Bridging Reading Gaps for English Learners

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3 Credits | 45 Renewal Units

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$199.00
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$199.00
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$199.00
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  • ELL
  • Language Acquisition
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Course Description:

What does it take to turn English Learners into confident, successful readers? This course delivers practical, research-backed strategies to accelerate reading development while honoring your students’ unique linguistic and cultural strengths.
You’ll explore how language acquisition drives literacy and discover how to bridge listening, speaking, reading, and writing to build a complete learning foundation. We’ll dive deep into designing instruction that strengthens vocabulary, background knowledge, and comprehension. You will also master using screening and diagnostic data to precisely target your students' needs.
Grounded in equity, this course emphasizes culturally responsive practices—from selecting diverse texts to building powerful family partnerships. You’ll walk away with a toolkit of adaptable frameworks and instructional tools designed to help ELs tackle complex texts and thrive academically.

Objectives:

By the end of this course, learners will:

  • Analyze ML profiles to better understand the diverse demographics, linguistic backgrounds, and identification systems that impact equity and access for multilingual learners.
  • Bridge language & literacy by applying theories of second language acquisition to understand how the four domains—reading, writing, listening, and speaking—interact during literacy development.
  • Design responsive foundational instruction by creating phonics, vocabulary, and grammar lessons that honor students’ home languages while building grade-level decoding and comprehension skills.
  • Develop strategies to build and leverage students’ background knowledge and schema to help them make meaning from complex texts.
  • Master equitable assessment by evaluating screening and diagnostic data to identify student strengths and design responsive instructional plans that remove learning barriers.
  • Select culturally sustaining texts and critically evaluate and choose instructional materials that affirm diverse racial, cultural, and linguistic identities.
  • Foster inclusive environments by reflecting on personal and institutional biases to create a classroom culture that centers student assets rather than deficits.
  • Partner with families by creating actionable engagement plans that position families as essential partners in their child’s literacy development.
  • Synthesize frameworks by integrating assessment, instruction, and identity into a cohesive framework that promotes equitable literacy outcomes in any teaching context.

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  1. Contact the CE Credits Online office at support@cecreditsonline.org for your Registration and Verification Form, once your course is completed. Provide your name, the course you completed and that you are requesting a Montana Registration and Verification Form.
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