Teachers Resources

The followings are websites that I strongly recommend for ELL teachers to visit on a regular base. They provide new infrormation to provide teachings and services to all ELL.

NCELA - National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instruction Educational Programs collects, analyzes, synthesizes and disseminates information about language instuction educational programs for English Langauge Learners and related program. Lesson plans are also available. It is very easy to navigate within the different sections on this page.

OELA, is another page that provides all the information which NCELA provies. In fact NCELA is the official point of contact of disseminating information of OELA.

TESOL -Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languges, offers professional development to educators. The information on TESOL Standards are available, and experiences from the field are posted reading enjoyment. Newly published research and text books on teaching ELL are also available. Some books may be available for purchased.

NABE- The National Association for Bilingual Education offers classroom lessons to be used with ELL population. Information on annual bilingual conferences relating to the teaching of ELL are available at this site.

IRA- International Reading Association provides annual conferences schedules and professional development opportunities for all reading and ELL teachers.

NCTM - The National Council for Teachers of Mathematics offers lots of informatio on math lessons in elementary, middle, and high school. Math National Standards are accessable.

NSTA - National Science Teachers Association provides the standards in Science. This webpage is good for both mainstream teachers and ELL teachers who are teaching both the content area and the English language skills.