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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
This monthly webinar series is free and designed around the needs of educators. It’s a wonderful community that supports each other through collaboration, problem-solving and ideation. Join us for these learning and professional development opportunities.
- November 4, 2025
“Creating Shared Ownership and Collaboration for English Learner Success”
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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
- November 17, 2025 (virtual)
- November 24, 2025 (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
- January 12, 2026 (Las Vegas, NV)
- May 29, 2026 (Seattle, WA)
Collaboration
Building a Collaborative Culture for Student Achievement across the School Community
Participants will explore collaborative practices that unite educators, families, administrators, support staff, and outreach services to build strong partnerships and ensure every student thrives within the school community.
Dates
- January 16 & 23, 2026 (virtual)
- April 21, 2026 (New Jersey)
- June 25, 2026 (Boston, MA)
Depth of Knowledge (DOK)
Unlocking Rigor: Practical Applications of Webb’s Depth of Knowledge Framework
This session introduces Webb’s Depth of Knowledge (DOK) to evaluate cognitive complexity, address misconceptions, and apply it to teaching, curriculum, and assessment. Educators will learn strategies to integrate DOK into instructional practice.
Dates
- December 3, 2025 (El Paso, TX)
- February 11, 2026 (El Paso, TX)
- February 6, 2026 (virtual)
- February 13, 2026 (virtual)
- June 5, 2026 (San Antonio, TX)
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 1, 2025 (virtual)
Multi-Modal Instruction
Designing Multi-Modal Instruction to Meet the Needs of Learners in a K-12 Setting
Participants explore Universal Design for Learning as a framework to differentiate instruction. This approach utilizes multiple means of representation, expression, and engagement to ensure that all learners access and succeed with grade-level content.
Dates
- October 21, 2025 (virtual)
- October 27, 2025 (virtual)
- March 3, 2026 (Albuquerque, NM)
- March 24, 2026 (virtual)
- April 2, 2026 (virtual)
- May 14, 2026 (virtual)
- May 15, 2026 (virtual)
Newcomers
Empowering Newcomers for Academic Success
This workshop equips educators with practical strategies to empower newcomer students and support their success in academic classrooms.
Dates
- January 16, 2026 (Portland, OR)
- March 25, 2026 (Hawai’i)
- May 21, 2026 (Chicago, IL)
- June 25, 2026 (virtual)
- July 2, 2026 (virtual)
Newcomers
Catching the Moving Target: Guiding Newcomers to Mastery
This workshop is based on the book Catching the Moving Target: Guiding Newcomers to Mastery and offers compelling and practical steps for educators, leaders and decision-makers seeking to redesign how schools support newcomer multilingual learners.
Dates
- December 5, 2025 (St. Louis, MO)
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
- April 9, 2026 (virtual)
- May 14, 2026 (virtual)
Unit Planning
Blueprints for Brilliance: Designing Units with the ELD Standards Framework
Educators explore the 2020 WIDA ELD Standards Framework by designing content-aligned units, embedding language functions in instruction, and creating discourse-based anchor charts to support multilingual learners’ expressive language across subjects.
Dates
- March 24, 2026 (virtual)
Dual Language Symposium
Una sinfonía de idiomas | A Symphony of Languages
The 8th Annual Dual Language Symposium will be held at Roosevelt University’s Schaumburg campus. The symposium brings the dual language community together to strengthen our work as educators of language learners and as advocates for bilingualism.
Dates
- February 28, 2026 – Roosevelt University, Schaumburg, IL
Family Engagement
Building Community through Family Engagement
This workshop highlights the value of community and effective family partnerships. Educators will learn how engaging families as resources and honoring culture builds an inclusive, student-centered learning environment.
Dates
- Coming soon
CARE Coaching
CARE Coaching is designed to help K-12 educators provide equitable educational opportunities for long-term learners through personalized coaching.
