Positive Learning

We are at the TASSP Summer Workshop in Austin today and tomorrow from 8:30-2:30pm. Stop by and learn how we can help your secondary ELLS, and join our giveaway. Booth #527.

“Content teachers have to educate their ELs on how to be literate and communicative in the language of their discipline.” Here are some great strategies for content teachers to teach language as they go.

37. ELL Strategies for Content Teachers: How to be a Teacher of Language | ELL Strategies | Empowering ELLs

Thank you to the many incredible teachers out there!

A great reminder of some essentials teachers can provide for ELs in their classrooms. “With some reassurance and some new strategies, all teachers are capable of being outstanding instructors of English language learners.”

5 Things English Learners Need From Classroom Teachers All educators can be outstanding teachers of ELLs with some reassurance and a few great strategies.

Language learning should go hand-in-hand with content. The report indicates better outcomes when "teachers consistently support and incorporate English learners into classroom activities."

STEM Outcomes for English Language Learners Fail to Meet Expectations -- THE Journal A new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine takes a comprehensive look at the state of English learners in STEM education and provides recommendations on ways to improve outcomes.

Our ELL teachers are not the source of these issues. The report states "Amid an ELL teacher shortage, states projected needing an additional 76,000 certified or licensed teachers to work with English-learners over the next five years."

What does this say about the burden our ELL teachers carry today? They should be commended for their courageous efforts.

Most States Failing to Meet English-Learner Academic Targets, Report Finds Over the past decade, English-learner enrollment in K-12 schools has increased by more than 100 percent in 11 states. While the number of ELL students is on the rise, the quality of education those students receive may not be keeping pace.

"As educators, we owe it to our students to be just as positive, determined, hard-working and effective as they are."

Inspiring thoughts! We believe in the power of great teachers, armed with effective tools.

ESL as a Force for Change – Hope Street Group – Medium By Dana B. Siegel

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Report: Improving outcomes for ELLs requires a comprehensive strategy that includes "integrating more English language development with math content". Couldn't agree more.

Focusing on the language skills of English Learners key to boosting math scores An Education Trust–West report highlights successful strategies some California districts implemented to improve English learners' performance in math.