2020 - 2021 DL/I Webinar Series
The NCDPI Dual Language/Immersion (DL/I) Team provides support related to implementing K-12 DL/I programs effectively, including an annual webinar series. These broadcasts are scheduled from 3:30 - 5:30 pm Eastern on Thursdays, and have a variety of updates and resources for DL/I education, along with a featured professional learning topic and guest speakers.
All K - 12 DL/I administrators, teachers, post-secondary instructors, professors, and researchers are welcome!
Please review this year's offerings described below, which are also posted on the Webinar Series page of the DL/I Google Site.
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Renewal Credits & Archived Materials Available
Individuals who actively participate in the live broadcast of a webinar from NCDPI DL/I can earn contact hour(s) towards a CEU for licensure renewal. The contact hour comes in the form of an email with an attached certificate approximately 2 weeks after the broadcast.
Note: Local Education Agencies (LEAs) or districts and charter schools, also called Public School Units (PSUs), must approve professional development offerings.
An archive of the materials from each webinar (presentation slides, handouts, hyperlinks, etc.) and a recording of the broadcast are posted approximately 1 week following the live broadcast so that these materials can be used and/or adapted for local professional development.
Click on the date(s) below to go to the registration form for each broadcast.
DL/I Summer Webinar on Online & Virtual Resources
This session's professional learning focus will be on online and virtual resources for DL/I classrooms to help teachers bridge gaps and scaffold content so that students continue to build proficiency in the language they’re learning. We will continue to use the K-12 DL/I Programs bridging document, as well as other statewide curriculum supports. Guest speakers from various North Carolina DL/I programs will be sharing their local planning, professional development, and processes for implementing online and virtual resources.
DL/I Fall Webinar on Building a Strong K-12 DL/I Sequence
This session's professional learning focus will be on building a strong K-12 DL/I sequence and its benefits to individual students, local communities, and our state. We will draw on the K-12 DL/I Bridging document linked above and feature guest speakers from various North Carolina DL/I programs to share their DL/I program success stories and their strategies for recruiting and retaining DL/I teachers, coordinators, administrators, and others.
DL/I Winter Webinar on Professional Learning
This session's professional learning focus will include an overview of state, regional, and national opportunities from various organizations. Guest speakers will feature the programs at North Carolina’s universities that help prepare administrators and teachers to better lead and support educators and students in DL/I programs.
DL/I Spring Webinar on Advocacy & Community Buy-in
This session's professional learning focus will be on advocacy and community buy-in, including North Carolina’s Global Education recognitions for students (Global Languages Endorsement or Seal of Biliteracy), schools (Global-Ready School), and districts (Global-Ready District), along with other designations from various programs and international partners. Guest speakers from across the state will showcase how DL/I programs have revitalized their communities and galvanized support for graduates who are bilingual and biliterate, ensuring that they have the capacity to engage in a globally-collaborative society.
Other DL/I Professional Learning
Here are a variety of upcoming professional learning (PL) offerings from different organizations outside of NCDPI that may be of interest to DL/I teachers and administrators, including conferences, institutes, meetings, workshops, and webinars.
Lists of PL offerings are updated on an ongoing basis to be shared on the listservs and the Other DL/I PL page on the DL/I Google Site. Please use the links to check for updates as they are posted.
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Note: The inclusion of any professional learning opportunity on this list from other entities does NOT constitute endorsement or verification by the North Carolina Department of Public Instruction (NCDPI).
August 25 @ 4:30 - 5:30 pm: CASEL's Restarting the School Year with SEL: Live Q&A Chat for Educators
August 29 @ 8:30 am - 4:00 pm: Virtual Georgia Dual Immersion Institute (GADII)
September 5 @ 10:00 am - 4:00 pm: CLTA-NC's Annual Conference, Recalibrate Chinese Programs in NC: Opportunities and Challenges during Online/Hybrid Teaching
September 10 @ 4:00 - 5:00 pm: NCDPI LinguaFolio Webinar for the Beginning of 2020-2021
September 14 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm: DLeNM Social Emotional Learning Virtually: Starting your Year with an Attention to Balance
September 16 @ 4:00 - 5:00 pm: NCDPI Implementation of WLES #4 Culture Webinar
September 17 - 18: Teaching for Biliteracy Online Fall Institute
September 18 @ 11:00 am - 5:00 pm: DLeNM Virtual Dual Language Instruction: Maintaining Dual Language Programs in a Virtual Learning Environment
September 21 @ 4:00 - 5:00 pm: NCDPI & UNC Global's Learning through Languages (LtL) Informational Webinar
September 30 - October 1: Teaching for Biliteracy Online Fall Institute
October 9, 16, 23 @ 8:30 am - 12:30 pm: DL/I Administrator Modules
October 9 - 10: Online Community-Based Heritage Language Schools Conference
October 9 - 11: Virtual FLANC Fall Conference
DL/I Administrator Modules
NCDPI welcomes Dr. Joan Lachance, UNC Charlotte, for a three-session course designed to support Dual Language/Immersion (DL/I) administrators in North Carolina. The course explores DL/I programmatic design, support, and expansion. This course has a maximum of 40 participants and is broadcast on Fridays at 8:30 am - 12:30 pm on October 9, 16, and 23. Here is the registration link.
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