Episode Summary Today we’re diving into five practical tips for newer EL teachers. Whether you’re transitioning into EL teaching, getting your certification, or supporting multilingual students in your regular classroom, this episode is packed with actionable advice to help you succeed. From getting to know your students and understanding where they are in their learning…
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Episode Summary This episode addresses the new arrivals and group challenges teachers have when it comes to ELs in the classrooms. Every day, I receive several emails that share your current biggest struggles as a teacher who works with EL students, whether you’re exclusively with multilingual students or you have ELs in your regular education
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Episode Summary As EL teachers, we need to possess a variety of skills, and not all of them are clear cut. Besides the obvious ones, such as being knowledgeable in teaching methodologies, standards, and educational psychology, as a teacher of multilingual learners, one must also possess acute cultural awareness. And that goes not only for
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Episode Summary As the summer break is nearing, it seems that time flies faster and faster. Between all of the award ceremonies, field days, final exams, and graduations, there’s no space to even breathe. In this season, the desire to put off paperwork and lesson planning for next year is sometimes irresistibly strong, and I’m
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Episode Summary With the school year almost at the end for many of us, or even finished for some, I wanted to revisit one of the episodes I recorded a while back because I know that it will really come in handy. Either now or at the start of the new school year. Honestly, anytime.
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Episode Summary There are certain truths about being an ELL teacher: When I ask teachers: if you could have a magic wand, what would you wish for you in your teaching situation, I get so many requests for a scope and sequence for newcomers and for a newcomer curriculum. So in today’s episode, I wanted
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