Professional Links

Professional links

Reading Rockets http://www.readingrockets.org/article/341 This article provides recommendations and considerations for instruction of ELLs within each of the Reading First components.

The Help!Kit: A Resource Guide for Secondary Teachers of Migrant English Language Learners

This guide is a compendium of the latest research about best practices in teaching English language learners in content area courses. It is the middle and high school level sequel to Help! They Don't Speak English Starter Kit for Primary Teachers.

In addition to providing teachers with a resource to help boost the achievement of their LEP students, this guide addresses issues that are particularly relevant to the needs of migrant secondary students:

 Focusing on credit accrual  Meeting graduation requirements in an era of rising standards  Promoting continuing education options  Suggesting ways of using technology to enhance continuity of instruction

It is important to emphasize that most of the strategies promoted in this guide are ones that are characteristic of good teaching and will benefit all students, not just English language learners.

Download the entire Secondary HelpKit in one PDF file. Please be patient the file is about 3.6 MB. http://escort.org/files/HSc1c12.pdf

Title III http://www.ed.gov/policy/elsec/leg/esea02/pg39.html USDE site for Title III

Iowa Dept. of Ed English Language Learner link https://www.educateiowa.gov/pk-12/learner- supports/english-language-learners

Colorincolorado http://www.colorincolorado.org Resources for families and educators in English and Spanish with some additional languages

Stuttering Foundation http://www.stutteringhelp.org/Default.aspx?tabid=131 - downloadable versions of stuttering brochures in Spanish and English

What Works Clearinghouse http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/wwc/reports/english_lang/abstract.asp Interventions for Elementary School English Language Learners: Increasing English Language Acquisition and Academic Achievement

Special Populations http://www.tartamudez.org/- Spanish version of stuttering website http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/speechandcommunicationdisorders.html information on communication disorders available in Spanish http://www.nlm.nih.gov/medlineplus/spanish/speechandcommunicationdisorders.html Spanish link to above site