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SUMMARY:National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Presentation: Creating Long-Term\, Job-Embedded Professional Development – An Effective Approach
DESCRIPTION:Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit\nLocation: Zoom\nDate & Time: January 21\, 2026\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription:\nThis 50-minute discussion looks at the important attributes of effective professional development. Some of the aspects explored include ongoing practices and topics\, collaborative job-embedded approaches amongst educators both at the school and district level\, the inclusion of multiple stakeholders (Vega\, Howell\, Kaminski & Bates\, 2024)\, focus on evidence-based approaches\, coaching\, research\, and identified components to effect teacher and instructional changes (Ankeny\, Marichal\, & Coady (2019)\, and personal/professional reflection. The presentation will look at the key components of applicable professional development and offer suggestions on how to begin implementing an effective process (Weiss& Zweirs\, 2019) through fun\, job-embedded\, ongoing practices.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/national-committee-for-effective-literacy-ncel-virtual-summit-presentation-creating-long-term-job-embedded-professional-development-an-effective-approach/
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SUMMARY:National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Presentation: Legislating Literacy: Where are Multilingual Learners?
DESCRIPTION:Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit\nLocation: Zoom\nDate & Time: January 21\, 2026\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): Sarah Howard\, Diep Nguyen\, Keira Ballantyne \nDescription:\nWith most states mandating Science of Reading instruction in legislation\, previous investigations have looked at the different requirements of legislative mandates. However\, there has not been a thorough review of the consideration of Multilingual Learners in this policy. We explore the various ways in which Multilingual Learners are present in Science of Reading legislation via a state-by-state comparative analysis and present our summarized findings for ongoing conversations toward purposeful consideration of linguistic and cultural diversity within literacy instruction.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/national-committee-for-effective-literacy-ncel-virtual-summit-presentation-legislating-literacy-where-are-multilingual-learners/
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SUMMARY:National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit Presentation: From Words to Worlds: Multilingual Story Boxes
DESCRIPTION:Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit\nLocation: Zoom\nDate & Time: January 21\, 2026 | 9:25 AM – 10:15 AM\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): Maria Cieslak (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription:\nThis session reimagines multilingual story boxes for elementary and secondary classrooms. Participants will explore how story boxes can serve as platforms for inquiry\, identity exploration\, and literacy development across disciplines. Using five guiding principles – dialogic pedagogy\, multimodal and multilingual response\, translanguaging\, multilingual text creation\, and family and community engagement – teachers will learn how to design story box projects that connect students’ linguistic repertoires to curricular goals. Through reflection and collaborative planning\, educators will discover how storytelling can transform content learning into culturally sustaining literacy practice.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/national-committee-for-effective-literacy-ncel-virtual-summit-presentation-from-words-to-worlds-multilingual-story-boxes/
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SUMMARY:National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit: Creating Effective Professional Development Practices - The Road to Capacity Building
DESCRIPTION:Event: National Committee for Effective Literacy (NCEL) Virtual Summit\nLocation: Zoom\nDate & Time: January 21\, 2026 | 10:20 AM – 10:50 AM\nSession Format: Presentation\nPresenter(s): Marybelle Marrero-Colón (Center for Applied Linguistics) \nDescription:\nEffective PD enables educators to build capacity and expand upon the knowledge and skills they need to address students’ learning challenges (Zepeda\, 2019). In utilizing a long-term\, job-embedded approach\, teachers are provided opportunities for a greater intensity of study and implementation\, access to more follow-up support as they apply their learning\, and\, as a result\, a greater likelihood of success in classroom implementation (Coldwell\, 2017). This 30-minute presentation seeks to provide a model for capacity-building PD that highlights the use of guided lesson design\, lesson study\, and developing a training format for lead teachers and coaches. Three fun activities are included to help participants visualize the implementation process.
URL:https://www.cal.org/event/national-committee-for-effective-literacy-ncel-virtual-summit-creating-effective-professional-development-practices-the-road-to-capacity-building/
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