Resources for Educators
- CT State Department of Education EL website: http://portal.ct.gov/SDE/English-Learners/English-Learners
- EL Strategies Desk Cards: http://www.crec.org/docs/4339/RESC_Alliance_Desk_Cards_Revised_2.pdf
- CELP Standards (Teacher Resources Start on Page 264): http://portal.ct.gov/-/media/SDE/English-Learners/CELP_Standards.pdf?la=en
- Video training sessions for educators regarding the CELP standards http://portal.ct.gov/SDE/English-Learners/English-Learners/Documents
- Coaching and self reflection tool for coaches/admins/teachers with alignment to the CCT Rubric http://portal.ct.gov/SDE/Publications/Coaching-and-Self-Reflection-Tool-for-Competency-in-Teaching-English-Learners
- Meeting the Needs of All Students Webinar Series: http://ctcorestandards.org/?page_id=11895
- Module Series for CCSS for ELs and Students with Disabilities: http://ctcorestandards.org/?page_id=13721
- Information About Native Languages: http://www.omniglot.com/
- Google Translate: https://translate.google.com/
- What Teachers Should Know About Instruction for English Language Learners (article): http://educationnorthwest.org/sites/default/files/resources/what-teachers-should-know-about-instruction-for-ells.pdf
- Making Content Comprehensible for ELLs (Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol article): http://www.nsbsd.org/cms/lib01/AK01001879/Centricity/Domain/41/The%20SIOP%20Model%20Overview.pdf
- From the NEA: All In! How Educators Can Advocate for English Language Learners http://www.colorincolorado.org/blog/nea-all-how-educators-can-advocate-english-language-learners
- From the Educational Leadership journal: Ten (Usually Wrong) Ideas about ELLs http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/feb16/vol73/num05/Ten-(Usually-Wrong)-Ideas-about-ELLs.aspx
- Colorin’ Colorado: Teaching English Language Learners http://www.colorincolorado.org/teaching-english-language-learners
- The Education Alliance at Brown University: Teaching Diverse Learners https://www.brown.edu/academics/education-alliance/teaching-diverse-learners/
- Reading Rockets: English Language Learners http://www.readingrockets.org/reading-topics/english-language-learners
- Supporting Reading and Language Development at Home https://sites.google.com/view/reading-language-help-at-home/home