Online professional learning designed to make your teaching easier and more effective
Check out the online courses available to you. Start and finish at your own pace with the guidance of a dedicated course facilitator. These courses are asynchronous and self-paced. Optional graduate credit available through UMass Global for an additional $75 per credit (one complete Pathway = one grad credit)
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At English Learner Portal, we only teach what has been proven to work with English learners for consistent results and growth.
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The Muslim Students Pathway
Explore the Muslim religion and culture. Discover ways to support students and make them feel welcome in school.
Earn three graduate credits or 45 professional development hours.
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Our foundational course and teacher favorite!
A Content Teacher's Guide to English Learner Success
Strengthen your understanding of proficiency levels and how they need to impact instruction. Explore strategies that give students access to content and develop language simultaneously.
Earn three graduate credits or 45 professional development hours.
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Learn the foundational why, what, and how, of writing instruction
Writing Across Disciplines
Learn how to break writing instruction down into manageable, actionable, logical steps for your English learners in a way that helps improve the writing skills of ALL students
without exhausting yourself.
Earn three graduate credits or 45 professional development hours.
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Understand the link between language and literacy
Whole to Part - Early Literacy for English Learners
Watch your English learners blossom as they begin to build literacy skills faster as you are able to create lessons that connect language development with literacy skills in an engaging way.
Earn three graduate credits or 45 professional development hours.
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Understand critical issues in teaching academic writing
Teaching Writing to Intermediate and Advanced English Learners
After we address the challenges of teaching academic writing, you’ll learn best practices for helping your intermediate and advanced English learners thrive.
Earn three graduate credits or 45 professional development hours.
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Strategies for reaching all students
Differentiating Instruction for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students
Explore meaningful ways to integrate authentic academic discourse into your lessons to support language and literacy development in general education classroom for all learners.
Earn two graduate credits or 30 professional development hours.
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English Learner Portal is an approved vendor for English learner certification in Maryland, Colorado, and Indiana. We have customized programs in place to meet your state's requirements.
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