Teaching Strategies for ELLs (prev #: EDU-508ZR) - EDU-X781
Delivery Options
Online Self-Paced
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Course Description
Convenient, Self-Paced Professional Growth Opportunity for Teachers
This course focuses on the needs of English Language Learners and ways to integrate language acquisition and academic content learning. Participants identify assessment approaches that measure student achievement within a linguistically diverse classroom and explore research-based strategies for differentiating instruction to promote student learning.
Learner Outcomes
- Identify teachers’ legal and ethical responsibility to help every student become a successful learner
- Reflect on instructional experiences to identify strategies that better reach every student
- Design a safe, inclusive, and supportive learning environment
- Summarize best practices for teaching students with limited or no English language skills
- Explain how formative assessments can inform teaching strategies
- Compare summative, formative and alternative content assessment approaches for English Language Learners
- Explore student-driven assessment techniques
- Explain the interrelationship of linguistic and content instruction for English Language Learners
- Identify strategies to promote learning in a racially, ethnically, and culturally diverse class
- Design differentiated instruction to meet the needs of English Language Learners
Course Details
Number of Units: 2.0 graduate level extension credit(s) in semester hours
Who Should Attend: This course provides continuing education for teachers (Grades K-12) interested in the latest research about the art and practice of teaching.
Course Materials: No textbook requirement
Applies Towards the Following Certificate(s), Professional Programs and Series
- Beginning Teachers Series : Courses - Enroll in One or More
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Online Self-Paced courses are a perfect blend of accessibility, convenience and flexibility for you to control your learning pace. You will use course textbooks, manuals, assignments and exams to learn and earn credit. Depending on the course, you may also use streaming audio and video, CD-ROM, and download embedded materials through the Internet. Communication with your instructor will take place through your course site online. Your instructor will provide feedback via written responses on your assignments and exams. Grades are based on completed projects, assignments and exams. You can register at any time and you will have six months from the time of registration to complete your course.