2025 QTEL INSTITUTES
SERVICES | EDUCATOR LEARNING | INSTITUTES | OPEN ENROLLMENT | DESIGNING CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS
DESIGNING CURRICULAR MATERIALS FOR ENGLISH LEARNERS*
Audience: Participants who have attended previous in-person QTEL Building the Base or disciplinary institutes AND are educators who write, review, or support lesson and unit writing or educators who want to extend their understanding of BTB to both analyze existing curriculum as well as generate their own lessons and units, applying what they have learned.
Goal:
To develop expertise in designing units and lessons that offer English Learners authentic, quality learning opportunities which develop disciplinary practices and language practices simultaneously.
You will learn to:
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Evaluate the curricular materials you are provided in your teaching context and amplify them to:
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Craft lessons and units of study that invite, support, and challenge students
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Support students to make meaning and understand the central ideas of the disciplines
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Offer students opportunities to deepen their knowledge of content specific practices, analytic practices, and the language they need to engage in these practices
*Only available to participants who have attended previous in-person QTEL Building the Base or disciplinary institutes.