Empower multilingual learners to thrive academically and socially.
How to achieve that?
Provide effective ELD instruction that integrates listening, speaking, reading, and writing.
Create inclusive and culturally responsive classroom environments!
Monitor language growth through assessment and feedback
How we know it's working?
ELPA Data
Portfolios showing written and spoken progress.
Check-ins and reflections
How do we implement effective ELD instruction?
Listening
Use audio with transcripts.
Scaffold with vocabulary previews/worksheets.
Practice comprehension with visual supports.
Speaking
Model academic sentence frames.
Encourage group discussion and participation.
Structured oral practice
Reading
Use texts and tiered vocabulary.
Choose culturally relevant and represenrtational reading materials.
Writing
Scaffold with sentence/paragraph frames.
Support with shared and modeled writing.
Offer feedback loops through peer and teacher review.
Culturally Responsive Practices
Affirm students' identities
Use heritage language assets
Invite family and community perspectives "Newcomer Night"