AASSA 2017 – WIDA Panel: (Re)imagining EAL Programs: Multilingualism as a Resource
As international schools move towards more integrated EAL program, collaboration and inclusion have become a new norm, shifting from multilingualism as a problem to multilingualism as a resource. Representatives from WIDA schools will share how they build on student assets to develop English language proficiency.
Speakers: Jon Nordmeyer (International Programs Director, WIDA) Matt Hajdun (Director of Teaching and Learning, American School of Brasilia) Barbara Noel (Teacher, Asociación Escuelas Lincoln) Rosi Gamboa (Teacher, Colegio Franklin D. Roosevelt) Kristi Leitch ( Teacher, Carol Morgan School)
Recorded at EARJ – Barra Campus, Rio de Janeiro on April 1st, 2017