Regional Events AND FORUMS

Event Podcasts

The Southeast Comprehensive Center is pleased to feature podcasts from its 2008 English as a Second Language institute titled Jazzin’ It Up: A Medley of Notes for Creating a Culture That Supports English Language Learners. This regional event was held November 5–7, 2008, in New Orleans, Louisiana. Nationally recognized speakers presented key topics, such as emerging ELL communities and key considerations for state education agencies (Kristina Anstrom, EdD), teaching academic language to ELLs (Mabel Rivera, PhD), a framework for developing high-quality English language proficiency standards and assessments (Edynn Sato, PhD), and academic language across grade levels and content areas (Robin Scarcella, PhD). Click the presenter’s name below to access a podcast of the presentation.