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MMS Teachers Participate in ESOL Professional Development

Lori Brown

March 28, 2025

On Wednesday, March 27th Candace Hatcher and Eugene Fedoseyev from HCS's Multilingual Learners Education program presented tips for an "asset-based approach to teaching multilingual learners". Hatcher and Fedoseyev demonstrated ways to scaffold language acquisition that all faculty can incorporate into their teaching, including the use of AI tools. Teachers walked away with tools and techniques to help focus on the skills and knowledge English Language Learners bring to the classroom.

Presenters Ms. Hatcher and Mr. Fedoseyev stand of the front of the room. There is a large screen with the words "Magic School" (an AI teaching aid) and the cover page of a packet, The Newcomers Notebook, the district is now offering to new ELL students.

MMS faculty members sit at tables information facing the presenters of Wednesday's professional development session on helping English Language Learners in the classroom.