Language Acquisition

ESD 105 partners with districts serving Multilingual/English Learners, offering support services to improve school and student success.

Our services include, but are not limited to, the following:

Support for District and Building Administrators:

• Supporting schools and districts with program design and systems level planning
  • Integrated and designated English language development (ELD)
• Facilitating regional partnerships with districts who are pursuing similar priorities
• Administration training on components of sheltered instruction
• Facilitate learning walks to strengthen knowledge of sheltered instruction
• Professional Learning Communities (PLC) support 
• TBIP grant writing support

Support for Teachers and Para-educators:

• WIDA English Language Development Standards 
  • Crafting Content Objectives and Language Objectives
•  Follow-up instructional coaching and lesson demonstrations
• Analysis of students’ oral and written language
• Assessing and monitoring language growth of ELLs
• Instructional Planning: intentional use of sheltered instruction
• Training for para-educators on language acquisition.
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Training.
• PLC Support

To learn more about English language development (ELD) strategies and more services/resources we offer, please contact Samantha Ruiz-Thomas.