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QTEL SUMMER INSTITUTES

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BUILDING THE BASE, ELEMENTARY LITERACY

In this five-day institute, participants will learn how to design equitable and quality learning opportunities by implementing high-challenge and high-support instruction for K-5 English Learners to simultaneously develop disciplinary knowledge and related conceptual, analytic, and language practices.  Some of the topics to be discussed in this institute include:

  • Understanding how a sociocultural approach to pedagogy promotes equity and quality learning opportunities for elementary English Learners’

  • Recognizing and building from the immense potential of English Learners, including the assets they bring with them to their learning experiences

  • Learning how to support the development of oracy through quality interactions around relevant and powerful ideas

  • Utilizing the QTEL approach to design lessons that actively engage elementary students in high-challenge, high-support learning experiences centered around quality interactions with peers and the teacher

  • Realizing ways to support students’ development from oral to written language

OAHU, HAWAII

Date: June 12 – June 16, 2023
Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

CLOSED

SANTA CRUZ, CA

Date: July 17 – July 21, 2023

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

MEET THE PRESENTERS

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Elsa Billings

(Santa Cruz)

Johpaul Lapid

Johnpaul Lapid

(Oahu)

Melanie Packham

Melanie Packham

(Oahu)

Kathia Romo Ben Sadok

Kathia Romo Ben Sadok

(Oahu)

Lyn Westergard

Lyn Westergard

(Oahu)

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