Multilingual Learners:
Classes for Districts participating in the ML Co-Op:
MLL Co-Op Educator’s Group!
Enroll now for the monthly ML Educator’s Co-Op Sessions – these 75 minute sessions will be held after school and on zoom. All are welcome to attend – these will be individual topics, so come to one or come to all. PdEnroller Link Here!
The dates for this are:
- Thu, September 19 2024 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: Newcomers – Use of Translation Tools
- Thu, October 17 2024 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: What is Supportive Mainstream? How do we do it?
- Thu, November 21 2024 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: What does WIDA have to do with it? English Language Development
- Thu, January 16 2025 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: How to get students to talk more: Pairing possibilities and groups
- Thu, February 20 2025 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: Welcoming Students Mid-Year
- Thu, March 20 2025 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: Using home language as a strategy: Translanguaging resources
- Tues, April 22 2025 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: What about dually enrolled students? How do we serve multilingual students with special needs?
- Tues, May 20 2025 from 3:45 PM – 5:00 PM
- Topic: Setting up for next year: Who benefits from small groups and clusters?
Co-Planning: A Focus on Multilingual Learners!
Co-Planning for Multilingual Learners – Sign up in teams of 2 (ML Specific & Teacher Colleague) and bring a unit to work on as we lead a day on guided Co-Planning. This will take place on December 3rd, 2024 and March 11th, 2025 at the NWESD from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Lunch will be provided!
PdEnroller for March 11th (Designed to Support Returning/Ongoing Partnerships) – Here!
PdEnroller for April 29th (Repeat of previous Co-Planning PD Content. Designed for New Partnerships. ML Specialist/Classroom Teacher) – Here!
SAVE THE DATES FOR A NEW SERIES!
Growing Collaborative Partnerships: A Focus on Multilinguals!
This will be our new offering as part of the Co-Op Experience. This course will be specific to ML Specialists who are Co-Planning with others in their settings. This class will be 90 minutes and on zoom. Held from 3:15-4:45
Dates: Sept 17, Nov 7, Mar 13, Apr 24
No matter what our service delivery model, all MLL Specialists are working with other adults to one degree or another. This series provides time and tools to develop our skills as effective communicators and collaborators in service of our multilingual students.
This series will run parallel to our Co-Planning Days, providing specific support for MLL Specialists in developing effective collaborative relationships with colleagues. The series will be an excellent complement for those participating in Co-Planning, with time between Co-planning days to deepen your skills in growing collaborative partnerships.
Topics will include:
- Exploring our own core beliefs as instructional leaders in service of MLLs
- Building trusting relationships with colleagues
- Collaborating across lines of difference
- Deepening listening skills
- Navigating challenging conversations, including conversations about race
- How to get unstuck in professional relationships
- Time to practice!
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Read below to learn what being a member of the Multilingual Learning Cooperative means!
Multilingual Learning (MLL) Cooperative
The MLL Cooperative is available for a fee to any district in the NWESD region. Currently 19 districts take part in the Multilingual Learner Cooperative.
The 19 Districts include: Arlington, Blaine, Burlington-Edison, Conway, Edmonds, Ferndale, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Lakewood, Lynden, Marysville, Meridian, Monroe, Mount Vernon, Nooksack, Sedro-Woolley, Snohomish, Stanwood Camano, Sultan.
Participating districts have access to ongoing specific professional learning offered by Zoom sessions for their MLL Specialists, Teachers, Administrators, and Paraprofessionals. Member districts provide input into the topics for professional learning each year. Additionally, member districts can request in-person or Zoom support for new initiatives, program evaluations, planning for professional learning and grant support from NWESD’s Danielle Peterson. If your district has not yet joined the MLL Cooperative and would like to discuss it, email Danielle.
The goal of the MLL Cooperative is to:
- Provide support and training to district leaders in building or refining programming that impacts MLL students.
- Determine district readiness to develop or to refine Dual Language Programming in service to Multilingual Learners.
- Develop capacity for MLL Specialists to deliver professional learning within their own districts.
- Support networking and the sharing of new information and ideas amongst MLL Specialists, Teachers, Paraeducators, and Administrators.
Topics to be covered this year include:
- Co-Planning: Co-Planning for Multilingual Learners – Sign up in teams of 2 (ML Specific & Teacher Colleague) and bring a unit to work on as we lead a day on guided Co-Planning. This will take place on May 2nd at the NWESD from 9:00 am – 3:00 pm. Lunch will be provided!
- MLL Specialist Collaboration: Held by Tara Van Loo – These sessions held over the course of the year will focus on WIDA Implementation, Newcomer Supports, Co-Teaching, Collaboration, and learning and growing together. These are all via Zoom.
- Principal PLC – A Focus on Multilinguals!
- GLAD Strategy Re-Charge! Held by Nicole Shimizu – A day focused on newly GLAD strategies connected to Macro and Micro Scaffolds. Held in a school with demonstrations of strategies. Since Time Immemorial curriculum will be used.
- Effective Integration of New-to-English Students: A class focused on integration of students new to English in core content. How do we provide content and language at the same time to our newcomer?
- Digging Deeper with WIDA: An Action Planning Event: A class that will allow participants to examine their own WIDA data by school group and find data trends in language acquisition that can and should be used in instructional planning and school improvement planning.
- Supporting Multilinguals – Bilingual Para Educator Session: Are you a para professional supporting students who are Multilingual? In this session, you will experience learning about: Asset based mindsets, Translation for MLLs, Strategies to use in the classroom or small groups. This two-part training will provide an engaging opportunity to connect with other Multilingual Para Colleagues in the area!