6 Steps to Making Texts Accessible for ELs

Posted by Jill Kester
On April 24, 2019
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Imagine the following scenario. Ameena is an English learner (EL) in the 8th grade who entered a U.S. public school for the first time one and a half years ago. Her overall proficiency level is 3 on a scale in her state where 1=entering and 6=proficient. When her teachers use complex grade level text for […]

Spring/Summer News 2019

Posted by Diane Staehr Fenner
On April 5, 2019
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We are having a productive season at SupportEd with EL Master Plan partnerships and ongoing technical assistance projects, face-to-face professional development (PD) in several states, multiple presentations, and five upcoming online summer professional development courses. Ongoing Technical Assistance Projects Jefferson County Public Schools, Kentucky. We are working with JCPS to develop a new EL Master […]

Four Practices for Fostering ELs’ Oral Language Development

Posted by Sydney Snyder
On February 5, 2019
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Engaging English Learners (ELs) in Academic Conversations Imagine this scene… your students are in small groups using images from a story that you recently read to discuss the story’s themes. As you kneel down to listen in on one group’s conversation, you overhear one of your quieter English learners say to her classmate, “Could you […]

Welcoming our newest team member

Posted by Diane Staehr Fenner
On January 29, 2019
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We are happy to announce that the SupportEd team has grown with the addition of our newest member, Joanna Duggan. Joanna began working with SupportEd in January 2019 in order to further her passion for bridging research and practice in the service of educational equity for English learners (ELs). She is currently contributing to several […]

Winter News 2019

Posted by Diane Staehr Fenner
On January 29, 2019
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Happy New Year! We’ve had a productive start to fostering English learners’ success this winter with new and ongoing long-term projects, face-to-face professional development (PD), four online PD courses, and our first SupportEd webinar of 2019. New Projects Reading School District, Pennsylvania. We are working with Reading School District (RSD) to develop their first EL […]

10 Keys for Developing an English Learner Master Plan

Posted by Teddi Predaris and Joanna Duggan
On January 23, 2019
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Have you ever wished for one common vehicle that brings together the necessary elements of English learner (EL) education: high-quality standards, effective instructional principles, assessment, research, and professional development? EL master plans provide a tool that is comprehensive, responsive to your local context, and accessible to a wide body of stakeholders in multilingual learners’ education […]

How to Support Culturally Responsive Instruction in Your School

Posted by Sydney Snyder
On December 12, 2018
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The holiday season is a great time to reflect on what your school is doing to support and value linguistically and culturally diverse students and their families. In their article entitled Culturally Responsive Instruction for Holiday and Religious Celebrations, Cynthia Lundgren and Giselle Lundy-Ponce provide general recommendations for culturally responsive instruction as well as guidance specifically focused […]

Our Top Three Takeaways From WIDA 2018

Posted by Diane Staehr Fenner
On December 3, 2018
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We enjoyed connecting in person with many of you and collaborating to better serve our English learners during WIDA 2018 in Detroit, Michigan. Today, we’d like to share SupportEd’s Top Three Takeaways from the conference. Takeaway 1 – Newcomers Teachers are looking for ways to support their newcomers. One great way to address this […]

Fall News 2018

Posted by Diane Staehr Fenner
On November 13, 2018
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We’ve had a productive fall fostering English learners’ success with new and ongoing long-term projects, face-to-face professional development (PD) in several states and Canada, various conference presentations, and two online professional development (PD) courses. New Projects NCELA. We are kicking off work to manage the U.S. Department of Education, Office of English Language Acquisition’s National […]

Teaching Academic Vocabulary to English Learners: A Q&A with Sydney Snyder

Posted by Sydney Snyder
On September 13, 2018
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Note: This post first appeared on Education.com June 4, 2018. That piece is titled Teaching Academic Vocabulary to English Learners: A Q&A with Sydney Snyder. It’s a common scenario when teaching English learners (ELs): The textbook or unit plan comes with a lengthy list of key vocabulary. Should all of them be taught in depth? […]

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