Below are three upcoming opportunities for professional learning in the Secondary ELA space. See the attached flyers.
Join for April and May’s USBE Secondary ELA Webinars!
Playful Poetry
Thursday, April 24 from 4:00 – 5:00pm
Webinar Description:
April is National Poetry Month!
Discover how to make poetry engaging and accessible all year long. In this interactive webinar, explore creative strategies like ekphrastic responses, Venn diagram structures, and a recitation contest. Through playful reading and writing
activities, you’ll gain practical tools to inspire students and bring poetry to life in your classroom.
Presenter: Jason Stephenson taught high school English and creative writing for thirteen years in a suburb of Oklahoma City. Jason began
attending Red Dirt Poetry open mics in 2017, and now serves as Red Dirt’s Co-Director of Education, overseeing the monthly Red Dirt Writes workshops. His work has been published in
Canary Collective, Oklahoma Humanities, and Oklahoma English Journal.
Reflection & Writing
Tuesday, May 6
from 4:00 – 5:00pm
Webinar Description:
Take one step back to reflect on the writing practices of your classroom this past year and then take two steps forward into the next year with specific methods for making reflection the foundation of your pedagogy.
Come learn about teaching for transfer, modeling vulnerability and reflection as teachers, and the strategies from
Dr. Shelly Reid to make it all happen.
Presenters:
Megan Russell, ELA Teacher at Payson High School & Associate Director of Central Utah Writing Project
Brandon Merrill, ELA Teacher at Maple Mountain High School, Advisory Board Member of Central Utah Writing Project
Transforming Instruction for Multilingual Learners in Secondary ELA: An Asynchronous Book Study
Select one of five books to enhance your secondary ELA instruction, focusing on evidence-based practices to improve outcomes for MLLs. Learn alongside your PLC, department, or a chosen colleague in
an asynchronous book study!
Earn 0.5 USBE credit | Free digital book copy for Secondary ELA educators and leaders
Book Options
- CONTENT-AREA CONVERSATIONS: How to Plan Discussion-Based Lessons for Diverse Language
Learners by Douglas Fisher, Nancy Frey, Carol Rothenberg
- GROWING LANGUAGE & LITERACY: Strategies for Secondary Multilingual Learners by Andrea Hongisfeld
- KIDS COME IN ALL LANGUAGES: Visible Learning for Multilingual Learners by Oscar Corrigan,
Nancy Frey, Douglas Fisher, John Hattie
- UNLOCKING MULTILINGUAL LEARNERS’ POTENTIAL: Strategies for Making Content Accessible by Diane
Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, Meghan Gregoire-Smith
- WRITING ACROSS CULTURE & LANGUAGE: Inclusive Strategies for Working with ELL Writers in the ELA Classroom
by Christina Ortmeier-Hooper
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