Gracias Russellville City Schools for hosting an AWESOME SAMUEL Training!

Thank you Marshall County for being a wonderful host and gracias ARI Regional Reading Specialists for your incredible support, You’re AWESOME!

Amazing LETRS training with Dr. Antonio Fierro!

Expanding our understanding of WIDA, English Language Development Standards, proficiency levels and scaffolding strategies in Dallas County today with one of the best! ⁦ARI / The Alabama Reading Initiative, ALSDE⁩ ⁦ESL_is_Lit_mcotton⁩ _Lit_mcotton

Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Margo Gottlieb Ann Marie Batista Educators excited about attending WIDA Conference 2023_Diving Deep into the PLDs with Student Work Samples.

Finally. What we’ve known for years. Being bilingual is a superpower. 🙌🏽

Across the state 24 PLC groups participating in High-Quality Instruction and Assessment for ELs. Great conversations with fabulous educators Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Maria Franco

📢ATTENTION!!! The Spring 2024 Instructional Supports are now uploaded into this folder, and they are amazing!! Huge shout out to the ALSDE Assessment team for their work on this resource! drive.google.com/drive/folders/…

Learn how to use the Picture Word Inductive Model (PWIM) strategy to teach students sentence structure and content simultaneously. This strategy comes from our new #ELL strategy library! colorincolorado.org/picture-word-i… #ELLchat #MLL #MLLchat Tan K Huynh (he/his) 🇱🇦🇺🇸🏳️‍🌈 @easkelton

Foster Student- Centered environments that promote equity and inclusion for all learners. This is the Cornerstone to academic achievement! Take a look / eche un vistazo at Tharptown!

Plan, Do, Study, Act with HQIA Modules for ELs. So proud to be a part of this group & the work happening to better support teachers and ELs Alabama State Department of Education @Region7CC REL Southeast

ALSDE EL Regionals spent the day visiting Russellville City Schools to learn about how they implement intentional systems of support for their English learner population. Alabama State Department of Education Maria Franco #ALSDEEnglishlearners Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT

Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT #ALSDEEnglishlearners Thank you Russellville City Schools for allowing our EL Team to see the wonderful things happening in your school district.

What a gift to witness the coordination of instruction and supports for ELs. Excellence for ALL learners Russellville Schools Heath Grimes ALA-EL

Love this multicultural mariachi group from Pinson High School! Alabama State Department of Education 👏👏👏Jefferson County Schools JEFCOED ESL 🎤

The Ellevation Platform empowers teachers, administrators and ELs. Take a closer look at Hibbett’s staff engagement, learning about ALL kinds of important EL’s data!

Take a look at Region 11- EL Specialist Jhina Snell’s lesson on “Christmas around the world!”

ALSDE English Learner Newsletter December 2023 sway.office.com/XzqKvaJ2CF1h76… Alabama State Department of Education Dr. Melissa Shields, NBCT Ann Marie Batista Maria Franco

The Alabama Reading Initiative State Staff wishes you a Merry Literacy Christmas! 🎄