About Your Instructor – Christi Gilbert

Uniquely Qualified Instructor

Christi Gilbert is an innovative and experienced ELL teacher, ELL content area specialist, and outstanding national presenter. Her background includes decades of classroom experience including in-depth experience supporting EL Newcomers. Throughout her career, she has stayed true to her mission of working ELL students with many different educational and historical challenges. The methodologies and ideas she presents can empower all students and focuses on meeting the needs of students who are brand new to learning English. Her presentations are clear, fast paced, interactive and activity packed. Her enthusiasm, attention to research-informed practices, and love for her students shines through in her training institutes.

Christi is the author of Helping Your English Language Newcomers, the extensive digital resource handbook each participant will receive at the seminar. You will leave with a wealth of ideas you can use immediately in your EL Newcomer training with your own colleagues or staff. Join Christi for a fun day filled with many practical ideas to help all your ELL students find greater success and confidence in your classroom.

What Your Colleagues Say About Your Presenter

"Christi was amazing!! She did such a good job keeping us engaged and she was very personable. I felt comfortable talking to her and asking questions. She felt like a close colleague."
– Alyssa Quade, EL Teacher

"This was a fantastic seminar! So many useful strategies, so much confirmation of things that we are doing, and so awesome that we get the shared slide deck!"
– Melinda Dardis, EL Teacher

"This was a great seminar that distributed and helped me interact with an enormous amount of information in a way that was digestible and easy to refer back to. The presenter was very knowledgeable and personable. She made me feel very comfortable sharing my ideas and asking questions."
– Stephanie Hunsberger, EL Teacher

"Christi was a fantastic presenter and kept us all engaged throughout two days of learning. She provided us with ample resources and continually modelled strong instructional practices and professional learning strategies. Thank you."
– Katie Dengler, Dir of Curriculum, Instruction and Special Programs

"I was really impressed with the instructor and the content! She provided some tailored discussion points and resources in addition to what was planned, and was very clear and interactive throughout the seminar."
– Julie Adelman, EL/Bilingual Teacher

"Awesome! I learned so much and the training contained so much practical application."
– Christine Donatello, ESL Teacher

"This was an excellent seminar. I have so many new resources and ideas to share with teachers and my students."
– Jennifer Monahan Roca, ENL K-12 Teacher