Regional Educational Laboratory Appalachia is hosting four workshops in July across Kentucky on teaching literacy skills and academic content to English learners for individuals and teams of educators who work with ELs. The workshop is based on recommendations in the Institution of Education Sciences Practice Guide, “Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School,” and [...]
A Kentucky Writing Project workshop provided hands-on ideas, reading and writing strategies and a dose of confidence to teachers working with ELL students.
The Kentucky Writing Project’s summer workshop for teachers who work with English-language learners, “Addressing the Needs of ELLs in Mainstream Classrooms,” will be held this summer in Lexington and Louisville. The three-day workshop, which offers 18 hours of professional development credit, is designed especially for teachers who work with English-language learners but have had limited training in strategies that make [...]
Intensive language classrooms provide students a safe place to transition to learning in English.