What I Did To Exit 30% of My Caseload
The instructional decisions that changed how I approached English language development - and what ELD teachers can take from them.
Free Live Webinar | Thursday, August 20th | 7:00 PM EST
Replay available for registered participants.
Last year I taught Grade 2 and Grade 4 ELD. Twelve of my forty students exited the ELD program based on ACCESS testing.
Here is what I did.
33+ years serving multilingual learners
Teacher-Leader-Coach-Consultant
Practical ideas for real ELD classrooms
Stop wondering what to teach next.
In this free webinar, Kelly will show you the instructional thinking behind a year of intentional language growth—so you can look at student evidence with a clearer plan.
Protect the purpose of ELD
Distinguish explicit language development from tutoring, assignment completion, and general classroom support.
Use writing as language data
Study what students already control, what is emerging, and what they may be ready to learn next.
Choose one manageable growth step
Turn broad goals such as “improve academic English” into a language target you can actually teach.
Teach language explicitly
See practical examples involving noun groups, sentence expansion, syntax, cohesion, and information flow.
Pair high expectations with high support
Create the conditions for students to use increasingly sophisticated language independently.
Connect language to meaningful content
Use science, social studies, literature, mathematics, and student interests as reasons to communicate.
Who this webinar is for:
This session is designed for EL/ESOL teachers, ELD specialists, instructional coaches, and program leaders who:
- want ELD instruction to be more intentional than “helping with classwork,”
- use student writing but are unsure how to interpret it as language-development evidence,
- have many strategies but need a clearer way to decide what to teach next,
- want students to move toward greater independence and proficiency over time.
This webinar is not a guarantee of exit.
Register here! Link emailed upon registration.
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Must be present online LIVE for the webinar.
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Hello There
Hi, I’m Kelly Reider, founder of English Learner Portal. For more than 30 years, I’ve worked alongside multilingual learners and the educators who serve them—as a teacher, instructional specialist, administrator, district program coordinator, consultant, coach, and professional learning provider.
Recently, I returned to direct instruction with English learners. Being back in the classroom reminded me how challenging it can be to look at a student’s language and decide: What does this student need next, and how do I teach it?
Through English Learner Portal, I make that knowledge practical and usable—so teachers can move beyond collecting strategies and feel more confident answering the question that matters most:
What does this student need next?