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Making Content Accessible For Your English Language Learners | Learners Edge

Making Content Accessible For Your English Language Learners
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Graduate Credits
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As school demographics change, teachers are challenged to address the needs of an ever-expanding variety of English language learners. In this course, you will discover strategies, templates, and activities to build a toolkit for working with ELs in your classroom. Explore the importance of academic conversations and teaching academic language in your classroom while implementing different scaffolds, vocabulary, and background knowledge activities. Most of all, you will learn how to create a collaborative environment that focuses on advocacy for creating a positive learning environment for ALL students, while making the content more comprehensible for students who may struggle with language.

This course is part of an English Language Learners Learning Pathway/Certificate bundle in partnership with American College of Education and Augustana University. Visit our Certificate page to learn more.

 

Course 5025 is a CDE-approved English Learner Professional Development Pathway. Completion of this course satisfies the professional development required pursuant to 1 CCR 301-37.7.02(7) for the state of Colorado.

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Summer 2024
Registration Open: Dec 16, 2023 - Jul 15, 2024
Coursework Due: Aug 15, 2024
Fall 2024
Registration Open: Mar 16, 2024 - Oct 22, 2024
Coursework Due: Nov 15, 2024
textbook
"Unlocking Multilingual Learners’ Potential"
by Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, Meghan Gregoir
A hard copy textbook is included in the course price. It will be sent via postal mail upon course registration. Flex Credit registrants must use the ISBN provided to acquire a copy of the text.
ISBN : 978-1-0719-0266-0
 
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