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EL/CLD Professional Development at The Academy of Charter Schools
Program Description
EL/CLD Professional Development is a 45 hour PD program presented over the course of five years. It is comprised of five modules: 1. Getting to Know Our CLD population, 2. Understanding the WIDA Organization, Resources, and Assessment Tools, 3. Honoring Culture and Increasing Equity for ELL student populations 4. Student Centered Instructional Best Practices for ELs, 5. Mastery Learning and Mastery Tracking
Within these five modules, a series of workshops - denoted by the hours of each module - dives into specific topics and skills within these topics. Workshops are differentiated for new and veteran teachers, and all are focused teaching instructional best practices for EL students via modeling of those practices. Strategies, information, and modeling in these workshops is updated annually to provide a continual path of growth throughout the course of the five-year cycle.
Availability
Employees only
Cost
Free
Required for Completion
Completion of all five modules
Contact Information
Leigh Florita
Director of Special Programs
leigh.florita@theacademyk12.org
303-289-8088 ext. 218
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