WI Education Convention

A Glass Half-Full: Moving Towards Assets-Based Policies and Practices to Uplift English Learners (Room WI Center 201 CD)

24 Jan 19
1:45 PM - 2:45 PM

Tracks: Student Achievement

Speaker(s): Laurie Burgos, Director of Equity, Verona Area

This session will provide school board members and district-level leaders with methods to review and reframe policies and practices to engage and uplift English language learners and build relationships with their families. Presenters will outline examples of pathways to identify and develop linguistically talented students to graduate with high levels of academic success and achieve the Wisconsin Seal of Biliteracy. Participants will take part in a variety of hands-on activities to experience how it feels to experience school as a second language/English learner.