Explore Thematic Unit Plans to Inspire Your Instruction
Presenter: Barbara Patterson
Date & Time: Tuesday, May 7, 2024, 4:00—5:00 p.m.
1 hour of CTLE credit offered
The Office of Bilingual Education and World Languages (OBEWL) of the New York State Education Department (NYSED) presents this next webinar in its 2023 Professional Learning Series: Explore Thematic Unit Plans to Inspire Your Instruction. This webinar is offered free of charge for world language administrators and leaders working and studying in New York State educational institutions.
Webinar description: Be inspired by the curated unit plan exemplar collection created by teachers around New York State to align with the revised learning standards and housed in LiveBinders. The presenter will familiarize you with the LiveBinders platform and how you can use it to access the thematic unit plans already posted to the site. You will learn strategies for searching the platform and downloading and editing exemplars for your own use. Add these gems to your treasure trove of materials aligned to the WL Learning Standards to inspire your standard-based thematic instruction.
Link to LiveBinders site for World Language Unit Plan Exemplars
Click here to download the webinar flyer.
Registration process: All participants are encouraged to pre-register for this event. Pre-registration will close on May 6th, 2024; there will be no same-day registrations. Once the registrant's email address has been verified as being from a New York State school, college, or university, an email confirming their registration will be sent. Twenty-four hours prior to the event, all registered individuals will receive login instructions with the link to join the webinar. Only pre-registered attendees will be eligible for a certificate documenting attendance and/or CTLE hours.
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Webinar presenter
Barbara Patterson taught Spanish for 31 years, mainly in Liverpool CSD, and holds a B.S. in Secondary Education Spanish, M.A. in Spanish and a C.A.S. degree. She is the committee chair of the NYSUT’s World Language Subject Area Committee, the Co-chair of the NYSAFLT’s Public Advocacy Committee and a Project Support Specialist of the NYS World Language Standards Initiative. Barbara served as NYSAFLT’s Assistant Director and LECNY’s Webmaster, Past President, President, and Vice President.