ALSDE English Learners

Opening doors, expanding minds. 🌏✨ We’re proud to see Alabama students connecting with the world through language and culture—right in their own classrooms and through experiences that reach far beyond them.

Florence area educators—come learn with Dr. Monica Farris next Wednesday, June, 10, at the Education Research and Inservice Center at the University of North Alabama.

📣 Applications for PARA TODOS Cohort 5 Are Now Open! 📣
Ready to strengthen your practice and elevate outcomes for multilingual learners?
Project PARA TODOS is a federally funded professional learning program that provides K–8 educators with evidence-based strategies for supporting English learners and dual language learners—at no cost to participants.

✨ Earn a nationally recognized EL/DL Educator Credential
💻 Flexible online learning designed for busy educators
🤝 Collaborate with educators from across the nation
📚 Gain practical, research-based strategies you can immediately apply in your classroom
🎁 Eligible participants who successfully complete the program will receive an incentive

📅 Cohort 5 begins in July 2026 and runs through July 2027.
⚠️ Participation requires attendance at a mandatory kickoff meeting in either June or July 2026. *Accepted participants will receive additional details regarding kickoff dates.

Whether you're looking to strengthen your instructional practices, expand your professional network, or better support multilingual learners and their families, PARA TODOS is an opportunity you won't want to miss!

🔗 Learn more and apply today: Project PARA TODOS

Ready, set, summer!! 🚌📚 We’re eager to welcome 170 students to ESOL Summer Camps Monday morning!
Teachers worked diligently this week to prepare spaces, activities and curriculum that engage and inspire! 🔬⚽️🤟🍿 🌎 ➗✍️👩🏻‍💻🎼🎨🐠🦋🎤

Math at home is better together! Families can explore early numeracy with resources available in English and Spanish. AMSTI

School might be out for the summer, but learning doesn't have to stop! Check out our Early Numeracy Calendars for quick and easy ways to keep the math learning going strong! English and Spanish versions are available at https://bitly.amsti.org/calendars.

It was a joy to celebrate students from Cullman City School District who earned the Alabama Seal of Biliteracy this year!

Each student’s accomplishment represents years of hard work, perseverance, and dedication. Celebrating these graduates and this important milestone was truly special.

This year, 16 students from four schools across the district earned the Seal of Biliteracy. Congratulations also to the educators, families, and school communities who supported them along the way!

Hatton High School in Lawrence County, Alabama Schools must be bursting with pride! Their Seal of Biliteracy recipient, Laura Magallanes-Campo, who started learning English in ninth grade, just graduated as a salutatorian and multi-award winner—all accomplished in her second language. Talk about inspiring!

Congratulations to Spain Park High School, part of Hoover City Schools, for awarding 43 Global Seals of Biliteracy and 37 Alabama Seals of Biliteracy in seven different languages! 🌍🎓

This incredible achievement reflects the dedication and hard work of the student recipients, teachers, administrators, and families who made this possible. Your commitment to multilingualism, biliteracy, and global education continues to prepare students to thrive in an interconnected world.

Congratulations to everyone involved in this outstanding accomplishment!

Friday mornings are best spent in collaboration! English Learners, Special Education, Instructional Services, ARI, and OSI meet monthly to ensure literacy updates are shared and streamlined. It’s one more way we are !

ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative ALSDE English Learners

Enterprise High School celebrated English Learner success last Friday! 🎉Students were recognized for their hard work on the ACCESS test, and several were also celebrated for earning the Seal of Biliteracy.

A special thank you to Mr. Sauls, Mrs. Burns, Mrs. Segui, Mrs. Markel, Mrs. Strawder, Mrs. Quiroz Garcia, and Mrs. Andrade, a proud parent who helped provide pizza for the celebration. Thank you for making this day meaningful and memorable for our English Learners! Enterprise City Schools