Sound Data Interpretation and Decision-Making for Multilingual Learners with Disabilities (Multilingual Learners with Educational Disabilities Webinar Series)
Audience: Educators, Other District/School Staff | Topic: Multilingual Learners, Special Education | Hosted by: Office of Special Education
Requirement for School / District Staff: Not Required
Webinar format
The Offices of Special Education and Elementary Literacy and School Readiness proudly invite you to join the2025-26 Webinar Series: Multilingual Learners with Educational Disabilities. This engaging series brings together a star-studded lineup of national and Colorado-based researchers and practitioners who are leading the field with practical, student-centered approaches.
Participants will gain fresh insights into this often-overlooked intersectional population, explore evidence-based literacy strategies to strengthen instruction, and consider thoughtful adjustments to referral, evaluation, and programming decision-making.
This series is for Colorado Special Education teams, including ELD Teachers, Literacy Specialists, Directors, and Coordinators in Special Education and Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education.
Download the Series Booklet (PDF)
Registration
Registration for each webinar will close two weeks before each respective webinar to ensure accessibility. Zoom links and invites will be sent out two weeks prior to each webinar.
Space is limited, so reserve your spot today
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About this Session
Data at the intersection of multilingualism and disability arecomplicated, at best and inclusive, at worst. For this reason,making decisions for Multilingual Learners (MLs) withdisabilities based on evidence is more complex than justlooking at data. In response to these challenges, this webinaroffers a framework for educators to utilize to interpret anduse data soundly—meaning, logically and validly—during high-stakes decisions for MLs with disabilities.
About the Speaker
Sara E.N. Kangas, Ph.D., is an associate professor in the College ofEducation at Lehigh University. Her research explores the everyday beliefs, conditions, andpolicies in K–12 education that shape the learning opportunities of multilingual learners(MLs) with disabilities. For her work in this intersection, she has received the James E. Allite prize from the TIRF Foundation and the Wilga Rivers Award from the American Association for Applied Linguistics. Kangas’ research has been funded by the Spencer Foundation and has been published in scholarly venues such as American Educational Research Journal, Educational Researcher, The Journal of Special Education, and TESOL Quarterly, among other journals.
Event Date and Time
- Thursday, October 30, 2025 - 8:30am to 9:30am
Location
OnlineCertificate
Attendees will receive 1 hour of Special Education recertification credit, which satisfies part of the new renewal requirements under Colorado HB 21-1104.
Contact Information
Hunter Smith or Brie JohnsonSmith_H@cde.state.co.us or Johnson_B@cde.state.co.us
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