FREE Online PD for Teachers

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The courses offered include:

• ELPS for Administrators
• ELL Foundations--Guidance and Support for ELLs
• ELL Foundations--Second Language Acquisition
• ELPS Academy​
• Implementing the ELPS in English Language and Reading
• Implementing the ELPS in Mathematics
• Implementing the ELPS in Social Studies
• ELPS Academy

The ELPS Linguistic Instructional Alignment Guide or LIAG is aresource also available to educators. It is not a course but a resource that is handy for planning instruction. As a classroom teacher, the LIAG can a used to tailor listening, speaking, reading, and writing goals and instruction for each English Learner in your classroom.

Sheltered Instruction videos are coming soon! So be on the look out! And share this awesome resource with your colleagues.  

Just wondering...for those of you who don't live in the GREAT state of Texas, does your state/country have something like this for teachers? Please comment.

Enjoy!
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 TEXAS teachers!! Have you heard about Texas Gateway???

​This is an AMAZING, FREE resource library for all Texas educators and parents created by the Texas Education Agency. The courses offered are self-paced, online courses. Some even include videos and classroom support documents. As an advocate for English Learners, I truly love that the Texas Gateway offers several courses related to supporting teachers and administrators of ELs. Teachers can take the courses and receive professional development credit for them too! But BEST of all, teachers and administrators will gain valuable knowledge about how to effectively support English Learners in their classrooms and schools utilizing the English Language Proficiency Standards aligned with the TEKS. ​