Join us for an engaging, fast-paced session designed to equip Business and CTE educators with practical tools to support English Learners in today’s diverse K–12 classrooms. Together, we will explore high-impact scaffolds and instructional supports that make content accessible while strengthening academic language development. Discover how Virginia’s Standards Satchel can be leveraged to enhance both language and content learning for English Learners. Participants will also explore ready-to-use resources and strategies that help educators seamlessly integrate language-acquisition supports into daily instruction across content areas. Walk away with simple yet powerful techniques for teaching the language of your content area. You’ll leave feeling confident, energized, and empowered to immediately implement these strategies in your classroom the very next day.
Coordinator of Multilingual Learner Instruction, Virginia Department of Education
Jo-el Cox is the Coordinator for Multilingual Learner Instruction at the Virginia Department of Education. She is responsible for providing highly specialized, technical, and analytical information, services, assistance, and leadership in the area of instruction for Multilingual... Read More →
Title III Coordinator, Virginia Department of Education
Nicki Saunders serves as the Title III Coordinator at the Virginia Department of Education, where she has worked since 2019. Before joining VDOE, she was a middle school science teacher with Chesterfield County Public Schools, where she piloted Sheltered Science classes for Level... Read More →
Tuesday July 21, 2026 1:15pm - 2:15pm EDT Mariner A
