SupportEd Invites Educators to Multilingual Learner Symposium on June 5 Fairfax, VA — SupportEd, a leader in multilingual learner (ML) education, is honored to invite educators to its highly anticipated virtual Multilingual Learner Symposium on Thursday, June 5, from 10 AM to 4 PM ET. This timely professional learning event…
Celebrating Multilingual Learners Across the Nation Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner’s 5 Inspiring Keynotes This past month, SupportEd President Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner had the honor of being the keynote speaker for five educator conferences. Diane traveled to four states across the U.S. and facilitated one virtual keynote to connect with…
Three Effective Scheduling Considerations for Multilingual Learner Education Part 1 of Scheduling for MLs series Explore the Complete Three-Part Article Series, Scheduling for MLs Part 1: Three Effective Scheduling Considerations for Multilingual Learner Education.Part 2: Key Considerations for Multilingual Learner Program Types and Instructional ModelsPart 3: Putting the Pieces Together:…
Are You Using this Protocol to Engage Multilingual Learners in Math? Gone are the days when we talked about math as a “universal language” and math assignments were merely columns of problems needing to be solved. Now, math classes are filled with opportunities for rich language use, and math can…
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…
How to Serve your Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) Have you noticed any changes to your English learner (EL) population lately? As educators of ELs, we are aware that world events often have an impact on our newly arrived ELs’ backgrounds. In this point in time in which…
