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This collection contains a variety of resources to help you plan career-contextualized units, lessons, and activities within your ESOL curriculum. Content categories include Materials and Activities to Integrate Career Content, Tools for Career Integration, and Rationale and Additional…
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Teaching pronunciation is one of the most interesting and challenging elements of English language instruction. The link below opens a resource collection that includes videos of webinars and instructional demonstrations, as well as practical activities and strategies for effective…
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This resource collection provides an array of materials and guidance to help you design coherent, rigorous instructional units and lessons that include measurable learning outcomes, optimize student interaction, support the needs of all learners, are guided by SLA principles, and are aligned to the…
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Explore this collection of resources to deepen your own knowledge about building a culturally responsive learning environment, and apply this information to recognize and celebrate the diverse backgrounds, identities, strengths, and challenges of your students in an inclusive ESOL classroom.
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For educators at all levels, from kindergarten through adult students, this Educator Resource Hub from the Immigrant Learning Center Public Education Institute offers a carefully curated collection of resources to help you support your students who are foreign-born and educate all students about U.…
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In this 3-part video series you will have the opportunity to view brief videos (less than 40 minutes total viewing time) which will provide you with:
1. An overview and background of the MA Professional Standards for Teachers of Adult Speakers of Other Languages
2. A look at each of the 7 standards…
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What are these professional standards about? What is the proficiency guide for? Find out in this concise one-page summary. (Find related documents.)
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To meaningfully evaluate student learning, the ESOL instructor needs to understand and apply the principles of backward design. This includes planning meaningful summative assessment aligned to learning objectives, while engaging learners in self-assessment and formative assessment along the…
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SABES and ACLS have worked together closely to update the ESOL curriculum planning templates, and to develop review guides which will support staff in writing cohesive, coherent curricular materials (including scope and sequence, unit plans and lesson plans); help programs assess, revise…
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View the recorded webinar linked below to learn about strategies and examples of self-care and collective care. This webinar also provides ample time to reflect, experiment, and create your plans to build resilience within yourselves, colleagues, students, and workplaces. The goal of this webinar…
