Event Sponsor: 

Mandan Public Schools

Event Contact Name: 

Perry Just

Position or Title: 

Director of Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment

Event Contact Phone: 

(701) 751-6525

Event Contact Email: 

perry.just@msd1.org

Event Location: 

Mandan Public Schools

Event Start Date: 

Tuesday, May 28, 2019

Event End Date: 

Friday, May 31, 2019

Objective and Outcomes: 

Upon completion of this course, participants will: • Associate research-based principles of instruction with specific strategies.
Become familiar with the 100-page GO TO Strategies booklet.
Participate in strategy demonstrations during the workshop and plan classroom applications.
Appreciate the necessity of including all learners in the classroom conversation and learn strategies for their inclusion.
Understand how academic language contributes to classroom achievement levels.
Learn how to create language objectives that correlate to classroom content.
Begin to use a planning framework that scaffolds content lessons by integrating strategies at various points in the lesson.
Leave with abundant resources for scaffolding instruction for ELLs, including the GO TO Strategy materials and other planning tools.

Resources/Course Materials: 

We will be providing a follow-up Canvas course for staff to access videos of the event and the GoTo strategies booklet and participate in an online discussion forum.