Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners – Webinar Opportunity

YOU ARE INVITED TO A WEBINAR
WestEd's SchoolsMovingUp website will feature another free webinar, "Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners," on Wednesday, December 2, from 10:30 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time (1:30 p.m. - 3:00 p.m. Eastern Time).

What can teachers do to help English language learners in math class? In this webinar, Cathy Carroll, Senior Research Associate/Project Director in WestEd's Mathematics, Science, & Technology Program, and John Carr, Senior Research Associate in WestEd's Evaluation Research Program, will present an integrated approach to teaching mathematics in a mainstream classroom with English learners at different language levels as well as other students with special learning needs. They will discuss and give examples how to combine and embed proven strategies and tools for teaching diverse learners, and a widely accepted inquiry-based approach to teaching mathematics. Many of the strategies that scaffold learning are also the accommodations for English learners to show on tests what they have learned. Our "doable" approach promotes mathematical thinking and communication, and engages and supports all diverse learners, particularly English learners, in each lesson.

The webinar is geared to upper elementary, middle, and high school mathematics teachers who have had had limited preparation for teaching mathematics to English learners, their leaders in schools and districts, and university (mathematics) teacher education faculty. The material will be based on the presenter's bestselling book, Making Mathematics Accessible to English Learners: A Guidebook for Teachers.

See the webinars page on SchoolsMovingUp for further information, including specific topics to be addressed by this webinar, at http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars.

WAYS TO PARTICIPATE
Live Webinar
Watch the presenter show slides, websites, and resources online via our web-based software, while listening to the presentation on your telephone. You can ask questions online and interact through online polls and a chat window. [Recommended participation mode for those able to use the Internet and phone simultaneously]

Live Teleconference with Presentation PPT/PDF
Download the slideshow presentation to print from or view on your computer, while listening to the presentation on your telephone. You can ask questions via email. [Participation mode for those unable to use the Internet and phone simultaneously]

Access Past Webinars
Unable to attend? You may view the archived webinar and accompanying resource materials. You can watch and listen to the presentation, questions, and discussion as it happened in the live webinar. [Archives are available one day after the live webinar]

**Note: If you have special access needs (e.g., you have a hearing impairment and need special arrangements made to access the audio,) please let us know ASAP so we can make the appropriate arrangements.

REGISTRATION
To sign up for this event, please visit http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/webinars/ellmath2 and select "Attend this Webinar." You will then be prompted to login or register for free on the site as needed. If you plan to participate via the live webinar option, you will need to "Run the Wizard" to test your computer's capacity to support the webinar. We recommend you do this at least one day before the webinar. If you would prefer to participate via the live teleconference with presentation PPT/PDF, you can instead join the conference call and download the presentation PPT/PDF, which will be available the day before the webinar. Registered participants will receive an email notification when the presentation PPT/PDF is posted. The message will also contain further instructions for participating.


CONTACT
We look forward to your participation. For more information, contact Julie Duffield at jduffie@wested.org or 415.615.3213. For technical questions, contact Dan Wilson at dwilson@wested.org or 510.302.4265.

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