Resources for First-Year ELL Teachers
(2010)
The first year of teaching is tough. Everything is new, from the students to school procedures to new relationships with colleagues, administrators and parents — not to mention lesson planning and classroom management!
Fortunately, there are a number of resources to help! Colorín Colorado has compiled this list to help new ELL teachers navigate their first year in the classroom. These resources may also be helpful for veteran teachers who are new to teaching ELLs.
Classroom Instruction
Teaching ELLs
Colorín Colorado: ELL Starter Kit for Educators
This booklet offers informal assessment and monitoring forms, a bilingual glossary, and a list of English-Spanish cognates. The booklet can be downloaded for free as a PDF.
You can find more great ELL instruction resources in our For Educators section!
Colorín Colorado: Monthly Newsletter for ELL Educators
The T.ELL.E-GRAM is a free monthly e-newsletter for ELL educators offering research-based strategies, book and resource recommendations, and news from the ELL field.
EverythingESL: Twenty-Five Quick Tips for the ELL Classroom
Judie Haynes is a veteran ELL educator and creator of everythingESL.net, an excellent website filled with tips, strategies, and great ideas! This particular list offers a number of tips that will be particularly helpful for new ELL teachers as they plan for instruction and classroom management.
Teacher Diary: Chronicle Of A First-Time ESL Teacher
Meet Jacqueline Gallo, a young teacher who took the time to share her experiences with ELL Outlook as a first-year ELL teacher when she first entered an ELL elementary classroom in Lynn, Massachusetts. Learn more about that first year from the following articles on the ELL Outlook website.
New Teacher-Researcher Conversations: Understanding English Language Learners and Ourselves
This group of teacher-researchers met and became friends during the graduate school program (MAT in teacher education) at Lewis and Clark College. Their shared goal was to learn about the strengths and needs of our ELL students through the power of conducting and sharing case study research.
Teaching Reading
First Year Teacher Course
This self-paced, self-study, free online course consists of ten modules that explain how to teach reading. First Year Teacher was developed by our sister site, Reading Rockets.
First Year Teacher Column
Written by Reading Rockets staff experts, this First Year Teacher Column answers questions submitted by upcoming first year teachers.
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