9 Projects That Advanced Multilingual Learner Success During the 2025–2026 School Year Every year, SupportEd has the privilege of partnering with districts, state agencies, and educators who are deeply committed to multilingual learners (MLs). As MLs’ numbers, strengths, and needs continue to evolve, so does our work with strategic planning, targeted professional learning, and coaching support to strengthen instruction and…
How to Advocate for Multilingual Learners Through Purposeful Professional Learning 3 Tools to Strengthen Your Current Approach to Professional Learning for MLs School districts today are navigating competing priorities, limited time, and increasing expectations to serve diverse student populations well. In this environment, professional learning is often reduced to isolated,…
Integrating Social Emotional Learning An interactive framework for multilingual learners that fosters access This article first appeared in Language Magazine on May 19, 2025 from SupportEd president and founder, Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD. During the past decade and especially the last few years, social emotional learning’s (SEL’s) reach has expanded…
A Word to the School Communities We Serve Since 2011, SupportEd has been dedicated to empowering multilingual learners, their families, and their educators. As former teachers and administrators, our team deeply understands the incredible assets multilingual students bring to the classroom by enriching their school communities with their diverse languages,…
How to Provide Effective Scaffolding Instruction to Support Multilingual Learners A Q&A with ML expert, author, and SupportEd president & founder, Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD. Note: A version of this article first appeared on Education.com on January 28, 2019 titled Scaffolding Instruction for English Learners: A Q&A with Diane Staehr…
Terminology to Describe Multilingual Learners: Labels and Their Implications Terminology maps available for free download At SupportEd, we had been hearing the terms English learner, multilingual learner, multilingual language learner, and emergent bilingual being used interchangeably. These were just a few of many terms used in the field of English…
