Wayne RESA - Multilingual Department

This is an opportunity you don’t want to miss! Join us as we explore AI tools that help your multilingual students develop their English language skills and empower you to become a more resourceful teacher!

You don't want to miss this FREE webinar on using AI as a teacher resource! Join us next Tuesday at 4 pm ET. Everyone registered will receive access to the recording! Thank you to our partners Confianza: Equity, Language & Literacy for making this webinar possible! bit.ly/NAELPA24Q4Webinar

"Multilingualism is an asset to be nurtured in our classrooms."

Supporting Multilingual Students in the Early Grades Five ways teachers can celebrate and extend the linguistic expertise of young students who speak two or more languages.

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Let’s meet this moment together — Calm Blog Without a doubt, many of us are feeling anxious as we navigate the uncertainty of COVID-19. We're feeling it too, and we wanted to share some of the tools we're using to take care of our minds and stay grounded.

Learning at Home | Prevention & Care | Emotional Well-Being: With the growing impact of the COVID-19 virus, ReadyRosie is developing this free toolkit as a resource to support families with information and resources for supporting the children in their care.

Healthy at Home: A Toolkit for Supporting Families Impacted by COVID-19 With the growing impact of the COVID-19 virus, ReadyRosie is developing this free toolkit as a resource to support families with information and resources for supporting the children in their care.

Mindful Mornings (Wayne RESA GSRP) - Relaxing exercises for children to relieve their stress! Live every morning (5 minutes) at 9:00 am!

Very good resource for keeping a child actively learning during this period!

Active Learning At Home | How to continue early childhood education Here are some of HighScope's favorite "at-home" activities for families looking to continue their child's education at home.

State Education Leaders Urge National Waiver of State Assessments
3-17-2020. Michigan’s president of the State Board of Education and its state superintendent urged U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos today to grant a nationwide waiver of statewide student assessments. With the current coronavirus pandemic closing schools in Michigan and across the United States for weeks leading up to scheduled statewide assessments, State Board of Education President Dr. Casandra Ulbrich and State Superintendent Dr. Michael Rice wrote to DeVos to say that federally mandated state testing should be waived this year in favor of focusing on the more immediate needs of children.
Dr. Rice's letter to Secretary DeVos:

www.michigan.gov

Learning, by definition, is changing behavior. Hence, teachers, no matter the grades or the content areas we're specialized in, are behavioral analysts and scientists. Fostering and nurturing positive relationships with learners, as well as among each others, is essential to successful teaching and learning.

What if schools focused on improving relationships rather than test scores? University of Georgia education professor Peter Smagorinsky wrote a piece last year about a promisin...

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English Learners in STEM Subjects A shift is needed in how science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) subjects are taught to students in grades K-12 who are learning English, sa...

An excellent article on (Writing is Thinking through Strategic Inquiry), a powerful whole school improvement tool and a particularly powerful strategy for English Learners.

Why Teaching English Through Content Is Critical for ELL Students Teachers of newcomer students need help integrating language lessons into their content. Strategies based on Writing Is Thinking Through Inquiry could help.