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Supporting English Learners in Virtual Environments

Are you looking for strategies to support English Learners (ELs) in virtual learning environments? Join Kristina Robertson, MLL teacher and leader in...

Establishing an On-site Childcare for School Employees

In this presentation, we will explore the logistics involved in bringing an on-site childcare to fruition for school employees. From planning to...

Office of Special Education Programs U.S. Department of Education Technical Assistance Network

The Office of Special Education Programs (OSEP) funds a technical assistance (TA) network to support the implementation of the Individuals with...

Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Writing

Writing through the early years is complex. Children must have plenty of opportunities to explore both the concept that they can control and create...

Shadow Puppet Edu Tutorial

There are many useful applications available for students to use to make their thinking and learning visible.  One very...

Matching Titles to Readers with TeachingBooks

Find great books for every student using Text Complexity data. Discover TeachingBooks resources for book tasting and to engage readers including...

What Should My Students Blog About?

Looking for some examples of how students might use blogs to help demonstrate their mastery? Wondering how a blog is different from a...

Foundational Literacy for Families: Early Reading

Learning to read is fundamental to children’s success in school, and the process of developing emergent literacy skills related to future reading...

Teacher Voice for Structured Literacy: A Case Study of District Change

Educators from Mountain Views Supervisory Union in Vermont will share their grassroots-initiated structured literacy change story. How did an...

Talking Points

Talking Points offers two-way auto-translation between teachers and families. No smartphones, computers, or wifi are required; for families, getting...

Benefits and Costs of Whole Group and Small Group

How can schools effectively use data to know if students are getting the instruction they need to be successful readers? Join Jamey Peavler to learn...

WIDA Standards Spotlight: Setting Language Expectations

Join the IDOE team for Part 3 of 3 sessions to provide additional resources and cheat sheets for content area teachers to support English Learners in...

IDOE WIDA Standards 2020 Edition-Rollout Outline

This outline is intended to serve as a roadmap for Indiana schools as they incorporate the 2020 Edition of the WIDA Standards within daily...

WIDA Focus On Bulletin: Group Work for Content Learning

"This Focus Bulletin from WIDA provides answers to the following questions about English learner students: (1) Do students have opportunities to...

WIDA Focus On Bulletin: STEM Discourse: Strengthening Reasoning, Strengthening Language

Doing and Talking Mathematics and Science is a reasoning-centered, discourse-rich style of instruction based on a theory of language learning...

WIDA Doing and Talking Mathematics: A Teacher's Guide to Meaning-Making with English Learners

Doing and Talking Mathematics is a reasoning-centered, discourse-rich style of instruction based on a theory of language learning described as...

Mathematics Learning Recovery: Part 3

While students are stabilizing and recovering from the academic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, many educators are looking for the best ways to...

WIDA Standards Rollout Levels I & II Recap PD Session

IDOE hosts this session guiding participants through Levels I and II of the WIDA Standards Rollout Outline. This session is intended for any educator...

Leveraging WIDA Standards and IAS Connections to Support English Learners

This session illustrates how WIDA aligns with the 2023 IAS and discusses the hidden benefits of utilizing WIDA ELD standards within universal or core...