ELLevators
A framework dedicated to building educator capacity across Osseo Area Schools to implement Essential Practices for Multilingual Learners
Educators often ask the questions: How can we build the professional capacity across our district to serve multilingual students? What are the best practice strategies that will support and accelerate multilingual students to academic success? The ELLevators frameworks provide a pathway to address these questions. EL teachers lead, and classroom and content-area teachers join these cohorts of dedicated professionals as they build their professional capacity to provide equitable and effective instruction to all students. On this page you will find resources and information necessary for participating in the ELLevators Cohorts.
In the ELLevators Cohorts, educators build capacity to implement Essential Practices for Multilingual Learners in their classrooms.
Cohorts Frameworks
Educators in the ELLevators Cohorts build their capacity to accelerate the academic success of Multilingual learners through professional development and ongoing collaboration with EL educators. Educators learn and implement the Essential Practices for Multilingual Learners in the instruction and environment of their classrooms.
(Knowledge + Skill) x Will = Capacity
Professional Development
Collaborating teachers build Knowledge of the Essential Practices through:
6 hours of paid onsite, in-person professional development delivered by an EL-licensed teacher facilitator.
OR 6 hours of asynchronous professional development facilitated by an EL SDAS
Folks who opt into the Asynchronous training follow the District PD Pathway, or design their own pathway to the Essential Practices. During the session, participants use the Review and Share Protocol and Session Norms. Ellevation is utilized as a resource to support professional learning and implementation of the Essential Practices.
Consultation and Collaboration
Collaborating Teachers build Skill to integrate the Essential Practices in their classrooms through:
1 pre/post-teaching collaborative coaching conversation with an EL-licensed teacher facilitator per trimester
Support and consultation for implementation in the classroom