An online K-12 #literacy conference that is free and filled with praxis, hope, and love hosted by @theedcollab .
Getting to learn alongside the collaboratives' fellows and associates has been so critical for me this year. Stepping out of the traditional school structure, the Educator Collaborative has offered a professional learning community for me that is anchored in hope and justice. For that I am so grateful. Want to know more about the Educator Collaborative's work? Head on over to their website. Amazing keynotes and presentations on Saturday April 13. Won't you join us? I'll be sharing a new talk called Hear, Think, Wonder: Tuning into our Students' Dynamic Multilingualism
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"Since the dawn of language, conversations have been powerful teachers." This quote by Jeff Zwiers, highlights the idea that whomever is doing the talking is doing the learning. Yet, multilingual learners are often denied access to curiosity and playful, discussion-rich classrooms because of misconceptions about language learning and bias How do we design for equitable discourse so that mlls can thrive in the #inquiry classroom? Designing for discourse in the classroom is a keystone to fostering critical thinking, acquiring a new language, sparking creativity, understanding different perspectives, and developing an empathetic learning community. Designing for discourse is also a radical resistance to what Paulo Freire describes as the "banking method" of education. We will unpack design elements that nurture equitable discourse for our multilingual learners in the inquiry classroom. To register follow this link. Last spring, I had the incredible privilege of working with dedicated MLL professionals from around Asia as we explored our mindsets and practices around serving multilingual learners.
This workshop will help participants reflect, disrupt, and design to build schools where multilingual children are known, valued, served, and loved. This is one of my most comprehensive workshops. You won't want to miss this one!
For more information and/or to register click on over to Knowledge Source Institute's website. Why might you find me at a Learning Support conference? Excited to be joining professionals from the Japan Learning Support Network for my talk "Neurodiversity and Multilingual Identities: An Ecosystem Approach" on October 28th at St. Mary's International School in Tokyo, Japan. I am also proud that this conference is offering hybrid options to accommodate access needs.
Like so many others, the pandemic shifted my practices of teaching and learning. As a teacher, I had to figure out ways to ensure students had meaningful, engaging, and interactive learning that nurtured their continued content learning, language acquisition, and connection. As a professional learning facilitator, I had to design for adult learning that was also meaningful, engaging, and interactive-with educators who were equally tired of screens and burning the candles at both ends. I adapted. I had to. It was my mission to make online professional learning workshops rich in discussion and resources, while also making it joyful and relationship driven. All that being said, it was such a delight to be back in person facilitating in-person professional learning workshops this past month. It was exciting to dust off some discussion strategies that could not transfer to online spaces. It was equally exciting to integrate new learning from online tools into the in-person spaces. Additionally, there are increasing opportunities for hybrid learning, I have a few upcoming this semester. Hybrid professional learning creates access in new and exciting ways.
How do I juggle the needs of the different spaces? Different learning spaces often need tailored strategies. What is the common thread? Joyful learning. Laughter. Reflection and collaborative conversations through cognitive dissonance and growth. Serving multilingual students is joyful. Transforming our practices and systems can be too. |
Beth PumaI am an MLL specialist, coach, and educational consultant that is dedicated to building a more transformative educational landscape that honors linguistic diversity and challenges societal paradigms. Archives
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