Fonville ESL Teacher: “This is the most rewarding job”
When Mrs. Dana Patterson decided to teach, she didn’t think it would include helping her students during a major life transition. “It wasn’t only about learning a new language. I […]
Category Archives: Bilingual Teachers
Congratulations to 70 teachers who are now ESL certified!
Congratulations are in order for 70 teachers, many of whom took advantage of the TExES ESL Supplemental prep course offered by the Multilingual Programs Department. They passed the test and […]
Using Cognates to Support Comprehension
Cognates are words in two languages that share a similar meaning, spelling, and pronunciation. Some cognate pairs may have the exact same spelling but different pronunciation (such as radio), others […]
Newsela: a great way for ELL students to master nonfiction in any subject
Newsela, launched in 2013, is a platform that gathers news from various sources and rewrites them according to students’ reading levels in grades 2 – 12. Now students can study the same content, […]
Connect Students’ Background Knowledge to Content
Learn about your students’ backgrounds and find culturally relevant resources to teach content. Source: ColorinColorado.com One of the important steps of the Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol model (SIOP) of teaching […]
5 Useful Links for ELL Educators
UsingEnglish.com: Here you will find an incredible collection of tools and resources for learning and teaching English as a Second Language, including a grammar glossary, printables, and teacher handouts. ManyThings: On […]
#HISDLangSOW Language School of the Week Participants Part 1
We want to congratulate every single school that participated in our #HISDLangSOW Language School of the Week campaign! Earlier this year, our department launched a Language School of the Week […]
Multilingual Programs Job Alike Professional Development 2016
Attention Bilingual/ESL, Dual Language, Secondary ESL, & Newcomer Teachers: It’s time for Job Alike! Don’t forget to register via e Train no later than Friday, June 10, 2016!
Need for Bilingual Educators Moves School Recruitment Abroad
Source: EdWeek Amaya Rodriguez-Lema, of Bilbao, Spain, conducts a reading lesson with 2nd grade students at William Lipscomb Elementary School in Dallas. Rodriguez-Lema is one 150 teachers from Spain currently […]
Preschool programs face challenge of preparing staff to teach English learners
Source: EDSource By Sarah Tully About half of the children in the two largest public preschool programs in California – Head Start and the California State Preschool Program – speak a […]
