Join facilitator Jennifer Stengel-Mohr for an in-depth look at the practices and strategies that support Multilingual Learners in the art-making space. This virtual workshop will explore practical concepts that can be applied across a multitude of teaching settings.
Throughout this two-hour workshop, attendees will be encouraged to make personal connections between theory and practice, engage in discussion around scaffolding language and arts instruction, and explore the three key principles for working with Multilingual Learners: Awareness, Amplification, and Accommodation.
About the Facilitator
Jennifer Stengel-Mohr is a Language and Literacy Specialist who has worked in the field of educating Multilingual Learners for 25 years. Formerly an ESL teacher and Staff Developer for the NYC Department of Education, Jennifer is currently a TESOL Lecturer in Teacher Education at Queens College, CUNY. Over the past 15 years, she has researched, presented and published around the specific topic of English language development through the arts. Jennifer has worked with all grades from Pre-Kindergarten to Adult learners in various schools throughout NYC and has partnered with a variety of arts organizations across multiple art forms. Language at the Core: Developing Meaningful Connections Between the Arts and Classroom Instruction, is an article detailing some of this work, which can be found at this link.
