Thank you for your interest in DSF Consulting, LLC, a woman owned small business that supports English Learner (EL) achievement. We’d like to highlight some of our recent publications, blog posts, ongoing projects, and presentations. Publications Diane and Ayanna’s coauthored article Practical Strategies for Implementing the Common Core with English…
By Ayanna Cooper and Diane Staehr Fenner | Originally published November 20, 2013 on the Colorin Colorado website In Part 1 of our series about planning professional development around the Common Core, we offered some introductory points to cover as you consider what your colleagues need to know about implementing the new…
By Ayanna Cooper | Originally published on the Colorin Colorado website October 18, 2013 This week, guest blogger Ayanna Cooper offers ideas for planning professional development sessions on the Common Core and English Learners. So you’ve been asked to provide professional development for your colleagues about Common Core State Standards for English Learners…
Thank you for following DSF Consulting! We apologize for the delay in this month’s newsletter, but we had to deal with some website security issues. Thankfully the issues have been resolved. We’ll share with you the progress we’re making supporting English learners and their educators across the country. Some Current…
Thank you for reading the DSF Consulting October 2013 newsletter. We have a lot of news to share with you! Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators Diane Staehr Fenner’s new book Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators made its debut last week at the Illinois Bilingual…
Originally posted on September 11, 2013 for Colorin Colorado by Diane Staehr Fenner With the beginning of the new school year, this week I’ll share some recently developed Common Core materials for English language learners that have been updated or that I have recently become aware of. If you know of…