NCTE recognizes bilingual and bicultural education as basic components of the ELA field. Teachers of English in bilingual settings should have professional preparation, if not certification, in the field. NCTE encourages teachers of English to cooperate with colleagues in bilingual education programs. It encourages teachers with only a few non-English-speaking students to become familiar with bilingual education aims and methods and to draw upon ESL literature for help in meeting the needs of those students. NCTE assumes the responsibility, on both the national and the affiliate levels, of working with other organizations involved with bilingual education and especially with teaching English to speakers of other languages.
From the NCTE Position Statement on Bilingual Education
Pathways Program
This online professional development opportunity for teachers, coaches and administrators develops understanding and skills in working with English language learners. Essential questions, video clips, related readings and tools for classroom application guide individuals or groups in an investigation of how to increase achievement levels of ELL students.
Consulting Network
If your district is seeking ways to improve literacy instruction for English language learner students, bring an experienced NCTE Consultant to your school to engage your staff in a workshop or presentation today!
Web Seminars
NCTE Web Seminars are a convenient and meaningful form of professional development. On Demand Web seminars provide the recorded version of the live virtual event and include all audio, video, chat discussion, and actions within the presentation.
These classroom-tested lesson plans from ReadWriteThink provide ready resources for teachers working with students from kindergarten to high school.
NCTE members enjoy online access to ALL journals published more than two years ago! Search to find articles on English language learners and share with your teaching team.
NCTE Policy Research Brief
This research brief provides research-based recommendations for teaching English language learners. Research Clips are short research-based responses to questions about practice and is a supplement to this policy brief.
NCTE Position Statements
The Role of English Teachers in Educating English Language Learners (ELLs)
This position paper, created by the NCTE ELL Task Force, addresses the knowledge and skills mainstream teachers need to have in order to develop effective curricula that engage English language learners, develop their academic skills, and help them negotiate their identities as bilingual learners.
Position Statement Prepared by the NCTE Committee on Issues in ESL and Bilingual Education
This NCTE guideline discusses the background, issues and TESOL position statement.
The English as a Second Language Assembly (ESLA) encourages interchange among teachers of English at all levels on issues in bilingual education and English as a second language. For information, contact Nan Fries, Treasurer, Box 310, Mount Pleasant, MI 48804; 989-644-3384.