WIDA Led Professional Learning
ALSDE 2026-2027
WIDA Virtual Workshops
Scaffolding Learning Through Language
Scaffolding Learning Through Language
📅 Dates: Thursdays, December 10 & 17
🕘 Time: 9:00–10:30 a.m. CT
💻 Format: Virtual
👥 Audience: All educators of multilingual learners
🎟️ Capacity: 60 participants
This two-part webinar series helps educators engage multilingual learners in rigorous, grade-level content through a balance of challenge and support. Participants will explore practical scaffolding strategies that build on students’ strengths, foster a collaborative classroom community, and support increasingly independent language use and learning.
Participants will examine both micro- and macro-scaffolding practices and develop an action plan for applying these strategies in their own instructional setting.
Includes: Two live webinars and online resources
Expanding Reading Instruction with Multilingual Learners
Expanding Reading Instruction With Multilingual Learners
📅 Dates: Wednesdays, March 3 & 10, 2027
🕘 Time: 9:00–10:30 a.m. CT
💻 Format: Virtual
👥 Audience: Educators interested in supporting reading for multilingual learners
🎟️ Capacity: 60 participants
This two-part webinar series offers practical ideas for making reading instruction more effective, expansive, and inclusive for multilingual learners. Participants will explore how reading develops for multilingual learners and identify ways to build upon current instructional practices while increasing meaningful interaction and engagement.
Participants will leave with an actionable strategy for expanding reading instruction in their own setting.
Includes: Two live webinars and online resources
WIDA ACCESS Score Reports for Instruction
📅 Date: May 13, 2027
🕘 Time: 9:00–10:30 a.m. CT
💻 Format: Virtual
👥 Audience: WIDA test administrators and coordinators
🎟️ Capacity: 100 participants
This webinar provides an overview of WIDA ACCESS score reports for educators who administer or coordinate WIDA assessments in grades K–12. Participants will explore the purpose of WIDA ACCESS, the different types of score reports and their uses, and effective ways to share score information with educators and families.
Please note: This session will be recorded and posted in the WIDA Secure Portal. It does not replace required online training courses or certification quizzes.
This offering is currently in development, and details are subject to change.
WIDA Sessions at AMTESOL & MEGA
When Language and Disability Meet
📅 Date: January 28, 2027
📍 Location: Birmingham
🎤 Event: AMTESOL Regional Conference
🕘 Sessions: Morning and afternoon presentations
This conference session will explore considerations that arise when multilingual learners may also have a disability. Additional session and registration details will be shared as they become available.
Conference registration will be required.
Assessments and Score Reports
📅 Date: July 2027; exact date to be announced
📍 Location: Mobile
🎤 Event: Alabama MEGA Conference
🕘 Sessions: Morning and afternoon presentations
This conference session will focus on WIDA assessments and score reports, including how assessment information can support educators and multilingual learners.
Additional session and registration details will be shared as they become available.
Conference registration will be required.
