Posts Tagged ‘newcomers’
Integrated ELD Is Not Enough: Why An ELA Curriculum Alone Doesn’t Fully Serve Our English Learners
Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins, 46 seconds When I first entered the classroom almost 20 years ago, I taught English Language Arts (ELA) to a group of middle school students who, by today’s standards, would have been formally classified as Long-Term English Learners (LTELs). This was during the height of the No Child Left Behind…
Read More4 Strategies to Prepare for a Federal Program Monitoring Review
Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins, 40 seconds A Federal Program Monitoring (FPM) review is an essential aspect of education policy. It is designed to assess whether a local education agency meets the minimum requirements of a compliance category. Since English language learners (ELLs) are a category whose growth and achievement are closely tracked, districts and…
Read MoreOvercoming Challenges Faced by Secondary Newcomers: Building a Path to Success
Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins, 5 seconds The United States has long been a destination for immigrants seeking new opportunities and a better life. Among this group are middle and high-school-age newcomers. Older students face unique challenges adapting to a new country, culture, and educational system. For their newcomer students to thrive, educators must address…
Read MoreLeft Behind, Still: English Learners Still Need a Bridge to ELA Standards
Estimated Reading Time: 4 mins, 24 seconds I started teaching in 1991. I was an ESL teacher and taught LEP (Limited English Proficient) students at the secondary level. Finding resources that were high interest, age- appropriate, and at a Lexile level for non-English speakers was pretty much impossible. My students ranged in age from 13…
Read MoreWhy You Need a Plan for Designated ELD Instruction
Estimated Reading Time: 2 mins, 36 seconds According to the U.S. Department of Education (ED) and the Office of Civil Rights (OCR), school districts across the country have a legal obligation to provide meaningful and equitable support for their English learner (EL) populations. This federal mandate is passed down to the departments of education of…
Read MoreHow to Effectively Use Online English Language Development Tools in the Classroom, Part 1
Estimated Reading Time: 3 mins, 21 seconds We’ve never experienced a greater need for effective instructional tools for our English learners than right now. With administrative and teaching staff stretched to the max, it’s critical that you have tools actually make a difference in helping English learners progress. To that end, we’ve created a two-part…
Read More5 Simple Steps for Working with Non-English Speaking ELs & SIFEs
Estimated Reading Time: 5 mins, 37 secs As an educator, how are you supposed to teach about arguments and claims to students who don’t understand or speak any English? Not only do these students not know English, but they don’t seem to have had much formal education in their native country either. But yet, you’re…
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