Presented by Dr. Margarita Calderón, Professor Emerita, Johns Hopkins University; and Amanda Dobbins, Vice President of Professional Learning Services, Scholastic
Sponsored by Scholastic Education
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Language development and vocabulary are key components of knowledge building and reading comprehension, but what instructional strategies ensure rich content is accessible to multilingual learners?
View a conversation between multilingual learning expert Dr. Margarita Calderón of Johns Hopkins University and Amanda Dobbins, Vice President of Professional Learning Services at Scholastic, about best practices for supporting multilingual learners. You’ll learn how to build comprehension, boost vocabulary, and strengthen foundational reading skills.
This recorded edWebinar is of interest to K-12 teachers and district leaders.
About the Presenters
Margarita Calderón, Ph.D. is Professor Emerita and Senior Research Scientist at the Johns Hopkins University School of Education. Dr. Calderón’s work in vocabulary, content knowledge, and reading comprehension strategies serves as the basis for multilingual learner instruction in the Scholastic Knowledge Library.
Vice President of Professional Learning Services Amanda Dobbins leads Scholastic’s talented team of facilitators and coaches. Amanda has extensive experience in education technology and, for the past 15 years, has focused on learning design, management, and strategy for professional services organizations. Amanda’s favorite part of working at Scholastic and with their partners is generating innovations to address the challenges facing educators, students, and families. Amanda pursued studies in TESOL at San Francisco State and Boston University and is an advocate for multilingual learners and newcomers to the U.S. She was born in Tanzania and is currently studying Spanish and Swahili with varying success.
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