TARGET AUDIENCE: K-12 EDUCATORS ARE ENCOURAGE TO ATTEND.

Spark curiosity and promote deep, shared understanding with these PD supports for Educators.  Use the materials provided each month as a springboard for the work you do, or to support your own professional learning in the area of ESL.  Each playlist offers videos, articles, blogs and strategies for how to build teacher capacity for practices that enable deeper, more transferable understandings.  We know your time is precious, and so each resource is equipped with numerous strategyies to model, inspire and focus on learning effectively and efficiently.

Playlist Chapters:

December Playlist: Importance of Relationships    

January Playlist: Language Acquisition and What Impacts It

February Playlist: Importance of Knowing Your Learner’s Language Proficiency

March Playlist: Comprehensible Input

April Playlist: High Yield Strategies

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Susan Somerville

Jane Gallacher

was an Educational Consultant/ Registered Psychologist for Golden Hills School Division for the seventeen years, and has now retired.  As part of her role, she was the English as a Second language consultant for the division. She is currently working at a private psychology practice and is collaborating on facilitating ESL workshops, contributing to podcasts and creating learning tools for ELS teachers.  She has been a part of the ESL rural symposium since it's inception. Jane has completed her TESL Level 1 certificate and TESOL Separating Difference from Disability course. She is passionate about ensuring ELL students meet their full potential in the school setting.