Schoolwide Best Practices to Support English Learners

We are pleased to invite you to view the free webinar, Schoolwide Best Practices to Support English Learners. In this webinar, national experts on collaborative practices for English learners, Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove, will identify a schoolwide framework for improving programs, policies, and practices for diverse learners.

Handouts

• A Classroom Walkthrough to Observe Diverse Learners' Engagement
• Assessing an Integrated Collaborative Model
• Developing Core Values Checklist
• Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner
• Steps to Schoolwide Literacy Matrix
• Supports During Explicit Instruction for Diverse Learners

About the Presenters:

Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld is Associate Dean and Director of the Doctoral Program (Educational Leadership for Diverse Learning Communities) at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, NY. Before entering the field of teacher education, she was an English as a Foreign Language teacher in Hungary (grades 5-8 and adult), an English as a Second Language teacher in New York City (grades K-3 and adult), and taught Hungarian at New York University. A Fulbright Scholar and sought after national presenter, Andrea is the coauthor or coeditor of 20 books on education and numerous chapters and research articles related to the needs of diverse learners.

Maria Dove, Ed.D. is Associate Professor in the Graduate Education TESOL Program in the Division of Education at Molloy College, Rockville Centre, New York, where she teaches courses to preservice and inservice teachers on the research and best practices for developing effective programs and school policies for English learners. Before entering the field of higher education, she worked over thirty years as an English-as-a second language teacher in public school settings (Grades K-12) and in adult English language programs in Nassau County, New York.