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A Self-Paced Professional Development Workshop for Teachers of English Language Learners

Learn practical instructional practices that help English language learners understand and engage with grade-level content, participate with confidence, and become increasingly independent learners.

Whether you’re an ELD teacher, classroom teacher, instructional coach, or interventionist, you’ll leave with practical strategies you can begin using immediately with your ELLs.

Does this sound familiar?

✋🏼 Your multilingual learners struggle with grade-level content.

✋🏼 You find yourself modifying everything.

✋🏼 Students depend on you for every activity.

✋🏼You’re constantly wondering… “Am I supporting them enough?

The Problem

The problem isn’t that multilingual learners can’t learn rigorous content.

The problem is that grade-level instruction often assumes ML students already have the language and background knowledge needed to access it.

Without intentional instructional supports, students are met with instructional barriers that impact their access to the learning.

Scaffolding isn't about lowering expectations, or making learning easier; it's about making learning accessible.

In this workshop you'll learn a practical framework built around...

3 Instructional Pillars

Making Content Visible

Learn practical ways to build background knowledge, reduce cognitive load, and make complex content accessible for multilingual learners through intentional scaffolds.

Making Language Visible

Discover strategies that explicitly highlight and teach the academic language students need, model language patterns, and help ML students express themselves with confidence.

Getting Students Talking

Create structured opportunities for talk so students can process ideas, build confidence, and demonstrate their learning.

This is practical, classroom-based professional development. You’ll see real examples, demonstrations, and strategies you can begin using with multilingual learners right away.

This Workshop Is For You If:

Designed for ELD/ESL teachers, classroom teachers, interventionists, instructional coaches, and others supporting multilingual learners.

Fellow ELD teachers, this workshop as a great way to introduce instructional practices to your classroom teachers and co-teaching partners, as well as incorporate ELL strategies into your own ELD lessons.

You'll receive:

Practical resources to help you put the strategies into action:
  • Workshop Notetaking Page
  • Scaffolding Guide 
  • Observation Chart guide
  • Pictorial Input Chart + teacher guide
  • Mix-Pair-Share icons + teacher guide
  • Numbered Heads Together Materials
  • Language Functions Key Word Chart
A Walk in the Chalk

Hi, I'm Kristen!

I’m an ELD teacher with 20+ years of experience teaching multilingual learners in grades K–6. I’ve spent my career figuring out how to make rigorous instruction accessible while helping students build the language they need to participate successfully.

I’m excited to share with you what’s working so you can put these strategies to work in your classroom, too.

Workshop Details

Self-paced professional development
75-minute workshop
Immediate access • Lifetime access
Printable workshop resources included
Introductory price: $49

Ready to make grade-level content more accessible for your multilingual learners?

Get practical strategies you can begin using right away.