Supporting Multilingual Learners in all Content Areas

This workshop is designed to equip content-area teachers in intermediate, middle, and high school with the knowledge and skills needed to effectively support Multilingual Learners (MLs). The session emphasizes making rigorous instruction both meaningful and attainable for students at all English proficiency levels. Participants explore a range of instructional approaches that integrate language development with content mastery. The workshop is highly interactive, and teachers leave with a practical “strategies toolkit” they can implement immediately in their classrooms.

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• Difficulty balancing rigor with accessibility for MLs in content-area instruction.
  
  
• Lack of teacher preparation for addressing diverse English proficiency levels in secondary settings.
  
  
• Limited strategies for integrating language development into subject-specific teaching.
  
  
• Insufficient resources to make instruction comprehensible while maintaining high expectations.

1. Designing Rigorous and Accessible Lessons
   Participants will learn how to craft instruction that maintains academic rigor while being attainable for MLs across proficiency levels.
   
   
2. Implementing a Variety of Instructional Approaches
   Educators will explore strategies such as scaffolding, differentiated questioning, and use of visuals and supports to enhance comprehension in all content areas.
   
   
3. Building a Practical Strategies Toolkit
   Teachers will leave with ready-to-use tools and methods to immediately improve engagement, comprehension, and success for MLs in their classrooms.