The second annual ELL Support Conference will offer concurrent 3-day training events. Participants will choose one
event to attend the 3 days of training. The conference will include an opening joint session where participants will
explore the vision for ESL in NC! A minimal registration fee will be charged for this event.
Session Description
Addressing the Diversity of Newcomers and SIFE
Dr. Margarita Calderón, Johns Hopkins University
Professor Emerita, will address integrating social and
academic language to increase rigor for newcomers
and SIFE students. She will offer insights on the range
of backgrounds, linguistic, literacy and academic
needs of these students, helping to break the
misconceptions of who they are.
Who Should Attend?
All-Opening Session
Level
All Audiences
Integrating Social, Language, Literacy, and Content
Development for Accelerating The Learning of
Newcomers and SIFE
In this interactive 3 day session, Dr. Margarita
Calderón, Johns Hopkins University Professor
Emerita, will demonstrate how even proficiency level
1 newcomer and SIFE students can read and write
from the start! She will stress rigorous content and
use of the 4 domains, as well as how to help student
progress in both social language and participation
skills, as well as beginning academic language, reading
at different levels, and writing strategies for each
level.
All ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches, and
Administrators
All Audiences
The North Carolina Guide to ExC-ELL
This session will offer literacy development with K-12
English language learners via Margarita Calderon's
Expediting Reading Comprehension for English
Language Learners (ExC-ELL) program.
ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches, and
Administrators with little to
no previous knowledge of
the ExC-ELL framework.
Beginner
Session Description
Best Practices for ELLs
This interactive session will focus on best practices for
meeting the needs of English Language Learners
(ELLs). Participants will explore:
 second language acquisition
 academic standards
 academic vocabulary
 socio-cultural context of language
 scaffolding strategies
 and much more!
Who Should Attend?
ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches and
Administrators with little to
no knowledge of best
practices for ELLs.
Level
Beginner
The North Carolina Guide to SIOP
This session will offer training on the SIOP® Model,
an empirically-validated approach to teaching that
helps prepare all students—especially English
learners. As a framework for organizing instruction,
the SIOP Model supports teachers in planning and
delivering high-quality instruction for all students.
ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches, and
Administrators with little to
no previous knowledge of
the SIOP® Model.
Beginner
Digging Deeper into WIDA (Standards)
Participants will explore various strategies for
implementation including uses of the FREE on-line
WIDA Training Modules including self-study, PLCs,
presentations, etc. Participants will also dig deeply
into the WIDA standards, exploring the NC English
Language Arts MPIs, Lesson Planning, and Formative
Assessment etc. A strong knowledge of WIDA is
recommended but not required.
ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches, and
Administrators with a
working knowledge of the
WIDA standards and their
application within the
classroom.
Intermediate/Advanced
Digital Integration in the 21st Century for ELLs
Learn how to increase the creativity and productivity
of English language learners by using and creating
digital resources that allow them to “show what they
know” and “glow as they grow”! This high-energy
session will have participants reflecting on their use
of technology, increasing their app fluency, learning
how to find and curate great tech ideas, and
designing appsmashed tech projects that will change
the culture of educating their English learners in the
21st century.
All ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers, Coaches and
Administrators
All Audiences
®
Session Description
PortFolios for Linguistic Progress
This interactive session will explore LinguaFolio, an
innovative portfolio assessment instrument designed
to support individuals in setting and achieving their
goals for learning languages. Participants will learn
various ways to use the portfolio, explore the FREE
on-line LinguaFolio Training Modules and experience
the electronic version of the portfolio.
Who Should Attend?
ESL Teachers, Content
Teachers and
Administrators with little to
no knowledge of the
LinguaFolio portfolio
system.
Level
Beginner/Intermediate