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Integrating Language into Content Instruction
with Chris Carson
This workshop gives you practical, research‑informed ways to integrate language development into your everyday content lessons. You’ll explore how to support emerging bilingual students in growing their language and literacy skills throughout the entire school day while engaging them in meaningful, grade‑level learning.
Emerging bilingual students benefit from intentional, high-quality language development opportunities throughout the entire day, including opportunities to use and develop language through rigorous academic content instruction.
This workshop highlights what can happen beyond the ELD block, turning every part of the school day into an opportunity for meaningful language support, deeper comprehension, and stronger engagement.
Participants who complete the series of workshops and this independent study are eligible for graduate credit that can be used toward a CLDE or CLD-BE endorsement program and/or MA in CLDE.
| The Details | |
| Dates | Starts July 8 |
| Mode | In-person |
| Time | Wednesdays, 3 - 4 p.m. |
| Cost | $89 |
| Location | CU Denver |
| Graduate Credits Available | 0 or 3 |
Audience: K-12 educators and education leaders
Purpose & Outcomes
- Collaborate with colleagues to design and deliver content lessons that intentionally build language skills for multilingual learners.
- Apply culturally responsive, equity‑driven practices that expand access and elevate the strengths your students bring to the classroom.
- Analyze formative and summative assessment data to guide your instructional decisions and accelerate multilingual learners’ growth.
- Set and sustain high expectations by creating learning experiences that challenge, support, and empower every multilingual student in your care.
Chris Carson
Facilitator
As a public school teacher , Chris Carson worked in diverse classroom settings in multiple states across all grade levels and subject areas. His current focus, as a senior instructor of culturally and linguistically diverse education at CU Denver,is on language learning and language use in classroom settings, especially as it relates to working with learners from historically marginalized groups.