Classroom Management

Assessing Multilingual Learners of English: Accommodations

Why is it critical that we evaluate multilingual learners differently from the way we evaluate their monolingual and English-proficient peers? Learn some of the most effective and common accommodations to provide more equitable assessments. 

Author: Naashia Mohamed

Social-Emotional Learning in ELT: 3 Takeaways From Action Research

The author shares how he used the 5 SEL competencies to design a participatory action research intervention related to his students’ everyday challenges.

Author: Özgehan Uştuk

Mindfulness in Professional Development: Not a Magic Pill, but Certainly a Superpower

Guest blogger Mary Scholl shares how the power of mindfulness changed her practice and how it can improve teaching and learning in English language teaching.

Authors: Laura Baecher, Mary Scholl

Scaffolding Learning Through Primary Language Support: 6 Effective Strategies

I am in a classroom, having a quiet conversation with a teacher.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

6 More Ways to Cultivate Belonging in the Classroom

Following on from my last post about cultivating belonging in the classroom, I’d like to share a few more simple ways that teachers can help students feel a greater connection to the school.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

Strategies to Reduce Plagiarism and Increase Engagement

Plagiarism: scourge of the writing class and bane of teachers’ existence.

Author: Brent Warner

Cultivating Belonging in the Classroom: 2 Practical Activities

As someone who researches identity and belonging, I have spent many hours talking to people about how they feel about their place in school and society and how they position themselves in relation to others.

Author: Naashia Mohamed

6 Scaffolds for ELs in a Virtual Classroom

In May, 2020, I wrote a blog entitled “10 Scaffolds to Support EL Learning.”

Author: Judie Haynes

Supporting Dually Identified English Learners

The digital divide has been more evident than ever as students are encouraged to continue learning online while sheltering in place. For English learners who may be identified as having one or more learning challenges and/or be identified as gifted, how are their needs being met?

Author: Ayanna Cooper

Teaching Elementary-Age ELs the Hidden Curriculum

The hidden curriculum encompasses various characteristics of schooling that “everybody knows.” It usually consists of a wide variety of social skills, such as interactions with peers and teachers, and includes the fundamental values and beliefs of a school community. This hidden curriculum needs to be learned by ELs in order for them to succeed socially and academically in school.

Author: Judie Haynes

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