Tonya Ward Singer returns to the podcast to chat with Carol about what teachers and administrators need to know when working with ELs. Listeners get a peek into their planning conversation for their upcoming ELevate Conference keynotes.

Carol talks with Lori Patten about how to differentiate in secondary for a wide range of ability levels.

Carol recaps specific moves to start the school year and adds a heavy emphasis on how to support new arrival students in a challenging, often negative, political climate.

Derek Rhodenizer returns! This episode offers many insights into personalized PD opportunities and Derek shares how he created, modeled and ran a personalized PD system for this staff.

Carol celebrates students with interruptions in education who are graduating and passing state assessments. She is joined by two students who help explain some of the support they get and give through One World Club.

Carol offers advice and concrete suggestions for supporting our students who may not meet end of year requirements. All of this with a healthy dose of inspiration!

ESL Leaders talk about Comprehensible Input and Strategies in an ELLchat_BkClub discussion. Allyson Newton leads the group in breaking down these two components of the SIOP Model and answering questions from our twitter PLN.

Carol answers questions from ESL and content teachers who are working through a book study of Boosting Achievement. The questions are about working with students with limited education.

Carol breaks down the practical techniques that make it possible to teach grade level writing to emergent writers.

Positive outcomes of honoring voice, choice and reflection.