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Events
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WCEPS Pathways Events
WCEPS Pathways offers in-person and virtual events designed to meet the growing and evolving needs of educators everywhere. These professional learning opportunities are thoughtfully crafted to provide educators with fresh insights, practical strategies and research-based approaches that can be immediately applied in their classrooms.
Whether attending an interactive workshop or joining a dynamic virtual session, participants gain tools that support both personal growth and student success.
Tips and Dips Webinar Series
TIPS AND DIPS
A free monthly webinar series designed to meet the evolving needs of educators.
The Power of Classroom Assessment in Multiple Languages
August 18, 2026
5:00pm-6:00pm US Central Time
In this one-hour Tips and Dips participants will be given a snapshot of our workshop for Classroom Assessments in Multiple Languages. This workshop highlights how language and culture shape assessment for multilingual learners and educators. Using case studies and discussions, educators gain research-based strategies to align assessments with students’ strengths and move beyond English-only measures.
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Autonomy in the Classroom
Promoting Autonomy Through Formative Assessment Practices
Educators will learn formative assessment strategies to track progress while developing goals, outcomes, and success indicators that empower students to self-assess, reflect, and be engaged in their learning.
Dates
- May 15, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Classroom Assessments
Unlocking Multilingual Potential: Shifting from Monolingual Measures
This workshop highlights how language and culture shape assessment for multilingual learners and educators. Using case studies and discussions, educators gain research-based strategies to align assessments with students’ strengths and move beyond English-only measures.
Dates
- November 4, 2026 (3-hour virtual)
Collaboration
Building a Collaborative Culture for Student Achievement across the School Community
Participants examine the key elements of a collaborative culture that fosters partnerships among educators, families, administrators, support staff, and outreach services to ensure the success of all students across the school community.
Dates
- January 7, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Webb’s DOK in Multilingual Classrooms: Planning for Academic Rigor and Language Development
Efforts to support language development may unintentionally lower the academic rigor of activities. This 3-hour professional learning session explores how Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) can help educators to support multilingual learners’ access to the cognitive complexity of grade-level academic standards while also supporting language development.
Dates
- December 8, 2026 (3-hour virtual)
Long-Term English Learners
Enhancing Writing Proficiency through a Literacy Learning Cycle
Participants consider effective supports for long-term Multilingual learners by exploring essential conditions to foster success. Through interactive tasks, participants examine the beliefs, actions, and labels that impact student identity and achievement, and identify strategies to strengthen LTELs’ linguistic repertoires.
Dates
- February 11, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Mathematical Reasoning
A Functional Approach to Language for Mathematical Reasoning
This workshop connects math reasoning with language development. Participants explore concrete-to-abstract strategies, analyze task language demands, and apply scaffolds to support multilingual learners in working through challenging content. Educators will learn to use Key Language Uses (KLUs) and discourse strategies in their math instruction.
Dates
- December 16, 2026 (Charlotte, NC)
- June 9, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Oracy
The Power of Oracy: A Hidden Component of Effective Instruction
Participants explore the role of oracy in building
confidence, supporting content learning, and developing language skills critical for academic success. By focusing on oracy as a foundation for learning, participants leave empowered to create classrooms where every voice is valued and every learner thrives.
Dates
- October 7, 2026 (3-hour virtual)
Tips and Dips Webinar Series
Classroom Assessments – Unlocking Multilingual Potential: Shifting from Monolingual Measures
Participants will be given a snapshot of our workshop for Classroom Assessments in Multiple Languages. This workshop highlights how language and culture shape assessment for multilingual learners and educators. Using case studies and discussions, educators gain research-based strategies to align assessments with students’ strengths and move beyond English-only measures.
Dates
- August 18, 2026 (1-hour virtual)
Translanguaging
Translanguaging as a Dynamic Language and Pedagogical Practice
Participants explore translanguaging as a practice and pedagogy that affirms multilingual repertoires. Using the Translanguaging Classroom Framework, educators will learn strategies that foster biliteracy, create equity and identity through inclusive design and instruction.
Dates
- March 4, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Unit Planning
Blueprints for Brilliance: Unit Planning to Integrate Language Development/Proficiency Standards with Content Standards
Educators explore designing content-aligned units, embedding language functions in instruction, and creating discourse-based anchor charts to support multilingual learners’ expressive language across subjects.
Dates
- September 11, 2026 (3-hour virtual)
- March 17, 2027 (Las Vegas, NV)
Writing
Enhancing Writing Proficiency through a Literacy Learning Cycle
Participants examine a genre-based approach, known as the Literacy Learning Cycle, that uses reading to develop writing skills. Writing instruction is scaffolded through each stage of the cycle, enabling Multilingual learners to become effective and informed writers across the curriculum.
Dates
- April 20, 2027 (3-hour virtual)
Dual Language Symposium 2027
Growing Together for Multilingual Learner Success | Creciendo Juntos para el Éxito de los Estudiantes Multilingües
The 9th Annual Dual Language Symposium returns on February 27, 2027, in partnership with Roosevelt University. This inspiring event brings together the dual language community to deepen our impact as educators of multilingual learners and strengthen our collective support for bilingualism.
Dates
- February 27, 2027 (Chicago, IL)
CARE Coaching
CARE Coaching is designed to help K-12 educators provide equitable educational opportunities for long-term learners through personalized coaching.
