MCPS DELME So great to see the team from @123conandres! They were so gracious and sang with us and took a picture with us. We are clearly having a good laugh.

This was a hard and humbling week. Gratitude heals 💙

"Everything changes, nothing is lost" by artist Katie Griesar #HappyNewYear 💙

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This week, the Elementary ELD 1st Year Cohort used these 2 great resources to align scaffolds to a lesson's language demands AND our students' linguistic profiles. They are ready to return to their schools to share their learning! 💪🏽 MCPS DELME SupportEd WIDA™

Kinder entering & emerging #MLL students are learning about rainforest animals! 🦜 This time around, we added color-coding to distinguish verbs/nouns/adjectives on our modified sentence patterning chart & Ss are building more complex sentences! #TESOL #literacy #ELL #ESL #MLLChat

MCPS DELME We had a great day of learning for our SLIFE ELA & Math PLCs. From a fishbowl on collaborative planning in ELA w/ specific decisions about SLIFE, to collaboration & asset based focus during math planning/ instruction, the learning was great! Thank You math & ELA teams!

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4 of 6 All ELD PD ✅. ELD teachers 🎸 We reviewed WIDA™ tools with a Heads Up game, and learned about the 4R’s and the 9 dimensions of scaffolding highlighted in Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld Co-planning text MCPS DELME @TeachbiahG Tamara Hewlett, Ed.D. Julianne Foster Norma Villavicencio @LaProfeBilingue

🤓 all the learning!! I'm very grateful to work with and learn from this team.

Carrying this energy all the way through the 2023-2024 school year 💛 #sharedresponsibility

MCPS DELME Day 3 of New Educator Orientation has wrapped! The energy from our elementary and secondary ELD teachers is soooooo energizing. We can’t wait to continue our learning and growing with them. Our students are going to have a great year!

¡¡Felicidades Mr_Yared_V !! 🎉 Our department and the students we serve are the most fortunate to have you leading us!

🌟Celebrating our dedicated 1st and 2nd year ELD teachers who attended professional development this week! 📚 Their commitment to fostering ELD and creating inclusive classrooms is inspiring. 🌍Keep shining as you work to empower our EMLs! ✨

MCPS DELME So honored to meet Shereen Marisol Meraji at the WIDA™ #WIDA2023 conference. Listen to the podcast if you haven’t yet- NPR's Code Switch.

#WIDA2023 was an amazing experience! I engaged in essential learning, strengthened my commitment to serving EMLs, and observed several of my MCPS DELME colleagues share their expertise while presenting. 10/10 would recommend!

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