The ExcEL Leadership Academy provides all teachers with professional learning opportunities that prepares them to deliver high quality and equitable education to Multilingual Learners. We believe every teacher wants, and needs, the pedagogical skills required to ensure Multilingual Learners are successful in their classrooms.
The MUltilingual Strategies for Educators (MUSE) site highlights and shares exemplary teaching strategies developed and implemented by educators who, through the ExcEL program, have developed and demonstrated competence in working with multilingual students. Click here to learn more about ExcEL’s micro-endorsements. In the spirit of the MUSE acronym, the strategies highlighted by our team are meant to serve as a launchpad for strategies that are adapted to the needs and dynamics of your classroom.
Testimonials
When it comes to teacher preparation programs and professional development, I think that this type of professional resource is exactly what we as teachers benefit most from— learning from each other. Just like how our teaching goes beyond the four walls of our classroom, this online resource allows for our professional learning to not be confined to our school, our district or even our state.
As site facilitator at Perry Hill School one area we focused on as a team was preparing for Student Led Conferences (SLC). The parents really enjoyed hearing about the work of their child and the hard work that went into certain projects they chose to share.
Participants learned about the challenges faced by ELs when a science lesson about sound was taught to them in Portuguese. Through their experience, teachers gained valuable insight into the obstacles students encounter regularly in the classroom.
