Instructional Strategies for Multilingual Learners Fall 2025 (5.10A, 5.11B, 5.12A, 5.12B)

Course Description

• Educators will explore and apply several strategies that help increase comprehensibility and language output of rigorous academic content comprehensible for ALL students, including students who are completely new to English.
• Type of Course: Blended
• Lead Learner (Facilitator): Janette Szabo | Sam Teres | Colleen Lecompte
• Credit(s) and Type: 6 Hours Relicensure | English Language Development (ELD)

Target Audience

• Certified Staff, Admin/Pro-Tech
• Open to Substitute Teachers = Yes
• Open to Student Teachers = Not at this time
• Open to Charter School Staff = Yes
  • Charter Certified

Timeline Overview

• Start date of course content: July 21, 2025
• End date of course content: October 10, 2025

Outcomes

Here are the outcomes for the course (what participants will walk away with from the course).

• Specific strategies discussed include: Annotated Learning Targets, Differentiation, Engineered Text
• Participants will also gain access to a resource with additional strategies beyond those which will be discussed in this session.
• In collaboration with their ELD Teacher, participants will modify, teach and reflect upon an authentic lesson that would support Multilingual Learners and all students.