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Este artículo presenta una página web con varios recursos para los educadores de estudiantes bi/multilingües en Wisconsin, la cual sirve como ejemplo para otros estados.

En este artículo por Esther Bettney, socia en el equipo de programas internacionales de WIDA, explora cómo el Marco ALE de WIDA Español puede enlazar los programas del español e inglés de las escuelas bilingües y al mismo tiempo promover el bilingüismo de los estudiantes.

This article by Esther Bettney, a member of the WIDA International Programs team, explores how the Marco ALE can unify bilingual schools’ Spanish and English language programs and promote students’ bilingualism.

Browse this list of Featured Educator-recommended apps, websites and strategies that help you build students’ language skills, have fun in the classroom, collaborate with colleagues and stay connected with other educators.

Chris Leider, assistant professor of applied linguistics at the University of Massachusetts Boston, describes two systemic challenges in teacher preparation and how the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition, can be used to address them.

WIDA received a $2.6 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to launch Project RESPECT, a program that will help rural K-8 teachers provide effective and equitable literacy instruction for multilingual learners.

In this edition of Featured Educator, we share highlights from the 2021 WIDA eConference session, “Creating Powerful Learning Environments: A WIDA Fellows Panel Discussion.” During the session, some of the WIDA Fellows talked about the important lessons they learned this year and how they find and create joy in the classroom.

As this calendar year ends, let’s take a quick peek at the WIDA topics, resources or pieces of research that you and your colleagues clicked on most in 2021.

Are you new to ACCESS for ELLs? Have you administered an ACCESS for ELLs test before but can’t remember where to find things like training, test prep and test materials? Look no further than this brief reference to all things ACCESS for ELLs (and, seriously, we will try to keep it brief because we know you don’t have time to look at one more thing).

In this edition of Conversations with Tim, Tim talks to Anton Treuer, an author and professor of Ojibwe at Bemidji State University. Together, Tim and Anton discuss the importance of preserving indigenous languages and cultures.