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
- Getting Your First Grader Off to a Good Start: Tips for Families
- Hiring Your School’s First ELL Teacher: 10 Tips for School Leaders
- How COVID-19 Is Impacting ELL and Immigrant Families
- How School Leaders New to Working with ELLs Can Partner with Families: 10 Strategies for Success
- How Schools Can Partner with ELL Families Who Resettle in Their Community: 10 Strategies for Success
- How to Expand ELLs' Access to Technology for Distance Learning
- How to Make the Most of Lunchtime with ELLs
- How to Partner with Families of Middle and High School ELLs
- How to Support Refugee Students in Your School Community
- If ELLs Need Additional Literacy Support
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Blog Entries
- Ten New ELL Resources for 2022
- Reflection Questions for Teachers and Students: A School Year Like No Other
- Primary Sources, the Library of Congress and English Learners
- You Are Already a Leader: Identifying Your Leadership Skills on Behalf of ELLs
- Must-Have Resources for Administrators about Supporting Immigrant Families
- After the Election: Ideas for Teachers of ELLs
- Three Strategies for Equitable Assessment of ELLs
- What does ESSA mean for ELLs?
- Dual Language Instruction: An Overview (Part I)
- Our blog is now part of the new Colorín Colorado website!
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