Let’s take advantage of this opportunity to level the playing field for bilingual learners. Now more than ever, bilingual teachers need to know how to leverage the linguistic and cultural resources that diverse learners bring with them to school in order to accelerate student learning. This live webinar introduces a collaborative, teacher-directed professional learning system that groups of educators can use to meet this important moment.
We start by visualizing professional learning from a multilingual perspective with a focus on racial justice. The majority of the session presents Caslon Learning (CL), an innovative web-based professional learning system that groups of educators can use virtually, face-to-face, and in hybrid settings to engage with a specific Caslon publication and apply what they learn to practice. This session features "The Translanguaging Classroom: Leveraging Student Bilingualism for Learning" by Ofelia García, Susana Ibarra Johnson, and Kate Seltzer to illustrate key features of the CL system.
