Viewers will hear how one Texas district has adopted HQIM, designed to meet the needs of emergent bilinguals, and will explore lessons learned from their implementation efforts. The session will highlight how materials aligned to rigorous standards and, when rooted in language development principles, can drive access and academic success for multilingual learners. Crucially, we will also introduce the concept of Curriculum Literacy and its vital role in helping leaders and teachers effectively select and use these powerful tools.

By the end of the webinar, participants will be able to:

• Identify the essential features that define high-quality instructional materials for emergent bilingual students.
• Understand how HQIM supports rigorous instruction and accelerates language and content learning.
• Apply a Curriculum Literacy lens to evaluate instructional materials for rigor, access, and embedded supports for EBs.
• Recognize the district- and classroom-level conditions that make HQIM adoption and implementation successful.
• Connect Texas-specific examples and lessons learned to their own district’s adoption and implementation processes.

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Speakers:

• Renae Skarin, Senior Advisor, Content, English Learners Success Forum
• Dr. Kristen McQuillan, Chief Program Officer, StandardsWork
• Dr. LaTonya Goffney, Superintendent, Aldine ISD