Larry Ferlazzo: Community Organizer Turned Teacher
Larry Ferlazzo's new book, English Language Learners: Teaching Strategies that Work, gives ideas about how to nurture in students good qualities of learners and leaders. Read Full Post >
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April 14, 2010
April 07, 2010
Free Webinar: How to Provide ELL Professional Development
Aida Qalqui, the director of teacher development at WestEd, is the guest tomorrow for a free Webinar about how to provide coherent and holistic professional development to teachers who work with ELLs. Read Full Post >
February 25, 2010
Head Start Teachers for Migrant Kids Have Education Barriers
Head Start teachers from Native American or migrant communities have a lot of linguistic and cultural expertise but they also tend to lack formal education credentials. Read Full Post >
February 23, 2010
Resource: How Content Teachers Can Teach Language
A book released by WestEd tells how mainstream teachers who have English-learners in their classrooms can be language teachers. Read Full Post >
December 09, 2009
Free Webinar on SIOP, a Popular Set of Strategies for ELLs
Next Tuesday, Dec. 16, 3 p.m., Eastern time, the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition is hosting a free Webinar on the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol, strategies for working with ELLs. Read Full Post >
December 09, 2009
'Fundamentals' for Teachers of English-Learners
The newsletter of the National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition spells out 16 "fundamentals" for teachers of ELLs. Read Full Post >
November 17, 2009
Free Webinars on Language Issues
The National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition is hosting several webinars on issues concerning ELLs, including one this week about how math teachers can best work such students. Read Full Post >
November 16, 2009
Webinar: Help for Mainstream Math Teachers in Teaching ELLs
WestEd is providing a live webinar for mainstream teachers of math to teach ELLs in their classroom who have different levels of language proficiency. Read Full Post >
August 24, 2009
Teacher Describes 'Laughable' Teacher Training
In a blog post on the Room for Debate blog of the New York Times, "Frustrated Early Childhood Teacher" characterizes some teacher coursework offered by education schools as "laughable." Read Full Post >
August 19, 2009
GAO: ELLs Get a 'Partial Focus' in Teacher-Prep Courses
Mainstream elementary and secondary education teachers are much more likely to get training through traditional teacher-preparation courses focused on students with disabilities than on English-language learners, a Government Accountability Office study released today says. Read Full Post >
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