Using AI Tools to Increase the Success of ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS and Enhance Teacher Productivity (Grades K-12) Presented by James May Award-Winning EL Teacher and Digital Innovator

Designed Specifically for Educators Working with English Learners (ELs) in Grades K-12: EL Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Interventionists, Paraprofessionals, Title I Staff, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

• The very best AI integration strategies to elevate the engagement and learning of your English Learners (ELs)
• Innovative AI-driven feedback methods to revolutionize the learning and assessment of your ELs
• Pitfalls to avoid and solutions to ethical concerns using AI-powered tools and resources with your ELs
• Powerful AI tools to transcend language barriers, helping you better engage with non-English-speaking families

Practical Ideas and Strategies

This seminar, presented by award-winning EL teacher and digital innovator James May, is an exciting opportunity to explore the latest developments in Artificial Intelligence and their specific applications in working with English Learners. Explore the best, hands-on AI tools for enriching EL teaching and learning. This highly practical day is filled with real-world applications, offering you strategies to greatly enhance your lesson delivery, student interaction, and assessment. Seamlessly integrate AI into your teaching practice to better meet the unique needs of your ELs and reduce your administrative workload. You will also gain access to James' comprehensive digital resource handbook, filled with actionable AI tools, prompts, and strategies tailored specifically to EL educators.

Join James to unlock the full potential of AI in your work with English Learners. His goal is to equip you with the knowledge and tools to not only enhance your teaching, but to inspire and empower your ELs in new and exciting ways.

Ten Key Benefits of Attending

1. Make Best Use of AI in Your Work with English Learners (ELs)
   Tap into the transformative power of AI … Experience firsthand how you can harness the latest, best AI tools to better support and enhance the language acquisition of your English Learners while increasing your own productivity
2. Explore More Effective Feedback Strategies Supported by AI
   Leverage AI's analytical prowess to provide instant, personalized feedback … Learn how you can use AI to assess student work more efficiently, allowing for more timely and meaningful interactions that propel ELs toward language mastery
3. Use AI to Differentiate to Better Meet Your ELs' Needs – In Seconds!
   Customize learning experiences, utilizing AI to ensure all ELs receive instruction tailored to their individual skill levels … Seamlessly adapt content, pacing, and learning styles using AI-driven tools to better meet your ELs' unique needs
4. Quickly Create Highly Engaging Lessons and Content with AI
   Discover the secrets to crafting captivating lessons with AI that will resonate with your ELs … Integrate multimedia, interactive simulations, and gamified elements to make learning not just educational, but truly engaging for English Learners
5. Stay Updated on the Latest AI Trends and Productivity Tools
   Keep your EL instruction current and cutting-edge by staying informed about the latest AI developments … Learn how the newest AI applications can streamline your workflow and enhance your productivity, both in and out of the classroom
6. Better Engage with Your Non-English-Speaking Families
   Bridge the communication gap with AI … Learn how to use AI translation tools and cultural sensitivity algorithms to effectively engage non-English-speaking families, significantly strengthening the home-school connection
7. Learn How AI is Changing EL Instruction
   Explore the breadth of AI's impact on EL education … From adaptive learning platforms to AI-powered language models, see firsthand how these advancements are reshaping the way English is taught and learned
8. Avoid and Address Potential Pitfalls and Ethical Concerns of AI
   Navigate the complexities of AI with confidence … Gain insights into maintaining data privacy, recognizing bias, and ensuring equitable access to AI tools, thereby fostering a safe and inclusive learning environment
9. Foster Student Learning and Enhanced Feedback with AI
   Empower your ELs with AI-enhanced learning tools that offer immediate, constructive feedback … This real-time guidance can help ELs quickly self-correct and build greater confidence in their English language skills
10. Receive an Extensive AI for English Learners Digital Resource Handbook
    You will receive a comprehensive digital handbook filled with AI tools, strategies, and practical applications specifically curated for working with ELs … This resource will serve as an invaluable guide for integrating AI into your teaching

Outstanding Strategies You Can Use Immediately

Here's what you'll learn:

• The Best AI Tools: discover and explore the most effective AI tools for strengthening EL instruction and increasing your teacher productivity
• AI agents: how to provide immediate, personalized feedback on student writing
• Voice-based AI tools: better support your ELs' speaking and fluency development
• Gamification Strategies: AI-driven gamification techniques to increase ELs' motivation and participation
• AI Rubric Generation: how to easily craft precise rubrics and scoring tools, ensuring assignments are better aligned with learning objectives
• Instructional Differentiation: create AI-generated differentiated versions of the same lesson – in seconds!
• Intervention Strategies: AI-driven strategies to provide targeted supports to your struggling ELs and those with special needs
• Literacy Engagement: AI approaches to strengthen ELs' reading and writing stamina, confidence, comprehension, and composition skills
• Automated Assistance: tools to make AI your virtual administrative assistant, streamlining your grading, curriculum management, and communication
• Quality Control: ways to use AI tools to identify and correct easily overlooked flaws in your ELs' work
• Innovative Feedback: AI-driven feedback that is timely, personalized, and constructive to increase student learning
• Research Skills: how your ELs can use AI as a powerful assistant and study buddy, improving inquiry and their English language proficiency
• Family Communication: AI-powered tools to help you translate and adapt communication for non-English-speaking parents

A Message From Your Seminar Leader

Dear Colleague:

With technology evolving evermore quickly, it can feel like we are constantly trying to catch up. And whether we're ready for it or not, our students are already using AI tools in their daily lives. Artificial Intelligence is not just another initiative. It is changing how our ELs read, write, and learn. The question is no longer if we should use it, but how we can use it effectively and responsibly in our classrooms.

That is exactly what I've designed this day to help you do. In this seminar, we'll focus on practical strategies you can use right away. You will see how AI tools can help you differentiate instruction, generate leveled materials, support student writing, and provide faster, more meaningful feedback. More importantly, you will learn how to guide your ELs to use AI as a learning partner rather than a shortcut.

Artificial Intelligence has emerged as a game changer in education, especially in working with our English Learners. The right AI tools and prompts can provide the personalized and inclusive learning experiences our ELs need and deserve. We will also address the real concerns teachers have right now, including academic integrity, overreliance on AI, and how to maintain rigor while still embracing new tools.

My goal is simple. I want you to leave with strategies, prompts, and tools you can use the very next day. I also want you to feel more confident navigating this new landscape so that AI becomes something that works for you and your ELs, not something that works against you.

This is not about adding more to your plate. It is about using AI to save time, reduce workload, and create better learning experiences for your English Learners.

I hope you will join me for a day of practical ideas, real classroom applications, and honest conversations.

Sincerely,
James May

P.S. This is PD that inspires, not expires. Walk away with more than just ideas – get real AI tools to greatly enhance your EL instruction and your productivity!

Who Should Attend

Educators Working with English Learners (ELs) in Grades K-12: EL Teachers, Classroom Teachers, Interventionists, Paraprofessionals, Title I Staff, Instructional Coaches, and Administrators

About BER Live Online Events

With the current health challenges, all BER in-person PD events are currently being presented in a Live Online format:

• Outstanding Instructors
  All programs are led by outstanding BER national trainers
• Extensive Resource Handbooks
  You'll have access to an extensive digital Resource Handbook before, during and after your seminar
• Highly Interactive
  You'll be able to ask questions in real time and interact with the instructor and other participants
• Program Guarantee
  As we have for 49 years, we guarantee the high quality of our programs. If you are not satisfied, we'll give you a 100% refund.

Special Benefits of Attending

Extensive AI for English Learners Digital Resource Handbook
You will receive an extensive digital resource handbook specifically designed for this seminar. Included in the handbook are:

• The latest AI advancements and their practical applications in working with English Learners
• Sample lesson templates adapted for multiple proficiency levels
• Practical ways to help students use AI as a learning tool rather than a shortcut
• Techniques to utilize AI for efficient grading to provide instantaneous feedback and minimize bias
• Ethical considerations and guidelines for the responsible use of AI, focusing on data privacy, security, and the well-being of ELs
• Ways AI can automate routine tasks and increase productivity while decreasing your workload, giving you back valuable time

For in-person seminars, registrants will also receive a printed copy of the resource handbook as long as their registration is received in the BER office at least 15 calendar days before the event.

Share Ideas
This seminar provides a wonderful opportunity for participants to meet and share ideas with other educators interested in using AI tools to increase the success of English Learners.

Consultation Available
James May will be available for consultation regarding your questions and the unique needs of your own program.

Semester Credit Option
Up to four graduate level professional development credits are available with an additional fee and completion of follow-up practicum activities. Details for direct enrollment with University of Massachusetts Global, a nonprofit affiliate, will be available at this program.

Meet Inservice Requirements
Participants of both the Live Online Seminar and those completing the Recorded Version online can receive a certificate of participation that may be used to verify five continuing education hours. State CEUs are available for both versions of the course. For specific details, visit www.ber.org/ceus.

(Back to Top)