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Professional Development Workshop

Saturday, May 5, 2007 at 9:00 AM (ET)

Takoma Park, MD

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Ticket Type Sales End Price Fee Quantity
Member Ended $25.00 $0.00
Non-member Ended $30.00 $0.00
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Event Details

Literacy Skills for English Language Learners 

Saturday, May 5th, 2007

9:00 a.m.—12:00 p.m.
Breakfast starts at 8:30 a.m.

Montgomery College, Takoma Park Campus
7977 Georgia Avenue Silver Spring, MD 20910
Health Sciences Center, Rooms 119 & 120

Please contact Meg Montee (mmontee@cal.org) or Christina Cavella (ccavella@cal.org) if you have any questions. 

 A workshop flyer and mail-in registration form are available at www.watesol.org

Workshop Overview

In order for English language learners to have access to academic content, they must develop strong literacy skills.  In this interactive workshop, participants will be introduced to strategies for building student literacy. The workshop will cover strategies for teaching language and content, effective activities for promoting reading and writing skills, and ways to integrate all four language skills (reading, writing, listening, and speaking) into literacy activities. In addition, participants will complete a self-evaluation and reflect on their own languages courses. This workshop is appropriate for K-12 ESOL teachers.

Workshop Presenter

Audrey Kratovil teaches ESL at TC Williams High School in Alexandria, VA. She holds a BA in Spanish and an MAT in ESL from Georgetown University. Audrey has taught English overseas in Spain, as well as in the United States. She currently serves as a founding member of TC Williams' Literacy Council and gives regular professional development workshops to her colleagues on literacy strategies in the classroom specifically targeted at the ESL population. Audrey is also fluent in Spanish.   

Directions and Parking

The Health Sciences Center is located at the Takoma Park, MD campus of Montgomery College.  There is no parking directly next to the building.  However, free shuttle service from the nearest parking garage will be provided. The parking garage is located off of FentonStreet. 

The shuttle from the parking garage to the building will run from 8:00 am to 9:30 am and again from 12:00 pm to 1:00 pm. You can also reach the building by walking from the garage, down Fenton Street, and across a pedestrian bridge, but the shuttle service is recommended.  For more information, see http://www.montgomerycollege.edu/maps/tpvic.html. The campus is also located less than one mile north of the Takoma Metro stop on the Red line.