Originally posted December 6, 2012 by Diane Staehr Fenner They say good things happen in threes; this seems to be the case with webinars focusing on the connection between the CCSS and ELLs. Within the past week there will have been three high-profile webinars on CCSS for ELLs that I am…
Posted on the Colorín Colorado blog November 26, 2012 by Diane Staehr Fenner As you settle back into your post-Thanksgiving, pre-holiday classroom routine with your ELLs, you may be looking for some strategies you can use right now with your ELLs to help support their access to the CCSS. I…
Posted on the Colorín Colorado blog November 14, 2012 by Diane Staehr Fenner Yesterday, I attended the American Federation of Teachers’ Second Roundtable on the CCSS and ELLs. Here’s a photo of all the presenters.
Diane Staehr Fenner / October 25, 2012 Published here at the Colorín Colorado blog I recently had the opportunity to facilitate three roundtable discussions on the implementation of the CCSS for ELLs in Miami, Florida. These conversations took place at the ninth National Summit on Hispanic Education organized by the…
Diane Staehr Fenner / October 19, 2012 Published here at the Colorín Colorado blog Welcome to the first weekly Common Core State Standards (CCSS) for English Language Learners (ELLs) blog! I’m Diane Staehr Fenner, and I’ll let you know a little more about myself in just a bit. Before I…
Ayanna Cooper / September 13, 2012 Originally published here September 4, 2012 at TESOL International Association’s blog Welcome to the online discussion about Professional Development on a shoestring budget! When reflecting on Rehab Rajab’s article I thought a lot about the ways in which I participate in low cost professional…