Scaffolding for Success
Participants will learn to effectively teach both language and content to English language learners in their classrooms. This course explores the stages of language proficiency development and equips teachers with practical scaffolding strategies to make grade-level content accessible while supporting language growth. Discover how to differentiate instruction, design comprehensible lessons, and create learning experiences where ELLs can engage with academic content at any proficiency level.
This course is appropriate for those new to working with multilingual learners and for teachers looking to refine their approach. Teachers will gain actionable tools to help every student succeed.
Weekly assignments will include online readings (articles, NYSED Bilingual Education website, Colorin Colorado, and others), videos, weekly discussion questions and responses to classmates, and application assignments (revising lesson plans to include scaffolds for ELLs). We will discuss how to use AI to help teachers understand the needs of their ENL students and how to refine AI prompts to develop appropriate scaffolds for ELLs.
FORMAT: Asynchronous online learning
DATES: 2/23/26 - 3/30/26
FACILITATOR: Sally King Ward, South Colonie CSD, English as a New Language
GCRTC CONTACT: Erica Boms Egdemir, GCRTC Teacher Leadership Coach for the Humanities [erica@teachers-center.org]
FEE: None. Registration is required.
CTLE HOURS: 15
REGISTRATION: https://tinyurl.com/bdcprmws