Randi Weingarten is president of the American Federation of Teachers, AFL-CIO, Colorín Colorado's founding partner.
Dr. Alba Ortiz is one of the nation's leading experts on questions of special education for English language learners (ELLs). In this in-depth interview with Colorín Colorado, Dr.
Reading Instruction for ELLs
Nancy offers some guidance for reading instruction with beginner, intermediate, and advanced ELLs, as well as suggestions for choosing texts and placing students. See the complete interview with Dr.
Native Language and ELLs' Literacy Development
In this series of clips, Dr. Nancy Cloud discusses the role of the native language in reading instruction for ELLs, as well as ideas on how to use that language as a resource.
Teaching academic vocabulary
Dr. Nancy Cloud offers ideas, resources, and strategies for teaching ELLs academic vocabulary. See the complete video in our Meet the Experts section.
Dr. Nancy Cloud, Professor Emerita and past Coordinator of the M.Ed. in TESL Program and Professor in the Department of Educational Studies at Rhode Island College, is a specialist in ESL, bilingual and dual language education.