COURSE OVERVIEW
A Content Teacher's Guide to English Learner Success
A Content Teacher's Guide to English Learners is your toolkit to addressing the unique needs of your English learners, without adding hours to your workload. As language specialists face growing caseloads, the responsibility of integrating language learning into content lessons increasingly falls on you. Our solution?
A compilation of easy-to-implement ideas and strategies, honed over years of experience, that seamlessly integrate language development into your existing curriculum, ensuring your students benefit from the best of both worlds.
45 PD HOURS | $450.00
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Learning Objectives
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Define academic language and explain why it is so important
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Explain English proficiency assessments, what the test scores and levels mean, and why that information matters to you
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Create a classroom and school environment that encourages language and content learning intertwined throughout the school day
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Explore specific planning and teaching practices that make your content more accessible to all students and allow for students to be more actively engaged in the learning
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Analyze your content through a language lens and determine how you will provide content while simultaneously developing language skills
Course Features
- Self-Paced: Flexible learning components for you can work on at times that are most convenient to you.Â
- 45 Professional Development Hours upon successful completion
- Practical Application activities for you to apply course strategies and tools
- Eligible for 3 graduate credit with an additional fee of $225 paid to UMass GlobalÂ
About the Instructor
Kelly Reider
English Learner Portal was founded by Kelly Reider. With over 30 years of experience in public school settings, Kelly is passionate about helping teachers feel supported and equipped to serve their English learners.
Kelly's philosophy on instructional coaching and professional learning is based on the core belief that all students deserve and are able to succeed in a rigorous, academic program.
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Leading in High English Learner Enrollment School
Participants in this course will clarify ESL & gen ed roles and create shared visions for an equitable English development model. Sustained focus boosts EL impact, eliminates variance, and enhances school improvement efforts.
Setting and Monitoring English Learner Centered Goals
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