Course Doors Open – 7/15/25
You’re a busy teacher of English learners looking for actionable professional development to enhance your instruction.
You want effective planning strategies for supporting your MLs to ensure language development.
You want proven methods that make lesson planning more efficient and manageable.
5 learning modules (and bonus module) teach the essential components that make the lesson planning process more manageable, predictable and efficient
These template resources provide everything you need to structure lessons effectively and target the needs of all students and groups
Watch me plan out lessons using the planning templates for Newcomer/Beginner groups, Intermediate groups and Language Function lessons.
I’m Kristen Vibas, an ESOL teacher with 20 years experience. I know just how stressful it can be to plan for large caseloads across multiple grade levels and content areas, all while meeting the needs of students at different language levels, and keeping lessons focused and engaging.
That’s why I created this course—to give teachers of multilingual learners tools, strategies, and structures that get results. My goal… to help you feel confident, prepared, and excited about planning AND teaching.
Take a peek at this step-by-step guide for making lesson planning
more manageable, less stressful & part of a predictable routine.
A practical, no-fluff course designed to give you a repeatable process and ready-to-use tools that will save time, reduce stress, and increase your confidence when planning lessons for English learners.
Knowing WHO your students are as learners and WHERE to begin targeted instruction is the first step in effective lesson planning.
With multiple grade levels, proficiency levels, small groups and classrooms to support, staying organized makes lesson planning more efficient.
When teachers have access to quality resources, they can effectively tailor lessons that target students’ needs. I’ll share how to build a library of resources that makes planning easier.
Lesson formats are at the heart of lesson planning as they provide a reliable map for instruction from start to finish.
Having consistency with on-going weekly lessons and skill builders, as well as lesson formats, will create valuable time-saving routines.
with planning lessons that are effective and engaging
with a proven structure that meets the needs of all students
with resources, strategies and routines in place
This course is designed for K–8 teachers of English learners who plan for small groups—whether you’re an ELD specialist, classroom teacher, or small group interventionist. If you want a simple, effective structure for lesson planning that supports language development, this course is for you.
The Lesson Planning Roadmap course includes 5 learning modules with each module containing approximately 3-5 videos, including several lesson planning demonstrations. Printable and digital resources include a course workbook, multiple lesson planning templates, a 4-step lesson planning guide, a goal setting activity, a progress monitoring tool, plus organizational tools, such as a scheduling template, and student/group lists. A “Bonuses” module provides additional bonus instructional resources, a thank you for joining me inside A Lesson Planning Roadmap.
It’s a self-paced digital course with short video modules and printable tools. Everything is hosted on an online platform called Thrivecart. After enrolling, you’ll receive an email with your course log-in information.
The combined total for all videos is approximately 2.5 hours.
For questions or support, contact [email protected]
Yes! When you enroll, you’ll get lifetime access to the course and all downloadable resources for as long as the course exists. Revisit it anytime you need a refresh or planning boost.
No. Due to the digital nature of the course and immediate access to all its content, the course is nonrefundable.
Yes! Please reach out to [email protected] with any questions you have about purchase orders. I’d be happy to help.
No, the course materials, such as log-in information, downloadable resources, printable resources, videos, etc., are not sharable and are for the personal use of enrolled participants only. Please see Terms and Conditions linked here.
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A 4-step ELD lesson planning guide, scaffolding chart by proficiency level, and sample walk-through lesson.
