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ALL Training Series

For English Learners

ALL TrainingSeriesFor English Learners

Fall 2026 Statewide Training Opportunities Fall 2026 Statewide Training Opportunities

One Day Training! Choose your location and date and join us! One Day Training! Choose your location and date and join us!

πŸ“ Four Locations πŸ“… Eight Dates πŸ’‘ One Powerful Day of Learning

The Academic Language Learning (ALL) Training Series is coming across Alabama! Discover practical, evidence-based strategies that strengthen Tier I instruction, support English learners, and benefit every student. Participants may earn APLDS credit and clock hours.

Registration is now open. Choose your location and date and join us!

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Elementary Session

Description: The session emphasizes maintaining grade-level rigor while increasing access to content, academic vocabulary, discussion, reading, and writing. Teachers will leave with practical, research-based strategies to strengthen instruction, support language development, and improve outcomes for English learners. While these practices are designed to address the unique needs of English learners, they are high-quality instructional strategies that enhance learning, engagement, and achievement for ALL students.

Secondary Session

This session supports secondary teachers in implementing effective Tier 1 instruction for English learners across content areas. Participants will explore how to integrate academic language supports, scaffolding strategies, structured student interaction, and data-informed practices into daily instruction. The session emphasizes maintaining grade-level rigor while increasing access to content, academic vocabulary, discussion, reading, and writing. Teachers will leave with practical, high-quality instructional strategies that support language development and improve learning, engagement, and outcomes for English learners and all students.

Administrator Session

This professional learning session is designed for principals, assistant principals, and instructional leaders to strengthen their capacity to lead equitable, high-quality Tier 1 instruction for English learners (ELs). Grounded in Alabama’s commitment to ensuring access and success for all students, this session focuses on the administrator’s role in building systems that promote rigorous, standards-based instruction supported by effective scaffolds, culturally and linguistically responsive practices, and data-informed decision-making.

πŸ“ Mobile

September 23 or 24, 2026

UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH ALABAMA

College of Education and Professional Studies
75 S. University Blvd., Mobile, AL 36608


Wednesday, September 23

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session


Thursday, September 24

Registration:

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session

πŸ“ Decatur

September 24 or 25, 2026

MORGAN COUNTY SCHOOLS ERC

235 Hwy 67 S, Decatur, AL 35603


Thursday, September 24

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”—Elementary Session

πŸ”—Secondary Session

πŸ”—APLDS Administrator Session


Friday, September 25

Registration:

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

πŸ”—Elementary Session

πŸ”—Secondary Session

πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session

πŸ“Alabaster

September 24 or 25, 2026
SHELBY COUNTY SCHOOLS

601 1st St S, Alabaster, AL 35007


Thursday, September 24

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session


Friday, September 25

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session

πŸ“ Opelika

September 24 or 25, 2026
LEE COUNTY SCHOOLS

2410 Society Hill Road, Opelika, AL 36804


Thursday, September 24

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session


Friday, September 25

πŸ•˜ 9:00 AM–3:00 PM

Registration:

πŸ”— Elementary Session
πŸ”— Secondary Session
πŸ”— APLDS Administrator Session

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