This is a great resource to help school leaders determine possible action steps for creating a more welcoming environment for EL parents at the school.

This video presentation shares the challenges and rewards of working as a Title 1 principal in a school that serves students with high-needs. You will get to understand the challenges and how they were addressed. It is very encouraging for principals and teachers.

This video presents a Classroom Close-up lesson that helps English learners develop their language skills in a meaningful way. English learners will be provided with an autobiography assignment that gives ELs the opportunity to research their family histories and hone in their writing and speaking while encouraging and building their confidence.

This lesson plan will guide teachers on the fundamental areas for content and language teaching. For new teachers, I would suggest using the WIDA ELD Framework to help guide them in the process.

This sample lesson plan will allow for content area teachers to be able to write lessons that will meet the needs of English learners.

This publication is additional guidance for states, districts, and schools and was produced by the National Center for English Language Acquisition (NCELA) under the  U.S. Department of Education. This resource is essential to following the obligations under federal law to ensure that English learners have equal access to high-quality education and achieve their academic potential. 

This guide is found on the Colorín Colorado website. This guide shares twenty big ideas to help school leaders build a strong home-school partnership.

This resource provides tools and resources for ensuring meaningful communication with limited English proficient parents. This resource has been provided by the U.S. Department of Education as part of the EL Tool Kit.

The WIDA Language Development Standards Framework is intended to guide teachers working with EL students. WIDA believes that language development standards are the driving force of equity for multilingual learners in curriculum, instruction, and assessment. The goal is for teachers to best serve ELS by teaching content and language together in linguistically and culturally sustaining ways.