Ensuring Equitable ELA Outcomes

Research tells us that providing the same rigorous content and skills practice to all learners—including multilingual learners—is critical to fostering an equitable environment where students can thrive. Preview our range of expanded supports for multilingual learners as well as instructional guidance for educators in this four-part webinar series.

Multilingual Learners, the Science of Reading, and Wit & Wisdom

March 14 | 7:00 p.m. ET

Sarah Webb, director of English language arts at Great Minds^®, will review the science of reading through the lens of teaching multilingual learners, addressing what we know—and don’t know—about how to best support them in the English language arts classroom. Then she'll share how educators can incorporate new resources into Wit & Wisdom^® instruction to support multilingual learners.

Wit & Wisdom and the K–5 Multilingual Learner Resources

April 4 | 7:00 p.m. ET

How can elementary literacy teachers best support their multilingual learners with Wit & Wisdom? In this webinar, Sarah Webb and Maya Marquez will introduce educators to the Multilingual Learner Resources for Grades K–5. They will be joined by two Blueprint Literacy coaches from Baltimore City Public Schools, Regina Jones and Joy Guthrie, who will share lessons from piloting the Multilingual Learner Resources in their schools.

Wit & Wisdom and Prologue for Grades 6–8

April 18 | 7:00 p.m. ET

Wit & Wisdom Prologue^TM for Grades 6–8 is a unique resource to supplement Wit & Wisdom instruction for multilingual learners and students with language-based disabilities. In this webinar, Sarah Webb and Nicole Shivers will introduce educators to the design of Prologue. They will be joined by two Blueprint Literacy coaches from Baltimore City Public Schools, Regina Jones and Joy Guthrie, who will share lessons from their first year of using Prologue in their schools.

Ask Us Anything About Wit & Wisdom and Multilingual Learners

May 2 | 7:00 p.m. ET

In this final webinar of the series, educators will have the opportunity to ask the team at Great Minds anything they want to know about Wit & Wisdom and multilingual learners—including opportunities to learn more about the newest resources for supporting these unique learners, the Multilingual Learner Resources for Grades K–5 and Prologue for Grades 6–8.