Supporting ELLs and Students with Disabilities in the Distance and Online Learning Environments
Dates: June 23, 24, & 25, 2020
Times: 3:00-4:30 PM on June 23 and 24, 3:00-5:00 PM on June 25 (Hawaii Standard Time)
Beginning at 6:00 PM PST / 8:00 PM CST / 9:00 PM EST
Location: Online via Zoom
Cost: $45 per event or register for all 3 to receive a $35 discount. (If paying by school purchase order, please select the "Pay by Invoice" option upon checkout.)
As we plan for the possibility of distance, online, and hybrid approaches to teaching when schools reopen, we can prepare to support all learners, including students with disabilities and ELLs in these novel and varied formats. For students who benefit from learning supports, there are specific considerations that administrators, teachers and parents can begin to think about and integrate into lessons.
This series of three online workshops addresses various ways to support students with disabilities and ELLs in alignment with UDL principles. The Universal Design for Learning (UDL) framework focuses on ways we can provide multiple means of representation, action and expression, and engagement for all learners.
Workshop I: Digital Tools to Support Students with Disabilities and English Language Learners
Tuesday June 23, 2020
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Facilitated by: Dr. Kavita Rao & Dr. Cary Torres
In the distance and online and learning environment, consider how to make the most of web-based tools, apps, and multimodal environments to provide multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement. In this workshop, you will learn about how you can use UDL and digital tools along with the principles of language development to support ELLs and students with disabilities with literacy, communication, and organizational skills.
Workshop II: Strategies for Multi-lingual learners: Culturally Responsive Teaching (CRT) Online
Wednesday, June 24, 2020
3:00 to 4:30 PM
Facilitated by: Dr. Cary Torres & Dr. Kavita Rao
Culturally responsive teaching (CRT) is focused on making content relevant to learners and connected to their prior experiences. CRT also includes structuring instruction and activities to align with and support students’ varied patterns of thinking and ways of processing information. In order to be culturally responsive educators, we need to consider both the content of what we are teaching and the ways we design and implement instruction, assignments, and assessments. The Center for Research on Education, Diversity, and Excellence CREDE provides seven standards for effective pedagogy. Learn how to integrate CRT in alignment with CREDE standards into online and distance education using various strategies. You can do this with no technology as well as some low-tech tools.
Workshop III: Home-School Connections: Empowering Parents to Support Students with Disabilities in Distance/Online Learning
Thursday, June 25, 2020
3:00 to 5:00 PM
Facilitated by Dr. Sean J. Smith
Communication between school and home is not only important for the parent and educator, but also for the child. Working together, teachers and parents can provide support systems to support the needs of children with disabilities in the distance/online learning environment. Parents of children with disabilities can play many roles – as learning coaches, paraeducators and sometimes as home-based assistants to the teacher. Parents can also assist with progress monitoring. Learn how teachers and parents can collaborate and communicate effectively to ensure that the academic and socioemotional needs of the child are being met in the distance and online learning environment.