2025-2026 Multilingual Learner
Professional Development Series
Live Sessions Focusing on High-Impact Topics Live Sessions Focusing on High-Impact Topics
SupportEd’s Live Professional Development Series provides online learning webinars on high-impact topics to help educators support MLs year-round offered in fall, winter, spring, and summer.
Join any or all sessions hosted live by ML authors and experts. Expect interactive learning, real-time support, and practical strategies you can apply immediately. Earn a certificate for one PD hour per session.
Explore open webinars for the 2025-2026 academic year below.
Live, Expert-Led Sessions Live, Expert-Led Sessions
Hosted by ML experts and acclaimed guests. Hosted by ML experts and acclaimed guests.
Conveniently Online Conveniently Online
Experience real-time, collaborative exchange. Experience real-time, collaborative exchange.
High-Impact Topics High-Impact Topics
Current ML challenges and opportunities. Current ML challenges and opportunities.
2025-2026 Series 2025-2026 Series
January 14, 2026
Social Emotional Learning
for Multilingual Learners: Webinar
4:00 – 5:00 pm EST
- Free
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm EST
- Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner & Mindi Teich, MEd
- 1 PD Hour
- In this interactive webinar, authors Diane Staehr Fenner and Mindi Teich will share their Social Emotional Learning (SEL) for MLs’ Framework, which provides ML-specific SEL considerations and educator actions. Through real-world, easy-to-implement examples of practical tools and strategies, Staehr Fenner and Teich will demonstrate how you can embed SEL instruction seamlessly into your teaching to foster your MLs’ language development, well-being, and academic success.
April 15, 2026
Advocating for Multilingual Learners: Webinar
4:00 – 5:00 pm EST
- Free
- 4:00 - 5:00 pm EST
- Dr. Sydney Snyder & Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner
- 1 PD Hour
- Join Diane Staehr Fenner and Sydney Snyder for an engaging webinar framed around the second edition of Advocating for Multilingual Learners (MLs): A Guide for Educators. Together, we’ll explore why advocacy is essential to ensuring MLs’ access to excellent and equitable educational opportunities while also supporting their social and emotional well-being. Participants will dive into pressing advocacy issues facing MLs today and leave with practical tools and resources to strengthen their own advocacy efforts in schools and communities.
June 4, 2026
Multilingual Learner Symposium
10:00 am – 4:00 pm EST
- 10:00 am - 4:00 pm EST
- SupportEd
- 6 PD Hours
- Your favorite online event for Multilingual Learner educators is back! This fully virtual, one-day professional development symposium makes it easy for educators nationwide to connect and collaborate in real-time. The experience includes interactive sessions, live Q&As with ML authors and experts, discussion boards, and a keynote address delivered from a special guest— stay tuned!