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Created by Stephanie Michaels, Lois Smith & [|Heather Vlach]

Today’s influx of students from linguistically diverse backgrounds increases the need for educators to both deepen their understanding about this population, and become well-trained in effective, collaborative practices that can support diverse learning needs. This workshop is applicable for all educators working with linguistically diverse learners, K-12.

3-day Workshop Objectives: > "All our students deserve to dream. Teachers and schools are in the best position for ‘creating a chance’ to do so. This means developing conditions in schools that let students know that they have the right to envision other possibilities beyond those imposed by traditional barriers of race, gender, or social class. It means, even more importantly, that those barriers can no longer be viewed as impediments of learning”
 * Deepen our understanding regarding linguistically diverse learners through research
 * Learn about supportive collaboration models that can transform our practices to embrace all students, fostering a community of successful learners regardless of linguistic abilities.
 * Understand how standardized testing impacts linguistically diverse learners, and explore alternative, authentic assessments to gain a deeper understanding of our linguistically diverse students' competencies
 * Nieto, 1992**

