Multilingual15 @MultilingualD15
The Multilingual Department in District 15 proudly serves students and families from over 70 languages across our district. Joined September 2020-
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Recently, our Bilingual Parent Advisory Committee hosted acclaimed author & child psychologist, Dr. Ramirez, to speak about self-motivation and self-discipline. They had over 200 virtual and in-person attendees. Many thanks to Dr. Ramirez and to our BPAC for hosting! #ProudToBe15
Excited to spend the day with @KimNagy23 and @abcface3 for CLR Teacher Leader training! #morethanever #proudtobe15
Thanks to the generosity of Mikes Bike Shop of Palatine, we have a fantastic bike to help out one of our exchange teachers! We appreciate all they do for our local community and for our District! #ProudToBe15
Best friends since Kindergarten and now teaching at the same school! In the district we grew up in! Happy Tuesday! ✨ #teacherbesties #thirdgrade #morethanever #proudtobe15 #teachersoftwitter
D15 World Language Team collaborates to kick the year off with contextualized vocabulary instruction!
Thank you @SMocKroom for helping us take care of ourselves @D15Schools!
Dual Language Camp is going amazing! All of these students are rockstars!✨ #morethanever #d15patine #duallanguage
We are proud of our students and teachers who are deepening their critical thinking and communication skills all summer long!
Our CO-planning book study is off an running. Thank you to these incredible leaders for diving into reserach and best practice this summer!
Multilingual Programs proudly dove into summer learning with Dr. Kate Kinsella. We are ramping up our vocabulary development and informational writing strategies.
More than ever, we are proud to implement GLAD strategies such as the pictorial input chart below, to develop our academic Spanish! Thank you @WCEaglesD15 #ProudToBe15
Collaborating and creating pictorial and comparative input charts through GLAD lessons to strengthen our Spanish Language Development in Dual Language!
After 5 events, our Hot Chocolate (and Tea)! initiative has appreciated 2000 staff at 25 district locations. It has also highlighted the dedication and servant heart of all the district leaders who made this happen. #ProudToBe15
Thank you to our families that joined our Dual Language Information night! #ProudToBe15 @MultilingualD15
Loved the idea of frontloading enrichment opportunities for our multilingual students and parents! Thank you @ #ESSAMultilingualIL.
Thank you at #ESSAMultilingualIL for the opportunity to reflect on the intersectionality of our multilingual students with exceptional needs.
eventbrite.com/e/equity-strat… -- registration is open for an upcoming free webinar offered via @nnetesol
We are building cross-language connections in our Dual Language Classrooms! Thank you @WCEaglesD15!
Oracy is key. Excited for Day 2 with @Lit_Squared! #ProudToBe15
Dual Language students celebrate and identify cognates, all year long! Thank you @WCEaglesD15!

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