, case study examples, and practical tips for educators about supporting multilingual learners and families with trauma-informed practices.  The presenter for the series is Dr. Jordan Greenbaum, a retired child abuse physician who has worked in the field of trauma and maltreatment for over 20 years.  Click on the links below to view these webinars: