Promoting Asset-based Science Teaching for Emergent Language Learners (PASTEL) Cohort 1 PLCs 2022-2023

Overview 

This course aims to support elementary teachers in deepening their understanding and practice of interdisciplinary ways of teaching science, literacy, and language for multilingual students.

Learning Objectives

  • We will explore connections between science, literacy, language for justice-oriented teaching practices.
  • We will analyze problems of practice that arise from implementing interdisciplinary, asset-based approaches to thinking about science and literacy teaching with multilingual students.
  • We will discuss how interdisciplinary ways of approaching teaching science and literacy support multilingual student learning. 

Course Details

  • Up to 14 clock hours
  • Dates: 12/5/22, 1/28/23, 2/23/23,3/27/23, 5/6/23, 5/22/23
  • Time: 4:30-6:00pm all dates except 1/28/23 and 5/6/23 which will be 9:00am- 1:00pm.