For Teachers

ML Minute - topics of interest for school staff:

What is Halal Food?

Faith Practices in Public Schools 

Teachers, here are some of our favorite resources for improving instruction for ML students.  Enjoy, and please let me know what you think!

Learn more about Sheltered Instruction, or just use the checklist to help design instruction that meets the needs of diverse students. 

Universal Design for Learning is another approach to help all students access grade-level content.   

Here are the slides from Hannah and Sylvia’s ELL 2015-16 PD series at UES.

Here are some pages just for teachers:

English Language Learning 101

Teaching English Language Learners in Your Classroom

Great Links for Teaching

Colorin Colorado is another great resource for tips and strategies for working with ELL students.  Although many of the resources provided are directed at Spanish-speaking students, there are helpful articles that address the needs of all language groups.  

Some good general information about supporting English Learners from the Frankfurt International School.  

If you are up for some more academic reading, Jim Cummins has published seminal studies on Social vs. Academic Language, the importance of maintaining Native Language Proficiency, and Language and Power.