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X-WR-CALNAME:GCPS ONLY- Day 2-Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute
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DESCRIPTION:The Center for Multilingual-learner Education\, Research and In
 novative Teaching (MERIT) at The University of Georgia offers a 4-day (30-
 hour)\, interactive\, foundational professional learning institute focused
  on a collaborative\, conversation-based pedagogy and its application in c
 lassrooms.\n\nThis institute will introduce teachers to:\n\nThe linguistic
 s of second language learning\n\nStrategies for integrating language goals
  into content teaching\n\nTools for encouraging collaborative conversation
 s\n\nWays to make content and language standards real and relevant for all
  learners while maintaining complexity\n\nMERIT’s online IC platform\n\n
 The Instructional Conversation (IC) System provides a structure for teache
 rs to integrate focused language goals with rigorous content instruction a
 s a way to contextualize teaching and learning to positively impact studen
 t language development and open spaces for formative assessment and differ
 entiation.
LOCATION:UGA Gwinnett\, 165
SUMMARY:GCPS ONLY- Day 2-Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute
URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.uga.edu/event/gcps-only-day-2-summer-2026-ic
 -foundational-institute
CATEGORIES:Classes and Workshops
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