ENGLISH LEARNERS

Staff Resources

• ACCESS, interpretive guide for score reports
• Distinguishing Language Acquisition from Learning Disabilities
• English Learner Program Instructional Support: PLC meetings,  Data Retreat, Peer-to-Peer Counseling, External Site Visits
• English Learner Tool Kit, from Federal Office of English Language Acquisition
• English Learner Strategic Plan for Goodhue County Education District
• WIDA Can Do Philosophy
• WIDA Can Do Descriptors, by grade level
• WIDA, EL and Student Achievement:  Academic Achievement for English Learners, what can we reasonably expect?
• WIDA Principles of Language Development: The Cornerstone of WIDA’s Standards, Guiding Principles of Language Development

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Multi-Tiered Systems of Support (MTSS)
For additional MTSS resources that pertain to all teaching, visit MTSS.

• MTSS, RTI Tier 1 Interventions, instructional focus
• WIDA, MTSS/RTI and EL: Developing a Culturally and Linguistically Responsive Approach
  to Response to Instruction and Intervention (RtI²) for English Language Learners
  Connecting to WIDA Standards, Assessments, and Other Resources
• WIDA, MTSS/RTI and EL Planning Form, Culturally and Linguistically Responsive RtI²

Parent Resources

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English Learner Handbook

Click on the graphic above to view, download or print the GCED English Learner Handbook.

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