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GATESOL 2022 Professional Learning Menu
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Date |
Topic |
Presenter |
Thursday Feb 3rd 7 pm Open Event |
Leveraging Spanish Language Skills to help your Multilingual Language Learners Succeed Sponsored by the GATESOL Bilingual Ed. Interest Section |
Dr. Brian Hibbs Associate Professor of Education Dalton State College |
Thursday March 10th 5:30 pm Open Event |
Effective Support for English Learners: The Promise of the New WIDA Standards: This session will explore the opportunities that the 2020 WIDA Standards present for changing the paradigm of how English Learners are supported in public schools in Georgia. |
Dr. Elizabeth Webb GATESOL President & Supervisor for ESOL/Title III Cobb County Schools |
Wednesday March 23rd 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Reimagining multilingual learners: Using photo stories to honor students' strengths, interests and experiences. Participants will learn about the literacy strategy of inviting students to create photo stories that honor their lived experience. The presenter will share steps for creating photo stories with students and discuss how photo stories can promote productive dialogue among educators and students that celebrate the diverse languages, cultures, interests, and life experiences present in classrooms today. |
Dr. Jennifer Allen Assistant Professor, Department of Literacy and Special Education University of West Georgia |
Thursday April 14th 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Supporting Newcomers at the Middle and High School Levels This session will address instructional challenges for educators of newcomer English learners in grades 6-12, where the complexity of the curriculum presents significant linguistic challenges. We will focus on scaffolding instruction, identifying essential learning, and modifying assessments. |
Dr. Alisa Leckie, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Partnerships and Outreach Georgia Southern University |
Tuesday April 26th 5:30 pm Open Event |
Supporting practitioner inquiry in teacher education: Opportunities and challenges in ESOL contexts Participants will learn about practitioner inquiry, a promising pedagogical practice for developing preservice teacher candidates who are effectively prepared to support emergent bilingual and multilingual students. The presenters will provide an overview of practitioner inquiry, describing how it is currently being used within a teacher preparation program, and will use experiences and insights from this implementation to share opportunities, challenges, and recommendations for other teacher educators in their respective programs. |
Dr. Lindsey Chapman Clinical Assistant Professor, Special Education, School Psychology, and Early Childhood Studies Dr. Chelsea Morris Assistant Professor, Department of Literacy & Special Education University of West Georgia
Dr. Katy Green Associate Professor, Department of Literacy & Special Education University of West Georgia |
Thursday May 12th 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Using Math Language Routines to Cultivate Conversations (K-5 English Learners) This session will focus on implementing Math Language Routines (MLRs) in K-5 classrooms for the purpose of supporting Multilingual Learners as they develop the skills needed to engage in meaningful learning experiences. Through the use of MLRs teachers can maximize student output as aligned to the four WIDA language domains Speaking, Listening, Reading, and Writing. MLRs foster productive opportunities for students to fully engage in the math classroom across all English Language Proficiency (ELP) levels while making the math standards accessible. Additionally, MLRs incorporate research-based cooperative learning structures that cultivate rich conversation in the mathematics classroom. |
Roxanne Stewart ESOL Consultant, & Sheri Drake, Title I Instructional Coach Cobb County School District |
Thursday June 2nd 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Authentic Voices Assess ‘Culturally Responsive’ Children's Books Effective teachers, especially teachers of ELs, seek out and use books that reflect their students' lived experiences and support their cultural and linguistic backgrounds. However, how are we to do this effectively if we ourselves do not share those backgrounds and experiences? Book awards and reviews and our own critical readings can only take us so far. This conversation will discuss what new perspectives authentic insider voices can bring to book selection and how to gather those perspectives. |
Dr. Scott Beck Professor, Middle Grades and Secondary Education Georgia Southern |
Thursday July 14th 5:30 pm Open Event |
Becoming a Mexican American in the U.S. South The presentation will be an autobiographical exploration of my childhood experience in México, my experience of involuntary immigration, and my life in the United States. Theoretically, I will draw upon a wide array of works by immigrants regarding their experiences. Methodologically, I will draw upon the autobiographical writings of people of color. I will finish by presenting my 6 findings. |
Dr. Claudia Martinez 2020-21 GATESOL Teacher of the Year, & ESOL Teacher, Tattnall County Schools |
Thursday Aug 11th 5:30 pm Open Event |
Key Principles to Retain Adults in ESOL Literacy Programs The retention of adult learners in ESOL/ Literacy programs is a challenge for adult education instructors. Adult ESOL learners encounter internal and external barriers such as lack of self- confidence, childcare, family, cultural, transportation, and lack of digital literacy, causing many learners in this population to discontinue their English course of study. This presentation will provide adult education practitioners/ adult ESOL programs several key principles to retain adults in ESOL/ Literacy programs. Attendees will be able to understand the challenges that adult ESOL learners encounter in pursuit of learning English as a second language in the USA and will be better prepared to address retention among adult ESOL learners. |
Dr. Joel Floyd. GATESOL 2nd Vice-President, and Founder and President, English for a Lifetime Language Institute |
Tuesday Aug 23rd 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Teaching Vocabulary to Middle and High School English Learners This session will focus on vocabulary development strategies for middle and high school English learners of all proficiency levels. Learn how to identify which words to teach and how to integrate meaningful vocabulary practice in every lesson. |
Dr. Alisa Leckie, Associate Professor & Assistant Dean for Partnerships and Outreach, Georgia Southern University |
Thursday Sept 8th 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Oral Language Strategies for K-5 English Learners We will explore different hands-on, interactive activities that both ESOL and mainstream teachers will be able to utilize in their classroom the next day. |
Paula Guy GATESOL Board Member at Large & ESOL Teacher Bartow County Schools |
Wed Sept 14th 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
Formative K-12 Assessments Beyond ACCESS for ELLs: Assessing K-12 Language on the Fly This live session will introduce tools and methods for quickly and informally documenting student performance. ACCESS scores measure annual progress, but regular ongoing assessments are critical for informing instruction and showing how students actually use language in the classroom. The assessment tools introduced in this session provide for purposeful instruction that can nudge student performance to next levels in specific domains. Attendees will leave this interactive session with digital versions of the assessment tools introduced. |
Dr. Jennifer Pendergrass Past President, GATESOL & ESOL Instructional Coach Floyd County Schools |
Thursday Sept 22nd 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Only |
"See, Think, Wonder": A Visual Thinking Strategy This presentation will help K-12 educators to learn to use "See, Think, Wonder" as an effective strategy to help students of all proficiency levels access content through visual media. I can show examples of how I have used it in my classroom to support Social Studies and Science grade-level content and different ways that teachers can use this resource to engage students. |
Dr. Darline Douangvilay GATESOL Member at Large & K-5 Teacher of the Year 2020-21 Cobb County School District |
Thursday -Saturday October 27 - 29 |
2022 GATESOL Conference: Language at the Heart of Learning |
Locations and Program TBA |
Thursday Nov 10th 5:30 pm GATESOL Members Onlyy |
Let Them Talk! Leveraging Instructional Conversation to Increase Language & Content Learning In this session, we present UGA CLASE’s Instructional Conversation as a tool to engage all learners in structured discussions and share the journey of how our implementation in a sixth-grade social studies class positively impacted oral language development of our multilingual language learners as well as student achievement for all learners. |
Dr. Anna Yang ESOL Instructional Coach Gwinnett County Public Schools |
Thursday Dec 8th 7 pm GATESOL Members Only |
GATESOL Holiday Social Bring your favorite holiday beverage and join GATESOL Board Members from 2022 and 2023 for an evening of conversation and a preview of the exciting plans for the New Year of 2023! |
GATESOL Board Members |