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.
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.
- Part 1–Monolingual, English-Only Effective Literacy Practices (20 minutes)
- Part 2–Bilingual Effective Literacy Practices (20 minutes)
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.
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: