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<div style="text-align:center"><font size="4">Free Professional Development Webinar</font></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4"><br></font></b></div><div style="text-align:center"><b><font size="4">Restorative Practices for English Learners At-risk in the Time of COVID-19</font></b><br></div><br><div style="text-align:center">Madelaine Pella Schwartz<br>August 27, 2020 • 4:00-5:00pm Eastern US Time • Online<br><br>Sign up by emailing <a href="mailto:TESOL@umbc.edu" target="_blank">TESOL@umbc.edu</a> to receive the webinar link.<br></div><br>In
the time of a historic pandemic, ESOL educators across the globe have
had to engage with new online learning platforms. Many have been forced
to quickly learn and adapt to tools that they have rarely used,
immersing themselves in the unique world of distance learning. Do we
know if our ESOL students are fully ready and able to meet us there?
This webinar will focus on five tools for keeping online teaching
simple, meaningful, and engaging during the time of a crisis. <br><br><div><b>Ms.
Madelaine Pella
Schwartz</b> is originally from Lima, Peru. She has taught EFL for 25
years and has accumulated 10 more years of international/local
experience in every educational setting from K-12 to the graduate level
here in the US. Ms. Schwartz is a practitioner that has led numerous
educational partnerships, including the UMBC-UDEP educational
partnership, and has advocated for many populations at-risk locally and
internationally. She holds advanced certificates in Human Counseling and
is currently teaching ESOL for the Baltimore City Public School System
in a low-income section of Baltimore city. <br></div><div><br></div><div>This
event is hosted by the UMBC graduate program in Teaching English to
Speakers of Other Languages. For more information about the program
visit <a href="https://tesol.umbc.edu/" target="_blank">https://tesol.umbc.edu/</a></div><div><br></div>
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