Laura Byard

Twice Exceptional: District Supports for Teachers of Multilingual Learners with IEPs DUAL ELIGIBLE K-12 COORDINATORS

ALTELLA and WIDA are producing great resources for our twice exceptional students, but the typical teacher does not have time to sort through the research and tools. Experience how one district has created PD and district-wide collaborative systems to support MLs with IEPs. Participants will leave with a bank of resources to adapt for their own contexts.

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