Are your instructional materials meeting the needs of today’s middle and high school multilingual learners?

In our latest podcast, expert ELD educators share:

✅ How to evaluate developmentally appropriate and academically rigorous resources for secondary ELLs

✅ Examples of these resources

✅ Strategies to engage students and promote productive language 

✅ Real-world lesson planning for ELD instruction 

Learn how to build your multilingual toolkit with the right ELD resources. 

In this episode, Focus on What Matters: Essential Skills for Each ELL Proficiency Level, we bring together a panel of ELD experts with extensive classroom experience to share actionable strategies for educators.

We discuss:

✅ The crucial first step in addressing English learners’ needs

✅ The most critical skills for each ELL proficiency level

✅ Tools to effectively teach these skills for each learner level

✅ How to know if students are truly progressing 

Whether you’re an ELD teacher, administrator, or content-area educator, these insights can help you better support multilingual learners.

How can educators equip Newcomers with the essential language skills and social-emotional support they need to thrive? 

Join us for a dynamic 30-minute webinar featuring a panel of seasoned ELD experts, each with decades of classroom experience. They’ll share actionable strategies and key insights for effectively supporting Newcomers in your classroom.

Meet Our Expert Panel:

David Noyes

➡️ Head of Curriculum, Language Tree Online  

➡️ National Board Certified ELD Educator with 30+ years of experience  

➡️ Evaluator for California's English Language Proficiency Assessment (ELPAC)

Joy Sanfilippo

➡️ ESOL Program Specialist, Flagler County Schools, Florida  

➡️ 15+ years of experience supporting educators of English learners  

➡️ Graduate research focused on the unique challenges facing secondary-level ELLs and their teachers

Shehnaz Wadhwania, Ed.D

➡️ Language Acquisition Coordinator, Pleasanton USD, California  

➡️ 18+ years in K-12 Urban Education  

➡️ Doctoral Dissertation: The SST Referral Process for ELLs

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In this webinar, you’ll discover:

✅ Overlooked yet crucial language skills every Newcomer needs  

✅ Effective strategies to engage older Newcomers navigating acculturation  

✅ Techniques for managing diverse, multi-level classrooms  

✅ Must-have resources to accelerate Newcomer progress