CREC: Professional Learning | English Learner/Multilingual Learner Support Services | Hartford, Connecticut

CREC offers dynamic, interactive professional learning experiences designed to build educator capacity for effectively supporting multilingual learners across all content areas and grade levels. Our workshops and training sessions are practical, immediately applicable, and customized to meet the specific needs of your staff.

Professional learning can be delivered in various formats, both virtually and in-person:

  • Full-day workshops
  • Multi-session series with implementation support between sessions
  • Half-day introductory sessions
  • Professional Learning Community facilitation
  • Collaborative team meetings

Popular Professional Learning Topics

  • Tier 1 language support strategies for general education teachers:
    • Evidence-based strategies for integrated language and content instruction
    • Scaffolding techniques for academic language development
    • Differentiated instruction and strategies
  • Integrating CELP standards and developing language objectives
  • Supporting newcomer students
  • Effective co-teaching models for language specialists and content teachers
  • Assessment practices for multilingual learners
  • Effective instruction in dual language and bilingual programs
  • Serving Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE)
  • Tutor and paraprofessional training

All professional learning includes practical, classroom-ready strategies that educators can implement immediately, along with resources to support ongoing implementation.

Contact Us

Chrissy Bowman

Education Specialist

chbowman@crec.org

860-305-0367

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CREC Central
111 Charter Oak Ave
Hartford, CT 06106
860-247-CREC

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