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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

Audience: Elementary Teachers in 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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

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: 3:30 - 5:30 pm (EDT)

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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

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

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. Zoom links will be sent out the first week in August.

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. Zoom link will be sent out the first week in August.

Audience: Elementary Teachers in Dual Language Education Programs

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