Did you know the state has approved six bilingual program models to support emergent bilingual students? According to TEA data, 1 in every 5 Texas students enrolled are Emergent Bilingual. Spanish-speaking students comprise 92% of students served in Texas schools and are the fastest...
Category - Multilingual Instruction
As schools close for the summer, many parents and educators seek ways to maintain academic momentum. With the downtime afforded by the break, apps...
How can I Support Multilingual Students with STAAR?
Multilingual students can feel overwhelmed when taking a standardized test because English is not their native language. This feeling may impact...
Professional Development for Inspired Bilingual/ESL Educators
In the ever-evolving Bilingual/ESL education landscape, educators must stay at the forefront of best practices and innovative approaches. While...
Five Key Action Items to Help You Prepare for TELPAS.
The Texas English Language Proficiency Assessment, known as TELPAS, plays a major role in evaluating the English language proficiency of emergent...
Embarking on learning English as a Newcomer in the United States presents many challenges, especially when adjusting to a new school environment...
Congratulations on your new role as a Multilingual Director/Coordinator! Your dedication to supporting Emergent Bilingual (EB) students has paid off...
The time has come to look more closely at interpretation as an “other duty as assigned.” Meaningful communication with students’ caregivers is needed...
Help Struggling Writers Improve with Sentence Stems
Sometimes our students struggle with communicating, especially when writing is involved. But we can still support our students and help them improve...
4 Speaking and Writing Strategies for English Learners
We really know something when we can teach it, right? English learners (ELs) at the beginning level of English proficiency struggle to explain their...