Time: 3:00-4:30 pm Eastern
**Location:**Virtual
Description: This webinar will present research-based language models for dual language learners in pre-kindergarten (preK), with a particular focus on models that incorporate the use of home languages. The presenters will describe implementation of the models and will consider alignment challenges in the transition from preK to K-3 settings. Participants will learn strategies to consider when developing or refining language models for pre-K and aligning models between preK and K-3 settings.
Partnership or Research Alliance: Cross-REL English Learners Working Group Audience: The primary audience for this webinar includes state and district education staff who are responsible for oversight of early childhood programs and of English learner students. Early childhood and K-3 educators are also encouraged to attend.
Speakers: Dr. Linda Espinosa, Professor Emeritus of Early Childhood Education, University of Missouri-Columbia, and former Co-Principal Investigator for the Center for Early Care and Education Research-Dual Language Learners (CECER-DLL) at the Frank Porter Graham Child Development Institute, University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill
Whitcomb Hayslip, Early Childhood Education Consultant and former Assistant Superintendent of Early Childhood Education at the Los Angeles Unified School District
-Dr. Carrie Parker, Principal Research Scientist, REL Northeast and Islands -Elizabeth Burr, Senior Research Associate, REL West
Report Citation: -Espinosa, Linda M. (2018). Encouraging the Development and Achievement of Dual Language Learners in Early Childhood. American Educator, 42 (3), 10-11, 39, link
-Espinosa, L. M. (2013b). Early Education for Dual Language Learners: Promoting School Readiness and Early School Success. Washington, DC: Migration Policy Institute. link.
-Oliva-Olson, C., Estrada, M., & Edyburn, K. L. (2017). Preparing California's early care and education workforce to teach young Dual Language Learners. ssues in Teacher Education, 26 (2), 87. link Park, M., O'Toole, A., & Katsiaficas, C. (2017). Dual Language Learners: A National Demographic and Policy Profile. Migration Policy Institute: Washington, DC. link.
