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Supporting Older Multilingual Learners: Equity-Focused On-Ramps for College and Careers

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This edWeb podcast is sponsored by Vista.

The webinar recording can be accessed here.

As multilingual learner populations grow and diversify, district leaders face the critical challenge of serving older students with interrupted formal education who are under-credited and over age. How can we create meaningful pathways that lead to credentials, career readiness, and college access rather than pushing these students toward aging out?

Join Dr. Karen Woodson and Sonja Bloetner for this edWeb podcast as they share innovative, equity-focused strategies for supporting secondary multilingual learners through creative partnerships, flexible programming, and holistic support systems. Learn how Baltimore County Public Schools is pioneering a GED partnership model with community colleges, maximizing transfer credits, and building comprehensive support that addresses not just academics, but social-emotional needs, career pathways, and college access.

This edWeb podcast addresses:

  • Designing flexible pathways for diverse ML populations (from students with interrupted education to gifted learners)
  • Building strategic partnerships with community colleges for dual enrollment and seamless transitions
  • Leveraging Title III and innovative funding models to sustain programming
  • Addressing trauma-informed support and bilingual counseling needs
  • Creating on-ramps to CTE completion, GED options, and AP/college-ready coursework
  • Maximizing transfer credits and honoring previous learning
  • Moving beyond the monolith: serving MLs across the full spectrum of needs

Whether you’re serving 100 or 3,000 secondary MLs, this session provides actionable strategies for building district-level systems that honor multilingual learners’ assets, meet them where they are, and open doors to their futures.

This edWeb podcast is of interest to district-level leaders, ESOL/ML directors, secondary principals, counselors, and instructional leaders working with multilingual populations in high school and above.

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