Resources/Recursos

This webinar packet and blank unit planning template accompany the WIDA Webinar, Partners in Language: Collaborating to Implement the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. The webinar packet is intended to be used throughout the viewing of the webinar. It includes copies of essential information from the presentation, expands on suggested practices, and shares a model unit plan with a real student example. The fillable template can be used to forefront language and content learning during instructional planning. It is rooted in the WIDA Standards Framework and can be customized for different units of study and individual multilingual learners.

Released February 2026

In this WIDA Webinar recording, learn how WIDA MODEL test scores can support instructional planning. WIDA MODEL is a flexible, on-demand interim language proficiency assessment that can be administered any time during the school year, depending on the needs of the student, school or district. The recording provides you with resources to help you better understand and use test scores, including using them to help predict scores on ACCESS and to support instruction for multilingual learners in grades K-12. The webinar was presented by assessment specialist Katie Schultz and WIDA researchers Mark Chapman and David MacGregor.

Released February 2026

This fillable template can be used to forefront language and content learning during instructional planning. It is rooted in the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework, 2020 Edition and can be customized for different units of study and individual multilingual learners. This template was created to accompany the WIDA Webinar Partners in Language: Collaborating to Implement the WIDA ELD Standards Framework. Please visit the webinar page for more context and the accompanying packet.

Released February 2026

This Focus Bulletin provides educators with knowledge, resources, and tools to support advocacy for multilingual learners with disabilities while also guiding reflection on instructional planning and collaboration. By addressing the intersection of language and disability through an asset-based approach, we can make informed decisions and communicate strategically to positively shape the lives and educational experiences of all the students in our classrooms.

Released January 2026

In this WIDA webinar recording, explore instructional planning and collaborative practices designed to meet the diverse strengths and needs of multilingual learners with disabilities. Gain tools to support both language development and accessibility, along with strategies for fostering collaborative planning that brings together multiple perspectives to better understand the intersection of language and disability.

Released November 2025

Learn practical strategies to help multilingual learners with disabilities become more independent. This video shows how one teacher uses technology, explicit modeling, and visual aids to make lessons accessible, foster deeper learning, and connect to students' lives.

Released October 2025

Learn how one educator makes lessons more inclusive. This video explains how she used graphic organizers, technology, and visual aids to help a multilingual student with disabilities write and present a personal narrative, gaining confidence and independence.

Released October 2025

Discover how two teachers co-plan a lesson for multilingual learners with disabilities. This video shows how they adapt a museum scavenger hunt into a writing assignment and anticipate student need by planning strategies, such as using graphic organizers, sentence starters, and prompting students to make personal connections.

Released October 2025

This tool provides practical, ready-to-use strategies from the WIDA and UDL frameworks to help you create accessible and engaging lessons for multilingual learners with disabilities.

For more context around this tool, please visit the Supporting Multilingual Learners With Disabilities page.

Released October 2025

Use this handout to explore student intersections of language, disability, home, community, and academics. Engage with the guiding questions collaboratively with colleagues and caregivers to inform instructional planning.

For more context around this resource, please visit the Supporting Multilingual Learners With Disabilities page.

Released October 2025

This planning template for action research serves as a guide to become involved in action research processes in the classroom. It may be adapted and modified according to the contextual needs of each pracademic. The template is an authorized adaptation of “Research Proposal for Action Research/Teacher Research,” by Kathy Short, 2018.

This template is meant to be used in tandem with The Pracademics Pathway to Support Multilingual Learners Focus Bulletin.

Released September 2025

This video series shows how two high school educators work together to plan a unit for newcomers. They share ideas and plan activities that address both content and language.

Released September 2025

This video explores how a high school English Language Development (ELD) teacher encourages newcomers to express their ideas and understanding.

Released September 2025

This handout shows how educators use the WIDA Proficiency Level Descriptors (PLDs) to scaffold lessons. It explains how they help students learn both the subject and the language.

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

Released September 2025

Learn how two educators use the WIDA English Language Development (ELD) Standards Framework to co-plan a unit focused on the language for language arts in a high school newcomer class.

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

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

Writing instruction is an integral part of supporting multilingual learners’ academic growth. This webinar explores how to leverage the WIDA English Language Development Standards Framework to guide explicit language instruction. You’ll leave with practical strategies to help multilingual learners build the skills they need to be confident and effective writers. Join professional learning curriculum specialist Hetal Ascher to dive into this topic.

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

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

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