Distance Learning for ELLs: Webinar Resources
These resources were included in the Spring 2020 webinar from Colorín Colorado and Share My Lesson about distance learning for ELLs.
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SupportEd: Resources
- School closures updates (Education Week)
- Webinar: Practical Strategies & Resources to Teach K-12 ELs Online (March 2020)
- Padlet: Practical Strategies & Resources to Teach K-12 ELs Online
- Blog Post: Practical Strategies and Resources for EL Distance Learning (Dr. Eugenia Krimmel)
Professional development options
- National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
- TESOL
- NYSTESOL
- WIDA
- Center for Applied Linguistics
- SupportEd
- Confianza
- Seidlitz
- English Learner Portal
- Dorina Sackman: YouTube Channel
- Immigrant Connections
Blog posts / social media
- Renewed Teacher Appreciation in a Time of Distance Learning: Three Takeaways as a Parent and Educator
- What Has Worked So Far with Distance Learning for This Mom: The 3Cs
- SupportEd: Twitter
- Diane Staehr Fenner: Twitter
Larry Ferlazzo: Resources
- Best of the Best Resources to Support Teachers Dealing with School Closures
- Q&A Posts on Coronavirus Crisis (Education Week)
- Larry Ferlazzo's Websites of the Day
- Larry Ferlazzo: Twitter
Colorín Colorado: Resources
Guide: Distance Learning for ELLs
These articles offer planning tools, strategies, recommended resources, and much more:
- What You Need to Know
- Planning Instruction
- Making Family Partnerships Work
- Offline Learning at Home
- Challenges and Opportunities
- Recommended Resources
- Privacy Considerations for ELLs/Immigrant Students
Related resources
- Making the Connection: Communicating with ELLs and Their Families During School Closures
- School Responses to COVID-19: ELL/Immigrant Considerations
- COVID-19 School Closures: Supporting English Learners During the COVID-19 Pandemic | Spanish version (American Federation of Teachers)
Family outreach
- Reading Tip Sheets for Parents (in 13 languages!)
- Engaging ELL Families: 20 Strategies for School Leaders
- Fact Sheet: Information for Limited English Proficient Parents and for Schools and School Districts that Communicate with Them (U.S. Department of Education)
For educators new to working with ELLs
- Video: What to Do First
- Video Interviews: Advice for New Teachers of ELLs
- New to Teaching ELLs?
- Academic Language, Vocabulary Instruction, Content-Area Instruction
- Supporting Immigrant Students and Families
Social media
#ELLChat: Archives from Twitter Chats
A number of Twitter #ELLchat discussions have focused on distance learning. Learn more about #ELLchat from this overview. (You don't need a Twitter account to browse those resources.)
ELL networks
