Self-Paced Online Courses
for MLL Educators
Our asynchronous, self-paced professional learning courses are designed to strengthen instruction and support for Multilingual Learners in real classrooms. These courses provide practical, research-based strategies that educators can apply immediately, while offering school and district leaders flexible options for high-quality professional learning.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Building Schema for MLLs
Secondary & Elementary Versions Available
This course trains educators on how to help students make meaningful connections between new content and their existing background knowledge—an essential foundation for comprehension and engagement.
Participants will explore:
Purposeful entry events and Do Nows that activate prior knowledge
Strategies for building schema before introducing complex texts or tasks
Classroom-ready practices that make new learning more accessible for MLLs
Educators leave with practical tools, including reusable templates and structured activities that support comprehension and participation across content areas.
Scaffolding Text for MLLs
Grades 3-12
This course highlights essential instructional moves that help students access and make sense of rigorous non-fiction texts.
Participants will learn:
Effective reader strategies that support comprehension
Clear models of strong scaffolding in action
Practical scaffolds that transfer across ELA, History, Science, and other literacy-based content areas
The course emphasizes clarity, intentional scaffolding, and instructional routines that support MLLs without oversimplifying grade-level content.
Teaching Academic Vocabulary to MLLs
Secondary & Elementary Versions Available
This course helps educators identify which vocabulary words are most critical for student success and design intentional instruction that promotes long-term understanding and use.
Participants will explore:
How to distinguish between concept words, label words, and high-utility academic vocabulary
Strategies for selecting and prioritizing vocabulary that will have the greatest impact on comprehension and learning
Classroom-ready routines and activities that provide meaningful opportunities for students to practice and apply new vocabulary
Educators leave with practical tools, including planning templates, vocabulary selection protocols, and high-impact instructional strategies that help vocabulary "stick" while accelerating academic language development across content areas.
Scaffolding Writing For MLLs
Grades 3-12
Supporting multilingual learners in writing requires intentional scaffolding that helps students organize their thinking and express their ideas with confidence. For teachers, it can be challenging to provide enough support while still encouraging independence and authentic writing.
This course helps educators design effective writing scaffolds that break the writing process into manageable steps and provide meaningful support before and during writing. Participants will learn how to create writing frames and embedded models that guide students without encouraging copying, allowing all learners to access grade-level writing tasks while developing their academic language and writing skills.
Pricing & Enrollment
Each course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.
New York State participants receive CTLE credits.
$100 per participant.
Discounted rates available for schools or districts enrolling 5 or more participants.
District-wide packages available.