Resources/Recursos

As educators, leaders, and community partners dedicated to supporting Indigenous students, we share a responsibility to sustain and revitalize languages and cultures that have often been underrepresented in educational spaces. Indigenous language and culture reclamation goes beyond simply keeping languages and cultures alive; it is also about affirming identity, strengthening sovereignty, and nurturing resilience. This Focus Bulletin highlights strategies and examples of how community partnerships can sustain Indigenous languages and cultures. Drawing from the experiences of WIDA’s Indigenous partners — California Indian Education for All, the Lower Kuskokwim School District, and Sealaska Heritage Institute — it showcases practices that foster trust, center Indigenous knowledge, and advance educational sovereignty. Educators will find practical classroom considerations, insights for creating culturally sustaining learning environments, and guidance for cultivating respectful and reciprocal partnerships with Indigenous communities. These perspectives emphasize how community-rooted collaboration can support Indigenous students’ success as well as honor the vitality of their languages and cultures.

Released September 2025

This fillable template can be used when taking an integrated approach to planning units that embed both content and language learning goals.

For additional context, including additional resources and videos, please visit the Standards in Action page.

Released September 2025

This anchor chart highlights helpful words and math terms that students can use when explaining how to solve an equation in English. It includes sequence words, cardinal numbers, and math terms.

For additional context, including additional resources and videos, please visit the Standards in Action page.

Released September 2025

Administrators can use this ALTELLA protocol (fillable PDF) to learn more about the instructional strategies teachers are using with the multilingual learners with disabilities in their classrooms.

Released September 2025

Administrators can use this ALTELLA protocol (fillable PDF) to learn more about the instructional strategies teachers are using with the multilingual learners with disabilities in their classrooms.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to distinguish between language and communication. The brief covers how multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities use both language and communication.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to learn about nonverbal communication, which is an important component of communication for multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities. The brief explores the individual cultural differences in nonverbal communication for these students.

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief explains the Language and Disability Needs Framework. The brief focuses on considerations of students’ language-related and disability-related needs and their implications for instruction and assessment.

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief as a step-by-step guide on how to best serve multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities more effectively.

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief provides case examples of multilingual learners who have significant cognitive disabilities. The brief has five student examples: Sabeen (grade 1), Chung (grade 2), Chue (grade 4), Isabel (grade 6) and Luis (grade 10).

Released September 2025

Use this ALTELLA Research Brief to plan and prepare for IEP meetings for multilingual learners with significant cognitive disabilities. The brief highlights key elements to consider, including the importance of the student’s home language and the need to build cultural responsiveness among all educators.

Released September 2025

This ALTELLA Research Brief defines “English learners with significant cognitive disabilities” and explores related key concepts.

Released September 2025

WIDA offers Professional Learning that you can complete when you want, where you want, and at your own pace. Ready to get started? This resource will show you what offerings are available and how you can access them.

Released September 2025

This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with other educators to help build trust and collaborative relationships with multilingual students, families and communities.

For more context around this resource, please visit the Building Trust in Action Snapshot.

Released August 2025

This resource offers topic areas and sample questions that families can ask educators to strengthen their collaborative advocacy efforts and engage in two-way, meaningful conversations.

Released August 2025

This resource offers topic areas and sample questions that educators can ask families to strengthen their collaborative advocacy efforts and engage in two-way, meaningful conversations.

Released August 2025

This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with community members to help build trust and collaborative relationships.

Released August 2025

This resource suggests questions you can use for your ongoing conversations with multilingual families to help build trust and collaborative relationships.

Released August 2025

This video models a supportive conversation between a teacher and a Spanish-speaking parent to show how educators and families can advocate for inclusive practices that center family perspectives. The video features people speaking in Spanish.

Released August 2025

This resource offers guidance for starting and sustaining monthly coffee chats with families of multilingual learners. Use the information to get started with coffee chats in your context or to reflect on similar activities that you already do. For more context around this resource, please visit the Building Trust in Action Snapshot.

Released August 2025