Pam Knittel is the ESL District Coach in the Poughkeepsie City School District and served as the primary facilitator for our Common Core and ELLs project.
Katy Padilla is a fifth-grade ESOL specialist at Mason Crest Elementary School in Annandale, Virginia, a school with a high percentage of ELLs.
Larry Donathan has been an ESL teacher in DC Public Schools for more than twelve years, most of that time as an itinerant teacher.
Rose Aldubaily is the ELL Director for Dearborn, MI, a district that serves a significant and diverse population of ELLs.
How can schools ensure that ELL/immigrant families have information they need related to school closures and safety during winter?
What is scaffolding?
Cindy explains what scaffolding is and provides examples of how teachers can help newcomers access content with limited language proficiency.
Alan Matan is the Department Chairman for ELL and Foreign Languages at Maine West High School in Des Plaines, Illinois.