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    Smart Time Management in ELT: 21st-Century Considerations

    • Jan 4, 2022
    • Victoria Dieste, Rosario Giraldez

    Effective time management is one area in which we believe teachers, coordinators, and program administrators must work hard.

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    Classroom Assessment for Academic Writing

    • Dec 20, 2021
    • Ling He

    Exploring the role of classroom assessment in teaching English academic writing with the aid of technology.

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    6 Questions to Ask When Designing Teacher PD

    • Dec 13, 2021
    • Laura Baecher

    Six conceptual questions to consider if you are in the position of advising on, shaping, or making choices about the PD plan in your institution.

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    Advice for New Principals

    • Dec 6, 2021
    • Lisa Sheehan

    After six years as an assistant principal, 12 years as a building principal, and many more years of mentoring first-year principals, here are the best pieces of advice I’ve found for making your first years as a principal a success.

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    6 Tips for Developing a Course in an LMS

    • Nov 15, 2021
    • Ilka Kostka

    It is the time of year when summer is coming to a close and teachers are beginning to prepare for the upcoming academic year. One important part of this preparation is developing courses in online learning management systems (LMSs).

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    Learning Differences in the Remote and Blended Classroom

    • Nov 8, 2021

    Reaching kids with learning differences can be tough in any classroom, but perhaps none more so than a remote or blended learning environment.

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    4 Steps to Becoming a Culturally Sustaining Teacher

    • Oct 25, 2021
    • Naashia Mohamed

    While an educator cannot singlehandedly transform schools into equitable places, they can be agents of positive change by adopting culturally sustaining approaches.

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    Planning an SEL-Focused School Reopening

    • Sep 20, 2021
    • Wiley Education Services

    As many schools begin to reopen under (somewhat) normal circumstances, educators are asking a lot of tough questions.

  • 9 Ways New ELT Teachers Can Succeed

    • Aug 23, 2021
    • Laura Dzieciolowski

    Much like language production itself, teaching is a complex cognitive process that requires mastery of both practice and theory.

  • Understanding Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy

    • Aug 2, 2021
    • Naashia Mohamed

    In recent years, there have been many calls to transform approaches to schooling in pluralistic societies that have treated the languages, cultures, and ways of being of people of colour as deficiencies that have to be overcome to succeed both in and out of school.

  • Teaching the K–12 Summer School Student

    • Jul 5, 2021
    • Wiley Education Services

    After more than a year of COVID restrictions and hybrid learning, summer school is top of mind for school leaders around the country.

  • 4 Ways to Adapt EL Scaffolds for Content Learning

    • Jun 28, 2021
    • Scott E. Grapin

    Content learning is no longer about memorizing discrete facts and following cookbook procedures.

  • Looking for New Ways to Engage and Attract Students? Try Twitter.

    • Jun 21, 2021
    • Wiley Education Services / Claire White

    In this article, Claire White, social media manager at Wiley Education Services, offers tips on boosting your school’s recruiting and engagement efforts through Twitter’s core and emerging features.

  • 6 Tips for Teaching Impromptu Speaking

    • Jun 7, 2021
    • A. C. Kemp

    Having to speak without preparation can be stressful, even in your first language. Some students freeze; others dive in and start speaking without a plan and end up rambling.

  • ESL Teacher Leadership: Lessons From Distance Learning

    • May 31, 2021
    • Amy Stolpestad and Michelle Benegas

    In our book, Teacher Leadership for School-Wide English Learning, we present the critical role that nonevaluative peer observation plays in English as a second language (ESL) teacher leadership.

  • ELT in 2021 and Beyond: Building a Bridge Over Troubled Waters

    • May 3, 2021
    • Kisha C. Bryan and Kisha Cox

    As we enter 2021, we are hopeful that the experiences of 2020 have fueled a new outlook on life, a renewed passion for the English language teaching (ELT) profession, and a sense of urgency in advocacy for the students we serve

  • Assessment Equity for ELs: Put Students Before Data

    • Apr 12, 2021
    • Judie Haynes

    As the time for assessing K–12 English learners (ELs) with an English language proficiency test approaches, many teachers and parents are concerned by COVID-19 health considerations during the administering of standardized tests.

  • Engaging ELs in Mainstream Classrooms

    • Apr 5, 2021
    • Meghan Odsliv Bratkovich and Andrew Paulsen

    Talking and using language is essential to the learning process, but English learners in mainstream classrooms tend to talk and participate less than their peers.

  • Connecting With Students Outside of Video-Based Class Time

    • Mar 22, 2021
    • Wiley Education Services

    In this article, Luke Cable, Senior Learning Designer at Wiley Education Services, shares four strategies that enable you to engage students for a deeper, more personal educational experience.

  • 4 Video Game Tricks for Online Learning

    • Mar 8, 2021
    • Jeff Kuhn

    An effective online course and a video game have much in common. Most important, they are intentionally designed objects. That means the experience of the user, not the content or the objective, is the first concern of the designer, and everything is designed to help the player/learner to understand the environment.