Workshops
Workshops designed to move past the prickly part of professional learning.
Teachers are often, understandably, a bit hesitant when it comes to professional learning.
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Co-Teaching: Target, Text, and Task
A four-session in-person workshop.
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This interactive professional learning series explores the co-teaching relationship. I will observe co-teaching teams in action and share insights with teachers and leaders based on a decade of experience supporting MLs in content classrooms.
Based on the six co-teaching models, participants will explore existing systems in their environment and take meaningful steps toward a strong, sustainable model in their unique context. Each session can be tailored to the specific needs of the audience: core content teachers, English as an Additional Language (EAL) teachers, special educators, learning assistants/paraprofessionals, etc.
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Quick Wins: Integrate Academic Vocabulary in Secondary Classrooms
A three-session in-person workshop.
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Academic vocabulary is essential for MLs, and even the most skilled students can stumble when academic language stands in their way. This session gives educators practical, research-based tools to make vocabulary instruction simple, consistent, and effective across all content areas.
In this session, participants learn a five-minute routine they can use to build students’ academic language every week—without overhauling their lesson plans. Teachers will explore how to select high-impact words using the Academic Word List, introduce and reinforce them through authentic classroom use, and adapt the routine for any subject or grade level.
By the end, teachers walk away with ready-to-use strategies that strengthen students’ comprehension, confidence, and ability to use academic vocabulary across disciplines.
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Access & Engagement
A two-session in-person workshop.
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Grounded in the SIOP framework, this interactive professional learning series helps educators design accessible, engaging lessons that meet the needs of all learners and especially multilingual learners.
Participants experience and reflect on high-leverage Tier 1 strategies they can immediately apply in any content area. Each session blends modeled instruction, meaningful collaboration, and dedicated planning time to ensure ideas turn into classroom action.
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Building Content and Language Skills for Multilingual Learners
A three-session in-person workshop.
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Even strong students can struggle when complex ideas are tied to challenging language. This workshop series gives educators practical, research-based strategies to help multilingual learners engage with rigorous content while developing clear, precise language.
Across three sessions, participants practice hands-on activities that model how to write, discuss, and reason with sentences and language structures. Each session shows how to set explicit content-language objectives, scaffold thinking, and connect language development directly to subject-area learning.
By the end, teachers leave with ready-to-use strategies that strengthen students’ comprehension, reasoning, and ability to meet both content and language goals with confidence.
