Participants will develop high-impact strategies to help elevate multilingual children and families in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC) settings, including those identified as English Learners (ELs) and ELs with a disability. We will explore developmentally appropriate play-based classroom practices, language and literacy development strategies. Participants will walk away with increased practical, everyday strategies and print resources for themselves, and the families they serve.
Gateways Topics: Developmentally Appropriate Practice, Early Literacy, Cultural and Individual Diversity
Gateways Content Areas: (E) Interactions, Relationships and Environments
Gateways CDA Content Areas: (8) Child Development
Audience
Administrators/Coordinators/Directors/Principals
Assistant Principals
Home Visitors
Occupational Therapists
Parent Educators/Family Specialists
School Psychologists
Social Workers
Speech/Language Pathologists
Superintendents
Teacher Assistants/Paraprofessionals
Teachers
Topic
DIV = Diverse Learners
Levels of learning
Introductory