This course is only open to K-12 Washington educators currently employed by a Washington school district. Private school educators whose school has opted into Federal Title III services may also take this course. Contact your school administrator for details.

This workshop is designed for both science educators and language educators who support multilingual learners in science classrooms. This workshop will provide multiple strategies for engaging multilingual students in the central work of sensemaking in science. Participants will receive several classroom tools to support their work and promote equitable engagement among all students. Through video, interactions, and reflection activities, science and language educators will learn to: 

•    Recognize the critical role of eliciting student ideas in science teaching and learning 

•    Identify considerations for selecting science phenomena that are relevant to students and effective for teaching science ideas 

•    Support student agency and authority in reasoning about phenomena 

•    Use teaching strategies that promote language development in the context of sense making. 

Access course:

Washington State public school educators and approved private school educators access the WIDA Self- Paced Workshops via the WIDA Secure Portal.

 If you do not have a WIDA Secure Portal account, follow the steps below:

1. Use your district email address and email WIDA Client Services Center at help@wida.us and request a WIDA Secure Portal account.
2. WIDA will send you an access link within 24 hours. Set up your login username and password.
3. Access the WIDA Secure Portal.
4. Select the “Professional Learning” path.
5. Scroll to the Self-Paced Workshop tile and click on the course link 
6. Select the course and begin.

Get clock hours:

1. To receive clock hours, participants must fulfil the time requirements of the course.  1 hour of "active participation" equals one clock hour. 
2. Clock hours will not be awarded for less than 1 hour of time spent actively participating in the course as per WAC 181-85-030. No exceptions will be made.
3. Upon course completion, fill out the course survey in pdEnroller: Login to your pdEnroller account, go to your Events, click on this event, then go to the Clock Hour Checklist and take the survey. 
4. OSPI will download course completion reports from the WIDA Secure Portal to verify course completion and time spent actively participating in the course.    
5. Clock hours will be approved quarterly.  Pay attention to when you complete the course.  No exceptions will be made.