Discover effective ways to help today’s new arrivals learn the vocabulary and literacy skills needed for a successful transition to American schools and society. Renowned author and researcher Dr. Margarita Calderón explains how to combine targeted instruction with a supportive classroom culture, enabling Newcomers to use current technological and social-emotional terms along with traditional forms of English.
This research-based edWebinar will provide an update on effective techniques for working with Newcomers and include discussion of recent arrivals to the U.S., such as Afghan refugees, Haitians, and the Central American immigrants who speak native dialects rather than Spanish. You’ll learn about ways to:
This edWebinar will share proven ways to help Newcomers in grades 3–12 become fluent English speakers, readers, and writers, so it will be of interest to directors and supervisors of multilingual, ELL, dual language, and migrant programs, as well as principals, instructional coaches, specialists, and teachers who work with Newcomers. There will be time for questions at the end of the presentation.
About the Presenter
Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón is Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. She has worked on numerous research and development projects focusing on reading for English learners funded by the U.S. Department of Education Institute of Education Sciences, the U.S. Department of Labor, and collaborated with Harvard and the Center for Applied Linguistics on a longitudinal study funded by the NICHD.
The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded her five-year empirical study to develop Expediting Reading Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL), a comprehensive professional development model for grades 6–12 math, science, social studies, and language arts teachers that integrates language, literacy, and content. This led to the development of the effective, evidence-based program, Reading Instructional Goals for Older Readers (RIGOR), for Newcomers with interrupted formal education. Dr. Calderón has over 100 publications, is an international speaker, is invited to do keynote speeches at major conferences, and conducts comprehensive professional development programs nationally and internationally.
