It’s about working together.
The English Learner Group offers comprehensive, cutting-edge educational consulting and coaching services to schools, districts, charter schools and other educational institutions. Our work has a proven track record of increasing the linguistic and academic achievement of English Learners.
“…it is the uncovering of how a teacher’s own students learn, as well as using their own time-bound and relevant data to drive instructional decisions, that makes great professional development.” (Odell, 2020)
Administrative and Leadership Coaching
Thought partners for dynamic leaders.
Ongoing administrator coaching keeps the school focused on the linguistic and academic needs of English learners. This service promotes strategic collaboration regarding the development and focus of site initiatives that align with the district's goals around EL achievement. These sessions include coaching conversations, classroom observations, data analysis, and reflection through the lens of an instructional leader. If you are an experienced or new administrator, counselor, department lead, teacher on special assignment, or coach we are here to partner and grow with you!
Instructional Coaching
Job-embedded coaching that provides support for teachers of multilingual and English learner students. This support may include any of the following:
Modeling or co-teaching instructional practices that support academic growth for students with diverse linguistic needs.
Instructional observation, lesson feedback, and reflective conversations regarding effective practices and site initiatives.
Pre-conferencing, observing, and post-conferencing to encourage teacher reflection and self-efficacy.
Student data analysis to strategically plan for instructional needs.
Planning and pacing instructional materials to maximize instructional impact.
Instructional rounds, lesson studies, and peer observations to facilitate collaboration, build coherence, and reflect on the impact of instructional strategies.
In-classroom Support and by your side.
Professional Learning
Sessions designed with you in mind.
Individually tailored in-person or virtual sessions designed to encourage research-based instruction that supports English Learners. These sessions can be for a small group, an entire school staff, a group of school sites, or an entire district. Administrative leaders are strongly encouraged to attend and participate in these sessions to support instructional implementation.
We collaborate to develop content aligned with your initiatives and can suggest a variety of topics currently facing educators such as:
Differentiating instruction for EL typologies: newcomers, Long-term English learners, students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE), students dually identified as EL and SPED, and ELs with literacy needs.
Structured literacy for multilingual students and English learners developing literacy.
Implementing meaningful academic discourse in all classrooms.
Creating structures, strategies, and scaffolds to maximize learning.
Systems Coaching
This service focuses on the district plans, financial resources, and district compliance requirements related to English learners. Within this type of support, we share our decades of knowledge and experience in supporting English learners. Alignment and consistency with district plans and the work of school sites are critical for a consistent and effective English Learner Program. Ideal support for
Review Internal Systems for English Learner Success
Prepare for Federal Program Monitoring
Establish and Revise English Learner Master Plans
Create Coherence for Designated English Language Development
Develop Effective Processes for Instructional Coaches and TOSAs.
Our focus is providing top-quality services to empower administrators and teachers with the tools they need to accelerate English learner academic and linguistic achievement. Let’s make that happen.