Lydia Breiseth is Director of Colorín Colorado, the nation's leading ELL website. Colorín Colorado is a part of the Learning Media Department at PBS station WETA in Washington, DC. In this capacity, Ms. Breiseth manages content, multimedia production, partnerships, and outreach for the website. Ms. Breiseth has presented Colorín Colorado’s resources at a number of national conferences, including TESOL, NABE, CABE, NAEYC, OELA, the AFT’s TEACH Conference, and the Latino Children’s Book Conference. Ms. Breiseth has published articles on a variety of educational and literacy blogs on behalf of Colorín Colorado. She also won a Michigan Emmy Award for the Colorín Colorado documentary You Are Welcome Here.
Ms. Breiseth has taught both English and Spanish as foreign languages and spent a year in Ecuador teaching English to graduate students with the educational exchange program WorldTeach. Ms. Breiseth received her Bachelor's Degree in English with a Minor in Latin American Studies from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and daughter.
Additional articles
- More Than a Warm Welcome: Supporting Students in Dearborn, MI (American Educator)
- Getting to Know ELLs' Families (Educational Leadership)
- 12 Ways School Leaders Can Support Immigrant Families (NASSP)
- 10 Steps Schools Leaders Can Take to Suppor ELL Success During COVID-19 (NASSP)
Articles
- 20 Strategies for School Leaders
- 5 Myths About English Language Learners (ELLs) and Special Education
- 6 Strategies for Partnering With Families of English Language Learners
- 8 Tips for Welcoming Newcomer Students and Families to Your School
- Academic Language and ELLs: What Teachers Need to Know
- Addressing Basic Needs During COVID-19: A Team Approach
- Addressing ELLs’ Language Learning and Special Education Needs: Questions and Considerations
- Background Knowledge and ELLs: What Teachers Need to Know
- Communicating Important Information with ELL Families: Strategies for Success
- Communicating with ELL Families: 10 Strategies for Schools
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Blog Entries
- New York to Seek Federal Waiver to Test ELLs in Native Languages
- Common Core and ELLs: Classroom Videos from Colorín Colorado
- New CCSS Resources from Education Week and Understanding Language
- CAL Brief: Responses to Questions About Implementing the Common Core with ELLs
- New Common Core Resources: Achieve the Core
- Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators
- PARCC Announces Translation of Common Core Math Tests Into Spanish
- ESL Teachers and Common Core: What's Their Role?
- Common Core and ELLs Resource Section on Colorín Colorado
- PARCC Releases Final Accommodations Manual
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