Course Offered by Colleagues of WIDA
WIDA regularly collaborates with our educational colleagues at the UW-Madison. Early in its "idea stage" of development, WIDA offered input on a new offering that might be of interest throughout the WIDA Consortium, particularly geared toward teachers with little background in ELL/bilingual education. The following course offers transferrable graduate credits for in-practice teachers.
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to offer a new online course: Educating English Learners.
This course is designed to support preK-12 educators--teachers, support staff, and administrators--who are making decisions as to program and staffing designs, support services and resources, and educational approaches for English learners. Based on a sociocultural view of schooling for English learners, it draws on the lives and experiences of 5 students from diverse backgrounds in different locales to illuminate issues that impact the language, literacy and academic development of English learners in schools. Through viewing videos of students, readings, collaborative discussions and activities, course participants will engage in analyses of issues, and applications of course content to their specific sites and
contexts.
This is a credit-bearing (3 credit) graduate-level course for teachers, staff and administrators who are currently practicing in schools. It is offered in the Spring semester of 2010 (beginning late in January). For registration information or questions, please contact Lisa Hebgen, Education Outreach & Partnerships, at lmhebgen@wisc.edu, or 608-263-0951.
Course Offered by Colleagues of WIDA
WIDA regularly collaborates with our educational colleagues at the UW-Madison. Early in its "idea stage" of development, WIDA offered input on a new offering that might be of interest throughout the WIDA Consortium, particularly geared toward teachers with little background in ELL/bilingual education. The following course offers transferrable graduate credits for in-practice teachers.
The Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Wisconsin-Madison is pleased to offer a new online course: Educating English Learners.
This course is designed to support preK-12 educators--teachers, support staff, and administrators--who are making decisions as to program and staffing designs, support services and resources, and educational approaches for English learners. Based on a sociocultural view of schooling for English learners, it draws on the lives and experiences of 5 students from diverse backgrounds in different locales to illuminate issues that impact the language, literacy and academic development of English learners in schools. Through viewing videos of students, readings, collaborative discussions and activities, course participants will engage in analyses of issues, and applications of course content to their specific sites and
contexts.
This is a credit-bearing (3 credit) graduate-level course for teachers, staff and administrators who are currently practicing in schools. It is offered in the Spring semester of 2010 (beginning late in January). For registration information or questions, please contact Lisa Hebgen, Education Outreach & Partnerships, at lmhebgen@wisc.edu, or 608-263-0951.