Teaching for Biliteracy, Strengthening Bridges Between Languages

Teaching for Biliteracy

In this two-day professional development institute, facilitators from The Center for Teaching for Biliteracy will introduce the powerful notion of the Bridge to teachers, administrators, and leadership teams from dual language programs. The Bridge is the instructional moment when teachers bring the two languages together, strategically guiding bilingual learners to transfer academic content they have learned in one language to the other, engage in contrastive analysis, develop academic English and Spanish across content areas, read and write grade-level texts across the curriculum, and develop metalinguistic awareness.

Facilitators: Melody Wharton, Patricia Nunez, Center for Teaching for Biliteracy

Date: August 16 & 17, 2017

Location: Norwalk City Hall, 125 East Ave. Room 330, Norwalk, CT 06851  Rooms: 303 and Community Room

Time: 8:30 am – 3:00 pm

• Breakfast and Sign in: 8:30 – 9:00 am
• PD Training Start: 9:00 am
• Lunch: 12:15 – 1:00 pm 
• PD Training Ends: 3:00 pm

Need a Hotel? 

• Norwalk Inn, 99 East Ave., Norwalk, CT. 06851  203-838-2000    
  
• Hilton Garden Inn, 500 Main Ave. Norwalk, CT.  06851 203-523-4000

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