Multilingual Learner (MLL) Cooperative
The MLL Cooperative is available for a fee to any district in the NWESD region. Currently, 16 districts participate in the Multilingual Learner Cooperative: Arlington, Bellingham, Blaine, Burlington-Edison, Conway, Granite Falls, Lake Stevens, Lakewood, Lynden, Marysville, Meridian, Nooksack, Sedro-Woolley, Snohomish, Stanwood Camano, Sultan.
Participating districts have access to ongoing specific professional learning offered in-person or by Zoom 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/refining programming to increase positive outcomes for multilingual learners.
- Develop capacity of educators by strengthening instructional practices to more effectively serve multilingual learners.
- Support networking and the sharing of new information and ideas in service of multilingual learners.
- Determine district readiness to develop dual language programming.
2025-2026 WIDA Self-Paced Courses
The 2025-26 menu of self-paced WIDA Courses are available until August 31, 2026. These asynchronous courses are designed to support effective instruction and language development for multilingual learners.
All courses have free clock hours and are available to K-12 public school educators currently employed with a Washington public school district. Private schools who opt into federal Title III services are eligible for these courses as well.
To earn free clock hours, participants must register through pdEnroller and complete the course in the WIDA Secure Portal. Contact WIDA Client Customer Services at help@wida.wisc.edu to request an account. You must provide your district email address when requesting a WIDA Secure Portal Account.
If you have any additional questions please contact, Virginia Morales (OSPI MLL Program) at virginia.morales@k12.wa.us
Review self-paced course offerings here: https://wida.wisc.edu/about/consortium/wa
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