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«Back to all edWebinarsCoaching for Multilingual Student Excellence: Strategies for Vocabulary, Reading, and Writing Across Disciplines
Wednesday, April 30, 2025 @ 2:00 pm - 3:00 pm EDT
Presented by Dr. Karen Johannesen Brock, Education Leader, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree; and Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, Professor Emerita, Speaker, Author, and Associate, Solution Tree
Sponsored by Solution Tree
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Coaches of teachers with multilingual learners (MLs) want to know: 1) What should the teacher and I prioritize in ML classrooms? 2) What should I observe during vocabulary, reading, and writing instruction? 3) Is there a tool available for tracking student engagement? 4) How do we ensure ML students rapidly gain language skills in the classroom?
This edWebinar will answer these questions based on empirical testing of coaching programs implemented in ESL/ELD, dual language, K-5 general education, and 6th-12th grade math, science, social studies, and language arts classrooms in middle and high schools. We encourage coaches, teachers, and school leadership to attend this edWebinar together so you can launch your program immediately! This session will share the process and content for planning and enacting a powerful coaching program by using:
- The research, evidence, and rationale for instituting the coaching of language and literacy in classrooms with MLs
- The specific coaching strategies to assist MLs and non-MLs in achieving excellence in vocabulary, discourse, reading comprehension, and writing across all subject areas and grade levels
- Checklists and observation tools to collect data, give feedback, and plan goals with teachers of MLs
This edWebinar will be of interest to K-12 teachers, instructional coaches and leaders, and school leaders.
About the Presenters
Dr. Karen Johannesen Brock has been an educator and educational presenter for more than three decades. She has assisted more than 100 schools (K–12) and districts with implementing school improvement plans. Her work with schools and districts focuses on instructional coaching and design as well as professional learning plans, school-improvement plans, English learners and multilingual students, and literacy. Dr. Brock has been an elementary and secondary teacher (general and special education) and currently serves as an elementary principal. She has taught at the university level on the topics of educational leadership, school data, professional learning, and K–12 literacy.
Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, Professor Emerita at Johns Hopkins University, has worked on numerous research projects from 1990 to 2010 for JHU’s Center for Research on Education of Students Placed at Risk, Center for Data-Driven Reform, and Success for All Foundation. As President and CEO of Margarita Calderón & Associates, Inc., Dr. Calderón and her team continue to implement ExC-ELL in many schools, districts, and statewide institutes throughout the country and internationally. Dr. Calderón has over 100 publications, is an international speaker and a keynote speaker at major conferences, and conducts comprehensive professional development programs throughout the country and abroad.
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