Skip to content
Content
{{CurrentPage.Topics.DisplayName}} {{CurrentPage.Subtopic_x0020_Level_x0020_1}}

{{CurrentPage.Title}}

The Illinois State Board of Education, in partnership with WIDA, sponsors the professional development sessions featured on this webpage. Registration is limited to three individuals per school district. All sessions are provided at no cost, funded by public resources, and are therefore open exclusively to current public educators. For inquiries about these workshops, please contact multilingual@isbe.net. Educators will earn professional development hours upon completing any workshop listed here. Webinars and self-paced e-workshops will issue a certificate of completion to participants at the conclusion of each course. Participants must download the certificate and email a copy to multilingual@isbe.net. An ISBE-approved evidence of completion form will then be sent via email to educators, enabling them to log the professional development hours in their ELIS account.​

  • ​​Are you an educator looking for ideas on how to request for permission to participate in a WIDA professional development (PD) session? You may use the Facilitated eWorkshop Principal Letter templatePDF Document from WIDA for an idea on how to request for participation in these PDs.
  • Are you an administrator wanting to share the WIDA professional development opportunities with your educators? Feel free to distribute this WIDA Professional Development flyerPDF Document to them.​

In-Person Workshops

Hybrid Workshops
​

Live Webinars

Self-Paced E-Workshops

​​To register and access the self-paced e-workshops, please create a WIDA Secure Portal.

For any questions, please e-mail the Multilingual/Language Development Department at multilingual@isbe.net​

  • Developing Language for Learning in Mathematics
  • Engaging Multilingual Learners in Science: Making Sense of Phenomena
  • Exploring the WIDA PreK-3 Essential Actions
  • Let’s Play! Multilingual Children’s Joyful Learning in PreK-3 (NEW!)
  • Making Language Visible in the Classroom
  • Newcomers: Promoting Success through Strengthening Practice
  • Reading Comprehension Across Content Areas with Multilingual Learners (NEW!)
  • Reframing Education for Long-term English Learners
  • Teaching Multilingual Learners Social Studies through Multiple Perspectives (Updated)
  • The WIDA ELD Standards Framework: A Collaborative Approach
  • WIDA Español: Evaluaciones del desarrollo del lenguaje a nivel de salón -Classroom assessment for language development (NEW for Spring!)

* * * This page has been archived. The content on this page may no longer be in effect. * * *

Contact Information