Differentiating Workshop for ELL teachers

Dec. 11 in Fort Pierre OR Dec. 13 in Brookings

The South Dakota Department of Education, along with WIDA, will hold a face to face workshop on Dec. 11 in Ft. Pierre at the AmericInn and on Dec. 13 in Brookings at the Days Inn.

This workshop, The More, the Merrier in Differentiating for English Language Learners, is designed as an introductory level training for content and ESL teachers in meeting the needs of ELLs. It will provide teachers opportunities to explore academic language differentiation during content instruction and assessment. Participants will explore the use of WIDA’s English language proficiency data and the CAN DO Descriptors.

Sessions begin each day at 8:30 a.m., with registration at 8 a.m., and will run until 4 p.m. There will be an hour break for lunch on your own.

Attendees should bring their ACCESS 2012 Student Roster Reports and/or Teacher Reports and an assignment or task recently used with their mainstream students in a content class. Teachers should also download the CAN DO Descriptors for the grade levels of their ELLs prior to attending. (Click here to download.)

Click here to register for either workshop.