Effective classroom strategies for helping ELL students

Teachers want all learners to feel safe and comfortable in their classrooms. This allows each student to achieve their best in school. It is particularly important for ELL students, whose language barrier may inhibit them from feeling like they can fully participate in daily classroom lessons and activities.

Through watching a real classroom in action, you will learn how to make classroom accommodations to maximize ELL learners' potential and help these student to feel at home in the classroom. Looking at the example of this real elementary school, you will learn about ways to increase cultural awareness in your school. Take a behind the scenes look at a one-to-one coaching session between a teacher and ELL Coordinator to provide you with further strategies and ideas for success in working with your ELL students.