Workshops
Teachers are often, understandably, a bit hesitant when it comes to professional learning.
My workshops are intentionally designed to move past this prickly part: we will build trust through practical, meaningful work.
WORKSHOP
Leveraging Artificial Intelligence to Support MLs
A two-session in-person workshop.
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These interactive sessions explore ways in which artificial intelligence can enable EAL/TESOL teachers and content area teachers to meaningfully accommodate for multilingual learners.
We will survey how AI is already used by adults and students in order to optimize this powerful new tool. I will share practical research-based tips and tricks that empower educators, and we will consider the limitations and potential pitfalls of AI.
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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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Build Access & Engagement for All
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.
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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.
