More than 5 million public school students in the United States are English learners*, and this number will continue to rise. With the help of our experts, you’ll gain practical strategies for teaching skills necessary for student success in all subject areas.
In the Sanger Unified School District, EL students' scores increased from 636 to 772 on the California Academic Performance Index (API) as a result of Solution Tree PD strategies. Complete the form to learn more about this success story from a Solution Tree representative.
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An expert author or certified associate will share a multifaceted approach for effectively supporting multilingual learners. Educators will gain a deeper understanding of the needs of ELs, explore a range of instructional best practices, and learn to target interventions for higher achievement.
Determine how to effectively close the learning gap for multilingual learners with practical instructional strategies and assessment processes for developing academic vocabulary. Acquire lesson templates to integrate vocabulary, reading, and writing into other subjects.
Explore the underlying factors that cause multilingual learners to stall in their progress toward second language proficiency—including culture, background knowledge, and prior experiences. Then determine how to provide every EL with the appropriate level of support.
Discover the components of a PLC that teacher leaders utilize to help close the achievement gap for students who are learning English as a second language.
Core content teachers discover how to incorporate SEL, language, literacy, and interaction strategies into their content areas. Based on years of empirical testing in hundreds of classrooms, this workshop gives teachers effective strategies, and addresses how administrators and coaches can support teachers in their efforts.
Get direct support for school teams to ensure success for your EL community. Over the course of the school year, develop a plan and put it in action with team review cycles. Take advantage of our experience in EL coaching delivered by seasoned experts.
Prepare your teachers to support multilingual learners with one-on-one coaching. Experts will share tailor-made strategies for specific grade levels and subject areas. Educators will receive ongoing guidance as they work to support multilingual learners, close achievement gaps, and promote equitable academic opportunities for all students.
After learning about your community of ELs and the challenges you’re facing, we’ll build a custom professional development experience for your staff. Through face-to-face and virtual support from our experts, your team will gain proven practices and classroom-ready strategies for ensuring multilingual learners succeed in learning and in life.
Develop an effective instructional coaching model for all coaches to work with dual-language and bilingual educators, even when they don't speak the language of instruction. Discover a proven process for an effective observation and feedback cycle to coach bilingual teachers and dual-language classrooms.
Ready to empower teachers, support ELs, and achieve success in the classroom? Take the first step by completing the form on this page, and a representative will be in contact with you soon.
*Source: National Center for Education Statistics. (2022). English Learners in Public Schools. Condition of Education. U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Retrieved 3/12/24, from https://nces.ed.gov/programs/coe/indicator/cgf.
