TCM Professional Learning Academy
Virtual Live Event:
How to Boost Language Development for English Learners Across the Curriculum
New and innovative ways to better support English Learners while accelerating learning.
Join us for a dynamic, interactive virtual event featuring ELD expert and author Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores and participate in informative and relevant focused strategy sessions.
This live event will provide an overview of best practices and actionable strategies for language development to support English Learners.
EVENT AGENDA:
Keynote: Essential Elements in Supporting English Learners at 7:30am PT / 10:30am ET
- Keynote Speaker: Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores
Dr. Mora-Flores will share key elements needed to provide on-going comprehensive support for English learners.
In this session you will:
- Identify essential elements that support student’s access to content during distance learning and beyond.
- Relate thinking and language through teacher questioning practices that can support academic language development.
- Engage in strategies for supporting English learners during synchronous and asynchronous learning experiences.
Focused Strategy Sessions
1. Five Strategies for Supporting Oral and Written Language Development
- Presenter: Trisha Difazio
2. Five Strategies for Close Reading and Vocabulary Development for English Learners
- Presenter: Claudia Rodriguez
Closing Keynote: Readiness for Language Acquisition
Adjourn at 11:30am PT / 2:30pm ET
Hear from our presenters:
Claudia Rodriguez
Trisha DiFazio
Each Attendee Will Receive Access To:
Live Event
Opening and Closing Keynote
Two Focused Strategy Sessions
Two Professional Resource Books
Integrated English Language Development
Connecting Content and Language for
English Language Learners
Learning Reflection Guide
Clock Hours Available
Earning graduate-level professional development units (or CEUs) through our partnership with Brandman University, School of Extended Education.
Meet our Keynote Speaker and Presenters
Eugenia Mora-Flores, Ed.D.
Keynote Speaker/Author
Dr. Eugenia Mora-Flores is a professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California (USC). She teaches courses on first and second language acquisition, Latino culture, and in literacy development for elementary and secondary students.
Dr. Mora-Flores is the author of numerous popular professional resources published by Shell Education, including Integrated English Language Development: Supporting English Learners Across the Curriculum, Connecting Content and Language for English Learners, and additional publications on Strategies for Connecting Content and Language for English Learners across the curriculum and Science for English Language Learners.
She is also the key consultant on the EL curriculum program, Language Power.
Trisha DiFazio
Presenter
Trisha DiFazio is a professor in the Rossier School of Education at the University of Southern California (USC) and an education consultant for Teacher Created Materials (TCM).
She is renowned for providing inspiring and dynamic professional development to educators throughout the country. Trisha was also a contributing author for TCM’s Language Power: Building Language Proficiency series.
Claudia Rodriguez
Presenter
Claudia Rodriguez is an education consultant with extensive experience training on best educational practices, ESL/bilingual instructional practices, and classroom management.
Claudia was previously a dual language strategist and a bilingual learning team coach
She is also a bilingual literacy strategist and a bilingual elementary teacher.