Becoming confident in Functional Language Planning is the key to creating high-impact language outcomes that align seamlessly with content area curriculum.
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The Functional Language Planning Expert Intensive is a comprehensive 12-week cohort program designed to elevate your expertise and impact on learning.
By committing just two hours a week to this intensive, you will:
No more guessing when it comes to embedding language instruction into your content lessons. You’ll have a clear, structured approach to identify language your students need and planning explicit instruction.
You’ll gain practical tools to bridge the gap between language and content instruction, making co-planning smoother and more effective.
Your students will gain the confidence to use language in meaningful ways, moving beyond memorization to real, authentic communication in math, science, social studies, and beyond.
REVOLUTIONIZE YOUR ELD PROGRAM
Instead of scrambling to “fit in” language support, you’ll have a streamlined, research-backed framework that naturally integrates with what you’re already doing.
Teach with Confidence
Strengthen Collaboration
become intentional
See Immediate Impact
Picture this: You walk into your classroom or a co-planning session, and instead of second-guessing how to support your multilingual learners, you know exactly what to do. You’re not just handing out vocabulary lists or sentence stems—you truly understand how language works in academic contexts and how to make it accessible to your students.
This isn’t just about learning new strategies—it’s about transforming the way you see language, instruction, and your role as an educator. By the end, you won’t just have new ideas—you’ll have a plan, a toolkit, and the confidence to put it all into action.
Go beyond surface-level strategies. This expert-level intensive gives experienced ELD teachers the research-backed tools and coaching they need to plan, scaffold, and align academic language instruction with lasting impact.
elevate your expertise & impact on learning
if you're ready to deepen your expertise, drive instructional change, and build a sustainable system for language development—this is for you.
This intensive is designed for English Language Development teachers (2+ years) who are seeking to enhance expertise in language development and instructional planning for multilingual learners.
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What's Inside?
The Functional Language Planning Expert Intensive isn’t just another sit-and-watch program—it’s an interactive, hands-on experience designed to give you real support and real results.
You’ll get...
live Zoom workshops
flexible training materials
one-on-one coaching
small group collaboration
All designed to help you feel confident in your planning, teaching, and role as a team player. Plus, you’ll have access to all the resources and expert guidance you need to make an impact right away.
30 hrs of expert-guided, collaborative, and individual learning & coaching: $3500 Value
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3 individual coaching sessions per participant. Including goal setting, classroom video analysis, and feedback: $1800 Value
Quarterly cohort participant virtual collaboration sessions for an additional year: $1000 Value
Functional language planning template models for high-utility academic language: $350 Value
English Language Development Standard Alignment Guides to ensure you are teaching a wide-range of age-appropriate language features. $1500 Value
Lifetime access to ELP's "Teacher's Archive" including nearly 100 hours of past content and webinar. $1500 value
$795
per person
The Functional Language Planning Expert Intensive has been a fabulous learning experience for me! The readings and application ideas are useful right away and the opportunity to engage with Kelly, Dr. Westerlund & fellow educators from across the country has been informative and rewarding.
Carolynne Beless
This is a much needed dive into the components of language and best strategies for teaching those components to my students in a meaningful way.
Cape Cod, MA
2/4
Dr. Ruslana Westerlund's expertise, combined with Kelly Reider's practical applications, made the content highly relevant to my instructional planning. It helped me better identify and address the language demands in my district's new curriculum. I now feel more equipped to design instruction that supports the specific language needs of my multilingual students.
Maura Dean
This workshop was an excellent introduction to systemic functional linguistics.
Bridgeport, CT
3/4
They guide teachers towards working with multilingual learners. Kelly was flexible and responsive to our needs. EL Portal is connected to the top names in our field in terms of theory and practice in working with MLs. When we began working with them, we knew we would be getting the very best guidance and training.
Jonathan White
EL Portal is an exceptional service for districts needing professional development
Multilingual Learners Program,
Richland School District One
4/4
I have been able to immediately implement strategies that require little planning effort and yield increased oral language and understanding for ELL students!
Amanda Dillon
As a result of my experience in this expert intensive...
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