Programs and Services
Special Professional Development Announcement
WIDA is pleased to offer two Summer Academies in 2008:
- Providing Access to Academic Achievement through Language Development
- Collaborating to Meet the Needs of ELLs.
The academies will be held in Madison, WI this June and July. |
Goals
Embracing the WIDA mission, our professional development aims to promote educational excellence in classrooms, schools, and systems across our consortium. As we develop these opportunities, our goal is that the professional development we offer will share four common traits:
- A student-centered focus
- Inclusion of best practices
- Adaptability and customization to particular needs across the consortium
- Opportunities for building capacity across the consortium, including train-of-trainers workshops
Levels of Professional Development Coordination
WIDA recognizes the need for professional development to address the challenges faced at three separate levels: in the classroom, for schools, and for state educational agencies.
At the classroom level, WIDA's professional development opportunities provide teachers with the tools necessary to empower their students to achieve their academic and linguistic goals.
At the school or district level, WIDA offers opportunities for teams of teachers and administrators to collaborate in making curricular and instructional decisions based on classroom and testing data. Emphasis is placed on enhancing the creation, use, and analysis of assessments, facilitating school reform, and understanding language acquisition issues. As professional learning communities, schools can move forward with common understandings and goals to improve the education of ELLs.
WIDA also works with state educational agencies to promote systemic and systematic changes and capacity-building across the consortium. As partners, we work together in developing state-wide professional development opportunities targeting groups of administrators, instructional teams, and teachers.
WIDA Professional Development Offerings
Please click on a category or title of professional development below to learn more about WIDA's offerings:
- Assessing Reading Comprehension of Content Area Texts
- Assessing Content Area Writing: Text Structures
- Assessing Oral Language
- Scaffolding Reading Instruction & Assessment
- Scaffolding Content Area Reading Assessments
- Assessment Toolbox--Using the Right Tool
- Designing Scoring Rubrics that Promote Learning
- Standards-Based Instruction & Assessment
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