BOSTnet 4. Embracing Diversity and English Language Development (ELD) in Your Program

Embracing Diversity and English Language in Your Program

Creators: Elise Scott and Susan Vinovrski

Building Programs, Building Brains

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Course Structure: Self Paced Program; Ten Hours Professional Development

Course Description

This course for Administrators provides knowledge and skills in supporting diverse families and enhancing English LanguageDevelopment (ELD) across expressive and receptive language domains for school-age children who are English Language Learners (ELL) or have other learning and language barriers. Administrators learn about  key standards and best practices and explore strategies to implement improved practice, creating a shift in policies and programmatic culture to embrace and support diverse learners, welcoming non-native English speaking families and enhancing the ELD progress of students who are learners of English.

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Citation: melanie.maxham. (2014, September 04). BOSTnet 4. Embracing Diversity and English Language Development (ELD) in Your Program. Retrieved November 06, 2014, from UMass Boston OpenCourseware Web site: http://ocw.umb.edu/early-education-development/embracing-diversity-and-english-language-in-your-program.
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