Most ELL teachers use scaffolding. Most ELL teachers also use it without a clear plan for taking it away. And that gap — between using…

Most ELL teachers wait. They wait for ACCESS scores. They wait for the language proficiency report. They wait for some official data point to tell…

Have you ever had a student who was making progress — talking more, taking risks, engaging in class — and then suddenly stalled? They went…

Have you ever had a newcomer student sit silently in your classroom for weeks — watching everything, absorbing everything, but saying absolutely nothing? Or had…

Have you ever watched another ELL teacher work — in a PD session, in a video online, or just heard someone describe their classroom —…

Have you ever sat in a data review meeting and heard someone ask why your ELL students aren’t making progress?  In Episode 203 of the…

A middle school math teacher raised her hand during a professional development session and said something I haven’t been able to stop thinking about. “I…

Have you ever tried a new strategy with your ELL students, watched it work for a few days, and then wondered why it completely fell…

You’ve learned the pros and cons of a variety of instructional program models, but which is the most effective for reaching your ELLs? While one…