Where’s My Noisy Classroom? Bringing Back Student Engagement After the Pandemic

Thursday February 2, 2023
9:30 - 11:00 AM
Virtual Workshop Room 1

How can we transition students from digital learning during the pandemic back to high engagement in the classroom setting? In what ways can we ensure all students have the opportunity to participate in class discussions and access content? Come explore academic language research in order to gain a deeper understanding of the impact of effective student engagement. Engage in evidence-based strategies such as oral language protocols and collaboration activities that you can use in your own classroom. Learn how to create scaffolds that support student language use and participation. Leave with resources and ideas that can quickly and easily be implemented with your students.

Presenters
Amy Gilliam

-Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Title I Academic Language Coach (6 years) -National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) English as a New Language Early and Middle Childhood -Trained in Thinking Collaborative’s Advanced Cognitive Coaching - Trained in Thinking Collaborative's Adaptive Schools -Trained in Art and Science of Presenting (WCPSS) 3-day intensive presenter facilitation training - Jeff Zwiers, WCPSS Academic Language Coaches Professional Training: Next Steps with Academic Conversation New Ideas for Improving Learning Through Classroom Talk Symposium November 2019
Angie Jones

-Wake County Public School System (WCPSS) Title I Academic Language Coach (6 years) -National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) Early Childhood Education -Trained in Thinking Collaborative’s Advanced Cognitive Coaching and Adaptive Schools -Trained in Art and Science of Presenting (WCPSS) 3-day intensive presenter facilitation training -Jeff Zwiers, WCPSS Academic Language Coaches Professional Training: Next Steps with Academic Conversation New Ideas for Improving Learning Through Classroom Talk symposium November 2019
Lara Randby

Lara Randby is the Lead Academic Language Coach for Title I funded schools in Wake County, North Carolina. She has 20 years of experience teaching and coaching for student engagement and academic language development. Ms. Randby has collaborated with a team of Academic Language coaches to create, implement, revise and improve a framework for academic language coaching in elementary and secondary schools. The team builds teachers’ capacity to improve student learning through student engagement, academic language development, classroom discourse, and oral language development. The team has created and published a tool to measure classroom implementation of strategies, and collaborated with district professionals to implement a study linking language development strategies to student growth. NBCT Middle Childhood Generalist, M.S.A. Certified LETRS district trainer
Denise Zawada

- WCPSS Academic Language Coach (6 years) - National Board Certified Teacher (NBCT) Reading/ Language Arts Early-Middle Childhood - Johns Hopkins University EdD Doctoral Candidate, Specialization in Urban Education, Dissertation Topic: Title I Elementary Students Access to Effective Teachers - Jeff Zwiers, WCPSS Academic Language Coaches: Next Steps with Academic Conversation New Ideas for Improving Learning Through Classroom Talk professional training -Thinking Collaborative Advanced Cognitive Coach Trained -Thinking Collaborative Adaptive Schools Trained - Art and Science of Presenting (Wake County Public Schools)- 3 day intensive training on professional development facilitation
type:
Virtual Workshop
theme:
Instruction
audience:
classroom leaders
tags:
diversity, equity, inclusion