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.
Building Schema for MLLs focuses on helping 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 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.
Each course takes approximately 3 hours to complete.
New York State educators will also receive 3 CTLE credit hours per course.
$100 per participant.
Discounted rates available for schools or districts enrolling 5 or more participants.
District-wide packages available.