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SUMMARY:
DESCRIPTION:On March 5th\, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM US Central Time\, Ofelia Castro Schepers will present “Beyond Individual Trauma: Linguicism\, Accountability\, and Teachers’ Perceptions of How Trauma-Informed Practices Support Multilingual Learners.” This presentation will look at how trauma-informed teaching connects with issues like linguistic racism and the pressures of high‑stakes testing. Drawing on qualitative data from a longitudinal mixed-methods study of P–12 educators\, it explores how teachers understand and use trauma-informed practices with multilingual students. While many teachers are becoming more aware of the emotional side of learning a new language\, few recognize how language discrimination or English‑only accountability systems can create trauma themselves. \nPlease register in advance.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/5375/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20260205T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20260205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20260113T165943Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20260113T165943Z
UID:5310-1770296400-1770300000@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Janette Avelar
DESCRIPTION:On February 5th\, 1:00 PM – 2:00 PM US Central Time\, Janette Avelar will present “Who is Seen as Gifted? Intersectional Patterns in Multilingual Learners’ Identification and Educational Opportunities.” This presentation will examine which multilingual learners are identified for Talented and Gifted programs and how access to advanced coursework varies after identification. Using statewide longitudinal data from Oregon and a multilevel\, intersectional analytic approach\, the study documents uneven patterns of course access among multilingual learners labeled as gifted. \nPlease register in advance.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-janette-avelar/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20251002T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20251002T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250911T154747Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250916T135312Z
UID:4824-1759410000-1759413600@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Andrea L. Ochoa
DESCRIPTION:Andrea L. Ochoa\, Ph.D.\, examined interview data collected from school principals across California during the 2022–23 academic year. Using a modified social justice policy implementation framework\, her analysis revealed themes related to principals’ depth of understanding regarding their staff and community\, how their school policies address or neglect the needs of multilingual learners\, and the extent to which school leaders’ beliefs and perceptions inform practical decision making. This talk will elucidate how the principals’ understanding of the needs and characteristics of a school community informs their policy and program decisions.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/mlrc-speaker-series-andrea-l-ochoa/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20250904T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20250904T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250812T155611Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250812T155611Z
UID:4660-1756990800-1756994400@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Elenita Irizarry-Ramos
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Irizarry-Ramos will share findings from a mixed-methods study examining how Massachusetts supports sustainable\, high-quality dual language bilingual education through data-informed policy and technical assistance. Integrating quantitative and qualitative data\, her research examines program characteristics\, implementation barriers\, and policy needs—insights that have directly informed new state guidance for fostering equitable DLBE programs. Register in advance.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-irizarry-ramos/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series
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DTSTART;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T080000
DTEND;TZID=America/New_York:20250805T090000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250715T191727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250722T200928Z
UID:4541-1754380800-1754384400@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Intro to the MLRC School Network Webinar
DESCRIPTION:Learn about the Multilingual Learning Research Center (MLRC) School Network. This webinar is for educators and administrators at independent and international schools who want to learn more about joining the MLRC School Network\, or for new members who want to get the most out of their membership. \nRegister \n8:00-9:00am Central Daylight Time (GMT -5)
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/intro-to-the-mlrc-school-network-webinar/
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250612T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250612T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250502T203541Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250502T203541Z
UID:3898-1749733200-1749736800@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: June 12th Dr. Nicolette Grant Presents "The Lived Experiences of International Dual Language Immersion Teachers Working in North Carolina"
DESCRIPTION:Substantial longitudinal research indicated that well-implemented dual language immersion programs are highly effective instructional models for multilingual learners (Thomas and Collier\, 2017). With the increased popularity of these programs and a shortage of certified educators across the United States\, securing bilingual teachers is challenging. This presentation shares the findings from a qualitative study of seven international Latinx teachers in North Carolina and provides recommendations for the onboarding and retention practices. \nPlease register in advance!
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-june-12th-dr-nicolette-grant-presents-the-lived-experiences-of-international-dual-language-immersion-teachers-working-in-north-carolina/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250501T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250501T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250416T221442Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250416T221524Z
UID:3814-1746104400-1746108000@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Christine Montecillo Leider & Christina L. Dobbs
DESCRIPTION:Drs. Montecillo Leider and Dobbs present “Conceptualizing Teachers’ Beliefs about Linguistic Diversity: The Relationship between Beliefs about Language Learning and Sociopolitical Beliefs about Language” Research shows that teacher dispositions significantly influence their practices\, particularly regarding cultural\, linguistic\, and ethnic diversity. In language education\, these dispositions encompass beliefs about language learning and attitudes toward language diversity. This study examines teacher dispositions holistically\, revealing through factor analysis a nuanced relationship between beliefs about how language is learned and views on language diversity\, emphasizing the complexity of teaching culturally and linguistically diverse learners. \nRegistration required
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-christine-montecillo-leider-christina-l-dobbs/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250403T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250403T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250317T195727Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250317T195727Z
UID:3694-1743685200-1743688800@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Narék Sahakyan
DESCRIPTION:Examining Multilingual Learners’ Proficiency on Standardized Assessments: Trends and Disparities Across the WIDA Consortium\nNarék Sahakyan\, Researcher at WIDA\nThursday\, April 3\, 2025 1 – 2 p.m. CST on Zoom \nRegister\nEach year\, hundreds of thousands of students enroll in American schools and are identified as English learners (ELs). These multilingual students retain their EL status until they reach state-established criteria for English proficiency\, as measured through annual standardized English language assessments. Dr. Sahakyan’s work examines multilingual students’ English proficiency in WIDA Consortium states\, assessing the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on outcomes and documenting disparities between multiple EL subgroups. \nLearn more about the MLRC Speaker Series
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/narek/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250306T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250306T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250220T224258Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250220T224327Z
UID:3630-1741266000-1741269600@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Igone Arteagoitia
DESCRIPTION:Igone Arteagoitia presents Exemplary Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs: What does it take?\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nDual language bilingual education (DLBE) programs are diverse in contexts\, and have variation in implementation\, making it more difficult to determine what factors contribute to their success. For that reason\, it is critical to compile evidence from successful DLBE programs to provide a basis for replication and to achieve better fidelity of implementation of these programs\, especially as the demand continues to grow. Using the Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education (Howard et al.\, 2018) as a framework\, we set out to document some of the characteristics observed in two DLBE programs on the basis of students’ reading performance (Arteagoitia & Yen\, 2020). \nRegister in advance
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/mlrc-speaker-series-igone-arteagoitia/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250206T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250206T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20250122T221848Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250122T223258Z
UID:3551-1738846800-1738850400@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Trish Morita-Mullaney
DESCRIPTION:Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney from Purdue University will present “Lau and Brown at Odds? Historicizing Language Rights and Racial Integration for Transformative Education” \nThis talk will explore two landmark Supreme Court cases: Lau v. Nichols (1974) and Brown v. Board of Education (1954). Dr. Morita-Mullaney will examine how these cases intersected and sometimes conflicted in their approaches to racial and linguistic equity in education. The presentation will focus on the perspectives of Chinese American educators and activists\, offering insights into the complexities of building both racial and linguistic equity in our educational systems. Register in advance.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/mlrc-speaker-series-trish-morita-mullaney/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20250109T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20250109T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20241213T213840Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241213T214050Z
UID:3445-1736427600-1736431200@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Xuan Zhou
DESCRIPTION:Xuan Zhou presents Urban STEM Teachers’ Social-Emotional Competencies and Teaching Efficacy in Post-Pandemic Workplace on January 9th\, 2025. This study investigated science\, technology\, engineering\, and mathematics teachers’ social-emotional competencies\, professional development in social-emotional learning\, and teaching self-efficacy in urban secondary schools serving many English learners. Findings revealed significant gaps in teaching self-efficacy and social-emotional competencies following the pandemic\, with limited engagement in professional development focused on social-emotional learning. \nRegister here.\n \nThis study examined the status of STEM teachers’ Social-Emotional Competencies (SEC)\, PD engagement in social-emotional learning (SEL)\, and level of teaching self-efficacy (TSE) in urban secondary public schools that serve students with a large proportion of English learners. Results show that there are significant gaps between the current and optimal status of urban STEM teachers’ TSE and SEC during the post-pandemic workplace. Moreover\, this study found urban STEM teachers lacked PD engagement in SEL during the post-pandemic\, and their PD engagement in SEL was identified as having significant impacts on the promotion of STEM teachers’ TSE via their SEC. \n 
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-xuan-zhou/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241210T093000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241210T103000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20241205T144850Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20250124T223510Z
UID:3397-1733823000-1733826600@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Webinar: Accelerating Improvement through Action Research
DESCRIPTION:We’re thrilled to partner with AMISA to bring you an insightful webinar on supporting multilingual learners. Join Jon Nordmeyer\, MLRC School Network Director\, and Dr. Esther Bettney Heidt\, MLRC School Network Researcher\, to discover how research-based strategies can help you create a more inclusive and effective learning environment for your students. Don’t miss this valuable opportunity to enhance your approach to multilingual education! \nResearch is essential to design\, evaluate\, and improve learning – and connecting practical wisdom with systemic tools of inquiry closes the gap between research and practice. Many international school leaders want to develop their school’s capacity to engage with and in educational research\, and accreditation standards often point to collaborative inquiry and action research as school improvement strategies. This session will share insights from projects designed and implemented at MLRC partner schools as well as future opportunities for international schools to participate in research. The MLRC School Network is a university-based\, research-practice partnership committed to learning about and improving outcomes for multilingual students. \nWatch Recording
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/webinar-accelerating-improvement-through-action-research/
CATEGORIES:Presentation,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20241205T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20241205T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20241114T183956Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241205T145159Z
UID:3263-1733403600-1733407200@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Megan Montee
DESCRIPTION:U.S. K-12 English language and world language education are often two divergent areas of policy and practice. Using data from a policy analysis\, Montee will discuss how U.S. language education can support of multilingual development for all students. \nRegistration required.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-megan-montee/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241107T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241107T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20241030T182605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20241030T182605Z
UID:3210-1730984400-1730988000@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Madigan Peercy et al
DESCRIPTION:Megan Madigan Peercy\, Jessica Crawford\, Daisy Fredricks\, and Loren Jones present Moving Humanizing Principles to Practice: How We’re Using Core Practices for Teaching MLLs. Registration required.  \nThis webinar provides a praxis-oriented follow-up to the October talk on core practices for teaching multilingual students. We have found that teacher educators often welcome opportunities to hear about the details of one other’s pedagogical decision-making\, but rarely get to gather these insights. In this webinar\, we discuss how we are using the core practices research and materials in our own teaching. We describe the pedagogical work the core practices entail and how approaching methods courses in this way has changed our teaching with different kinds of teacher populations. We also share empirical\, theoretical\, and pedagogical considerations and next steps in this work.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/mlrc-speaker-series-madigan-peercy-et-al/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20241017T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20241017T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20240909T181140Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240909T181205Z
UID:2952-1729170000-1729173600@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:MLRC Speaker Series: Madigan Peercy et al
DESCRIPTION:Megan Madigan Peercy\, Johanna Tigert\, Daisy Fredricks\, & Melanie Hardy-Skeberdis present Leveraging Core Practices to Support Teachers’ Humanizing Pedagogy with MLLs. Registration required. \nIn this webinar\, we share an overview of the six core practices for teaching multilingual students that we have developed in collaboration with early career teachers. These practices emerged in response to the gap that Faltis & Valdes (2016) identified regarding the lack of direction offered to teacher educators about “the kinds of knowledge\, skills\, and inclinations teachers need to develop in order to be good and effective teachers and advocates for students who are speaking a language other than English” (p. 549). We highlight the core practices\, share classroom examples\, discuss how they support teachers’ humanizing pedagogy with MLLs\, offer resources for teacher and teacher educator development\, and describe our current and future efforts to further this research.
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/2952/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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DTSTART;TZID=America/Chicago:20240905T130000
DTEND;TZID=America/Chicago:20240905T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20240730T213152Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240730T213152Z
UID:2842-1725541200-1725544800@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Jackie E. Relyea
DESCRIPTION:The MLRC Speaker Series highlights current research related to the teaching and learning of multilingual learners. Every first Thursday of the month\, a researcher or team of researchers is invited to share insights\, findings or learnings from their research. Recordings are posted within one week of the event. \nHow can young multilingual learners excel in reading and writing in English while building content knowledge in content-area classrooms? This presentation shares evidence from a randomized controlled trial on the Tier 1 content literacy intervention known as the Model of Reading Engagement (MORE). It highlights the effectiveness of MORE’s integrated approach in improving reading and writing outcomes for multilingual learners and their English-proficient peers. \nPlease register in advance. 
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-jackie-e-relyea/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20240801T130000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20240801T140000
DTSTAMP:20260405T115610
CREATED:20240703T204617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240716T195916Z
UID:2732-1722517200-1722520800@mlrc.wisc.edu
SUMMARY:Speaker Series: Haiwen Chu
DESCRIPTION:The MLRC Speaker Series highlights current research related to the teaching and learning of multilingual learners. Every first Thursday of the month\, a researcher or team of researchers is invited to share insights\, findings or learnings from their research. Recordings are posted within one week of the event. \nPlease register in advance. 
URL:https://mlrc.wisc.edu/event/speaker-series-haiwen-chu/
CATEGORIES:Speaker Series,Webinar
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