Multilingual-learner Education, Research, and Innovative Teaching - MERIT

University of Georgia’s Child Development Lab (CDL) at McPhaul educators engage in a Joint Discussion Activity during one of MERIT’s PL Sessions to explore what it means to encourage deep listening with their students.

Happy Independence Day! 🇺🇸

Today, we honor the values of freedom, opportunity, and community that continue to shape our nation. From all of us at MERIT, we wish you a safe, joyful, and meaningful Fourth of July.

Join us on July 13th-16th for our Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute #2 — a 4-day (30 hour) interactive, foundational, professional learning institute focused on a collaborative, conversation-based pedagogy, and its application in classrooms.

All educators are invited! Register with the link in bio!

Thank you to the 31 participants who joined us this week for our Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute #1! We loved having you with us and wish you a wonderful rest of your summer.

We are looking forward to our Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute #2 in July—register using the link in our bio!

We are very grateful to all the participants from Gwinnett County who joined us this week for our Summer 2026 IC Foundational Institute where we spent about 30 hours together, virtually and in-person, learning about collaborative, conversation-based instruction!

This month, participants from Gwinnett, Cherokee, Walker, and Fulton joined us for an engaging, interactive one-day workshop!
Our “Integrating Language Goals into Content Instruction” workshop moves beyond traditional vocabulary lists and helps educators uncover the Key Language Uses embedded within content standards. Participants explore how students are expected to Inform, Narrate, Explain, and Argue, and identify the specific language functions and features students must master to demonstrate true conceptual understanding.
If this sounds like something you or your school would be interested in, head to our bio to learn more!