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ELL Professional Development

NCTE's Pathways for Teaching and Learning with English Language Learners is a self-paced multimodal learning experience that invites you to actively interact in a professional community of practice as you engage with the program's resources and tools. Kick-off Pathways with an onsite visit from an NCTE Consultant.

Adolescent Literacy: A Policy Research Brief
Discuss the myths of adolescent literacy instruction outlined in this document to guide your staff development plans.

NCTE's "Professional Development: Route to Reform"
Professional Development that is meaningful must get to the "deep learning" stage, which involves extended engagement with new ideas and strategies.

Integrate NCTE's Pathways Into your PD Plans

NCTE's Pathways for Advancing Adolescent Literacy is a self-paced multimodal learning experience that invites you to actively interact in a professional community of practice as you engage with the program's resources and tools. Get started in Pathways with an onsite visit from an NCTE Consultant.

NSDC Standards for Professional Development
The National Staff Development Council Standards for Staff Development are a guideline for every person involved in the planning and implementation of programs to systematically build teacher knowledge. Consider these standards in combination with the NCTE principles as you plan for consultants, professional readings, and online opportunities for sustained learning.

Resources for Literacy Teams

NCTE's Professional Communities at Work Kits bring teachers together to talk and reflect on literacy issues. This kit on teaching reading supports content area teachers with reading strategies.

Consider NCTE Individual Journals for Study Group Materials!
Looking for NCTE Journals on a specific topic? Consider individual issues of themed NCTE journals to use for discussion and learning as part of your staff development. Various themed journal issues are listed here.

Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse
Utilize this site, the Literacy Coaching Clearinghouse, as you build your coaching program, deepen teachers' knowledge of literacy, or to bring teachers together effectively in learning communities.

Literacy Coaching Standards
These recently-developed standards for literacy coaches provide leadership expectations and address the literacy needs of several subject areas.

Professional Development and Leadership Issue of EJ

Read an article from this special issue ideal for teachers and teacher leaders. This issue includes stories of productive professional development activities when designers have a vision and teachers are leaders.

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