Webinars

Each school year, OBEWL offers monthly after-school webinars on topic related to high-leverage teaching practices and guidance for planning, instruction, and assessment.  These one-hour webinars are offered from 4-5pm via Zoom.  To register for these webinars, educators must have a valid email from a NYS educational institution.  The presentation portion of the webinar is recorded and the recording made available on the webinar's page for on-demand viewing.  Educators attend the webinars live or can watch the recordings and then attempt to earn a certificate for doing so by taking an online post assessment on the webinar and scoring at least a 7 out of 10.

The following webinars will be offered in the winter/spring of 2026:

• Perspective-Making in World Language Classrooms:  Intercultural Learning Across NYS Checkpoints by Dr. Erin Kearney and Dr. Tasha Austin - January 27th, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• Principles and Guidelines for Adopting or Creating Locally Developed Benchmark Assessments for Checkpoint B (Classical Languages) by David Pellegrino - February 10, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• The Place of World Languages in the School Curriculum - Part 1 by Dr. Joanne O'Toole, Bill Heller, and Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez - March 10th, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• Voices Across Time: Using AI to Amplify Presentational and Interpersonal Communication in Classical Language Classrooms by Maureen Lamb - April 14th, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• The Place of World Languages in the School Curriculum - Part 2 by Dr. Joanne O'Toole, Bill Heller, and Dr. Lori Langer de Ramirez - April 21st, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• Implementing Standards-Based Grading:  Aligning Assessment with Proficiency by Sarah Woodward-Jones - May 19, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom
• Teaching the Standards for Mixed Second and Heritage Language Learner Second Language Classes: Strategies for Inclusive and Effective Standards-Aligned Instruction by Dr. Kristen D'Alessandro Merii - June 9th, 2026, 4:00-5:00pm via Zoom

Click here to access the recordings of previously aired webinars.