The Maine Department of Education (DOE) is pleased to invite educators to participate in a virtual Professional Learning Community (PLC) which will develop participants’ understanding about the needs of multilingual newcomers, creating a collegial community of support, as well as practices for engaging newcomers for success in the classroom.
This PLC is based on the WIDA eLearning course “Engaging Multilingual Newcomers,” available through the WIDA Secure Portal. All Maine public school teachers are eligible for a free Secure Portal account by contacting WIDA Client Services. Each PLC session will address one module of the course, which participants will complete before each PLC session.
See the list of PLC sessions below for dates and topics of focus. Sessions will be held from 3:00-4:00pm on Mondays on the dates listed below. Participants should plan to attend all sessions in the series, to the extent possible. Contact hours will be available for participation in the sessions.
The workshops will be facilitated by Rebecca Carey, Maine DOE ESOL Consultant. If you have any questions, contact Rebecca at rebecca.carey@maine.gov.
Register HERE to receive the Zoom link.
| Date | Topics | |
| Session 1 | Monday, September 26, 2022 | Engaging Multilingual Newcomers: The Social and Emotional Needs of Newcomers
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| Session 2 | Monday, October 3, 2022 | Engaging Multilingual Newcomers: Building Collegial Relationships |
| Session 3 | Monday, October 17, 2022 | Engaging Multilingual Newcomers: Exploring Instructional Strategies for Multilingual Newcomers |
