Opportunities to engage with MLRC to explore research insights into teaching multilingual learners.
MLRC Speaker Series: Madigan Peercy et al
Megan Madigan Peercy, Johanna Tigert, Daisy Fredricks, & Melanie Hardy-Skeberdis present Leveraging Core Practices to Support Teachers’ Humanizing Pedagogy with MLLs. Registration required. In 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 […]
MLRC Speaker Series: Madigan Peercy et al
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. This 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 […]
Research Symposium: Vietnam
Saigon South International School 78 Nguyễn Đức Cảnh, Tân Phong, Quận 7, Thành phố Hồ Chí Minh, Viet NamThe MLRC Research Symposia are two-day in-person workshops focused on 1) evidence about teaching multilingual learners and 2) designing action research projects. After the workshop, teams receive ongoing synchronous and asynchronous virtual support from the MLRC and from their fellow participants as they engage in action research projects to explore problems of practice in the local […]
Speaker Series: Megan Montee
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. Registration required.
Webinar: Accelerating Improvement through Action Research
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 […]
Speaker Series: Xuan Zhou
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 […]
Research Symposium: Italy
Marymount International School Rome Via di Villa Lauchli, 180,, Roma, ItalyThe MLRC Research Symposia are two-day in-person workshops focused on 1) evidence about teaching multilingual learners and 2) designing action research projects. After the workshop, teams receive ongoing synchronous and asynchronous virtual support from the MLRC and from their fellow participants as they engage in action research projects to explore problems of practice in the […]
MLRC Speaker Series: Trish Morita-Mullaney
Dr. Trish Morita-Mullaney from Purdue University will present "Lau and Brown at Odds? Historicizing Language Rights and Racial Integration for Transformative Education" This 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 […]
Research Symposia: Argentina
Lincoln - The American International School Andrés Ferreyra 4073, La Lucila, Provincia de Buenos Aires, ArgentinaThe MLRC Research Symposia are two-day in-person workshops focused on 1) evidence about teaching multilingual learners and 2) designing action research projects. After the workshop, teams receive ongoing synchronous and asynchronous virtual support from the MLRC and from their fellow participants as they engage in action research projects to explore problems of practice in the local context. […]
MLRC Speaker Series: Igone Arteagoitia
Igone Arteagoitia presents Exemplary Dual Language Bilingual Education Programs: What does it take? Dual 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 […]
Speaker Series: Narék Sahakyan
Examining Multilingual Learners’ Proficiency on Standardized Assessments: Trends and Disparities Across the WIDA Consortium Narék Sahakyan, Researcher at WIDA Thursday, April 3, 2025 1 - 2 p.m. CST on Zoom Register Each year, hundreds of thousands of students enroll in American schools and are identified as English learners (ELs). These multilingual students retain their EL […]
Speaker Series: Christine Montecillo Leider & Christina L. Dobbs
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. […]