The #WIDA2024 planning team was in Pittsburgh this week finalizing details for our conference in October. A highlight was seeing the bridges over the river from where the reception will be held! 🤩

Don't miss out on #WIDA2024 : go.wisc.edu/404e1u

Visit Pittsburgh PLACE: Professional Learning & Community Education

WIDA staffers Edith Nava and Maya Martinez-Hart facilitated a session at DLeNM's Translanguaging Institute last week! Their presentation, 'Afirmando las identidades bilingües a través de translanguaging literacies,' explored purposeful uses of translanguaging practices.

The WIDA LEA (local education agency) Advisory committee held their annual meeting this week on the #UWMadison campus. They discussed and provided feedback on a range of topics such as WIDA assessments and training courses.

Thank you to the committee for your efforts!

WIDA Alternate Screener is coming in summer 2025! Learn about this brand-new assessment on the WIDA Alternate Screener Is Coming in 2025-26 webpage: wida.wisc.edu/alt-screener

📸: Educators in DeKalb County, GA utilized the WIDA Key Language Use Posters at a district-wide professional learning event.

Learn more about these posters: store.wceps.org/products/01tPL…

Tomorrow is Juneteenth, & there are so many amazing resources out there to discuss this important observance with the students in your life, including this digital toolkit from the National Museum of African American History at the Smithsonian:
nmaahc.si.edu/juneteenth-dig…

ICYMI: The recording of last month’s webinar “Using Data and Research to Inform Practical Issues in EL Proficiency and Growth” is now available on the WIDA Webinars page: wida.wisc.edu/grow/wida-webi…

“It saddens me to hear that in 2024, we are still denying kids a right to an education and a shot at a diploma.”
- Tim Boals, WIDA founder and executive director.

We are hiring an Assessment Researcher! The Assessment Researcher will report to the Director of Psychometrics and Research in our Assessment Department.

Learn more and apply: wida.wisc.edu/about/careers

Mark your calendar: WIDA Screener training course year starts July 1! In response to educator feedback, WIDA is adjusting the annual course year for our WIDA Screener training courses to begin on July 1 and end on June 30.

Happy Father’s Day! We’d like to thank all those who have cared for, guided, educated, and inspired our students.

The Batch Download function in the WIDA AMS Reporting Services application will be unavailable from 8:00am-1:00pm CT on Saturday, June 15 for a system update. During this time, Individual Student Reports will not be available. WIDA and DRC apologize for the inconvenience.

Drawing from personal experiences as a multilingual learner and educator, WIDA professional learning specialist Hetal Ascher wrote this article for MinneTESOL Journal: minnetesoljournal.org/multilingual-l…

Who knew diving in to score reports could be so fun?! These educators attended an Interpreting ACCESS for ELLs Score Reports for Instruction workshop in Viera, FL on Tuesday.

Watch this short video to hear what educators love about the WIDA Annual Conference! Learn more about attending #WIDA2024 : go.wisc.edu/404e1u

We are hiring! The Executive Director will join WIDA following many years of growth and will sustain the organization's excellence through a significant transition in leadership. Learn more on the WIDA Careers page: wida.wisc.edu/about/careers