Dual Language Education Coaches Network

FOR MABE MEMBERS

Date:  Monday, May 10, 2021

Time: 3:30 - 4:30 pm

Virtual Meeting:  ZOOM 

 Dual Language Teacher Network

FOR MABE MEMBERS

Date:  Tuesday, May 18th, 2021

Time: 3:30 - 4:45 pm

Virtual Meeting: Meeting ZOOM link will be sent with confirmation email

Partner Teaching in DLE

Facilitator: Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Compañeros Program, Windham Public Schools, CT

Date: August 9, 11,  and 13, 2021

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am 

VIRTUAL PD: Three, 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM meeting 

Audience: Partner Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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Bridging in Action: Case Studies and Reflections from Portuguese, Mandarin, and Spanish Immersion Classrooms

Facilitator: Elika Fredrickson, JK - 8 Biliteracy Coach, Amigos School, Szu-Ming Li, Mandarin Immersion Program, MLK Jr. School and Stacy Braga, Ola Portuguese Immersion, King School, Program, Cambridge, MA

Date: August 9 and 10, 2021

Time: 9:00 - 12:00 am 

VIRTUAL PD: Two 3-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Elementary Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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Critical Issues for Principals of DLE Programs

Facilitator: Susan McGilvray-Rivet, retired Principal, Barbieri School, Framingham, MA

Date:  Monday August 9, Tuesday, August 10 and Wednesday, August 11, 2021

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am 

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Principals of schools with Dual Language Education Programs

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Metalinguistic Awareness Toolkit

Facilitator: Elissa Washburn, Barbieri School Dual Language Program, Framingham, MA

Date:  August 9, 11, and 13, 2021

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am 

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Elementary Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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Dual Language Coaching

Facilitator: Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Companeros Program, Windham Public Schools, CT

Date: Aug. 9, 11, and 13, 2021

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD: Three, 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Coaches and Instructional Support Specialists in Dual Language Education Programs

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Teaching science and engineering in the elementary bilingual and dual language class: Case studies and reflection from participants in an NSF-sponsored research study.

Facilitator: Idalis Villanueva and Marialuisa DiStefano

Date:  Monday August 9, Tuesday, August 10 and Wednesday, August 11, 2021, Thursday, August 12, 2021, and Friday, August 13, 2021

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm or 3:00 - 5:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD: Five 2-hour meetings using virtual meeting platform

Audience: This session will be open only to the NSF participants and will allow them to provide feedback to each other about their unit implementation, discuss challenges and opportunities, with the goal of improving their unit planning and implement it again in Fall 2021.

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Dual Language Education

Program Essentials

Facilitator: Dr. Aradhana Mudambi and Bertha Elena Rojas, MABE Board Members

Date: Tuesday, August 10, 2021

Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD:  ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: All interested in learning more about Dual Language Education Programs

Expanding to Secondary Dual Language Education

Facilitator: Phyllis Hardy, MABE

Date: August 10, 12, and 16, 2021

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Educators and Leaders in districts looking to expand Dual Language Education Programs to the secondary level.

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Spanish Foundational Skills for Emerging Bilinguals, Standards, Skills, and Strategies for Success

Facilitator: Amy Finsmith, Dual Language Specialist for the Companeros Program, Windham Public Schools, CT

Date: August 16, 17 and 19, 2021

Time: 9:00 - 11:00 am

VIRTUAL PD: Three, 2-hour virtual meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Educators in Dual Language Education Programs

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Academic Conversations in Elementary DLE Classrooms

Facilitator: Elissa Washburn, Barbieri School Dual Language Program, Framingham, MA

Date: Aug. 16, 18, and 20, 2021

Time: 9:30 - 11:30 am 

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Elementary Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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Incorporating Sheltering Instruction in Dual Language Education Programs

Facilitator: Silvia Lima, DL Teacher (Portuguese), International Charter School, Pawtucket, RI

Date: Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Time: 9:00 am - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD:  ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Elementary Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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Effective Leadership of a DLE Program as a strand in a school: lessons from the field

Facilitator: Holly Hatch, retired Principal, East Somerville Community School, Somerville,  MA

Date:  Tuesday, August 17, Wednesday, August 18, and Thursday, August 19, 2021

Time: 1:00 - 3:00 pm

VIRTUAL PD: Three 2-hour meetings with assignments between meetings using ZOOM Meeting platform

Audience: Principals, Assistant Principals, Coaches of schools with Dual Language Education Program strand

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