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Preparation of ESL Teachers in Common Core Era
Happy Spring! After spending much of March providing professional development to ESL and content teachers in a few states, as well as attending the TESOL International Convention & English Language...
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Preparing New Teachers to Work with ELLs: An Overview of the edTPA
In a recent blog post, I wrote about how ELL experts are rethinking preparation of ESL teachers in the Common Core era. As I wrote that post, one of the topics I started thinking about was the edTPA,...
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edTPA Perspectives from the Field: Influence of CCSS and Impact on Teachers...
In last week’s blog post, I shared some information on the edTPA for English as an Additional Language (EAL), which is a new licensure assessment for pre-service teachers of English as a Second...
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My Collaborative Journey: An ESOL Teacher’s Perspective (Part 3)
This blog post is the third in a three-part series about the steps one elementary school with 60% ELLs took to increase collaboration between ESOL teachers and content teachers in order to better meet...
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Administrators in Action: Four Steps for Strengthening Your EL Program
This post is written by guest blogger Ayanna Cooper. For related guidance, see the U.S. Department of Education English Learner Toolkit’s Chapter 3: Tools and Resources for Supporting an English...
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From the NEA: All In! How Educators Can Advocate for English Language Learners
Several of our blog posts have focused on advocating for ELLs across many areas of implementing the Common Core State Standards for ELLs. For example, we’ve recently published a three-part series on...
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