Implementing Professional Learning Communities for the WWC Practice Guide, Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle Schools

The project’s short-term goals include:
• Regional English learner coaches and demonstration site district representatives will increase their understanding of how to facilitate the use of the Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School practice guide with teachers.
• Teachers in demonstration sites will increase their knowledge of evidence-based instructional practices for English learner students.

The project’s medium-term goals include:
• Regional English learner coaches and demonstration site district representatives will implement the Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School practice guide with fidelity.
• Teachers at implementation sites will adopt and use evidence-based practices with fidelity.
 
By increasing teacher use of evidence-based instructional practices for teaching academic content and literacy to English learner students, the project will result in improved instruction and increased English learner student proficiency on state assessments.
Organization
REL SE
State
Alabama
Partnership
Alabama English Learner Outcomes
Project Leads
Heidi Goertzen
Contact
Elizabeth Davis mailto:edavis@alsde.edu
Resources
National Clearinghoue for ELA
PROGRESS Center