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Equipping ELLs

Beth Vaucher, ELL, ESL Teachers

Equipping ELLs is a podcast for ESL specialists and homeroom teachers who are looking for effective and engaging ways to support their English Language Learners without adding to their endless to-do list. Each week you’ll hear tips, strategies, and inspirational stories that will empower you to better reach your ELL students, equip them with life-long skills, and strengthen relationships with colleagues and parents. Your host, Beth Vaucher, is an ESL certified homeroom teacher with over 10 years of

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All Episodes

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64. How Can Paraprofessionals Support ELLs?

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/03/03

Are you a paraprofessional, wondering how best to support your ELLs? Or are you a classroom teacher that knows you are underutilizing the paraprofessionals in your building? We are right in the middle of a series called Small Steps to Success for ELLs! Throughout this series, we are encouraging every person in our schools, from the front office to the cafeteria, to take vital steps to help support our English language learners. We know when each person does this, you will see positive change!Today

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63. 4 Easy Shifts to Make to Support ELLs in the...

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/02/24

If you’re a homeroom teacher, the thought of figuring out how to support ELL students in your classroom may be completely overwhelming. I know this because I’ve been there. When I was a homeroom teacher, I didn’t support my English language learners very well. As we are working on taking small steps to make a big impact on our ELL students, I want to share four shifts that homeroom teachers can make to ensure our ELLs are being set up to thrive in our classrooms.Most homeroom teachers want to help

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62. 5 Things ESL Teachers Wish Homeroom Teachers Knew

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/02/17

There are so many important positions in every school but sometimes it can be challenging to understand just what each person does and does not do. As ESL teachers, we may have come across some misconceptions that other staff members have about us and our role. We all want to work together as best as possible so that we can help our ELL students be successful. In order to do that, we may need to help other staff members understand what it is that we do and how we help our students.It is so important

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61. 5 Ways Schools Can Create a Welcoming Environment...

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/02/10

We know how important it is for us to make our new ELLs feel welcome and comfortable but how can we help their families feel supported? There can be so much confusion for families as they are adjusting to living in a new country, learning a new school system, and understanding different offerings and options that are available. Our guest, Janna Adams, is sharing ways that we can help our ELL families overcome some of these hindrances.In today’s episode, we are chatting with Janna about some things

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60. Cultural Crash Course with Guest Margarita Pearce

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2023/02/03

Understanding where our students come from and who they are is so important to ensuring we are providing them with an environment where they feel welcome and respected. This may mean dismantling some assumptions we have about different countries and really trying to understand the countries they are coming from and the specific areas they are coming from. Margarita Pearce is joining us today to share her unique perspective and provide some insight and tips for ESL teachers.In this episode, Margarita

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59. Small Steps to a Creating a Culturally Competent...

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/01/27

As ESL teachers, we are especially aware of how important it is for our ELL students to feel welcome, respected, and safe. Because of this, creating a culturally competent school environment is so important. Our guest today, Jocelynn Hubbard, is sharing how all teachers, admin, and staff play a huge role in creating this culturally competent environment for our students.Creating a culturally responsive environment takes effort from all staff members to not only learn new things, but to unlearn some

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58. 12 PD Topics to Steal Now!

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/01/20

Have you been asked to provide training to the staff on supporting ELLs but have no idea what you could present on? I see people asking all the time what they can do to provide training or PD to their school staff on supporting ELLs. If you’ve been there, I’ve got you! I am sharing 12 ideas for PD training you can feel confident sharing with teachers.You may be thinking that you are still trying to figure out how to best support your ELLs so there is no way you could train others. Remember, YOU are

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57. How Administrators Can Impact ELLs with Guest...

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2023/01/13

Do you ever feel like you are solely responsible for supporting your English language learners? That responsibility is NOT just yours. We are continuing our Small Steps to Success series by looking at what role administrators play in supporting ELLs. Today we are joined by Maria Montroni-Currais who is sharing her insights on how administrators can impact English language learners.In this episode, we are looking at how ELL teachers and administrators can work collaboratively to support their ELLs

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56. The Answer to This Question Will Change How You...

Equipping ELLs ·

2023/01/06

Have you ever stopped to really think about what success looks like for your ELL students? Are you only gauging the success of your students based on if they are proficient in English or not? Defining what success looks like for your students is critical to ensuring your students experience successes and feel confident throughout their English language journey, not just when they are proficient or test out of language support services.Learning a new language is tiring and can be super frustrating

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55. 5 Easy Ways to Restart the Year Now

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/12/30

Coming back from winter break is the perfect time to restart and refresh things in order to make the most of the second half of the year. I know this year, and the past few years, have been incredibly stressful and exhausting and the thought of doing a refresh may be overwhelming. I totally get that! I want to help you finish the year strong so I am sharing five easy things for you to restart to make the most of the second half of the school year.At this point in the school year, you’re likely

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54. 3 Things to STOP Doing with ELLs (And What to Do...

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/12/23

We all want to support our ELLs as best as possible but some of the things we are doing could actually be inhibiting their growth. As teachers, we are doing our best to figure out what our students need in order to be successful. Unfortunately, some of our efforts could be an unnecessary waste of time.If you’re confused about what ELLs actually need and what they don’t, you’re not alone! We want to be sure that what we are doing is helping our students and stop doing anything that isn’t helping (or

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53. The 1 Reason Your ELLs Aren't Making Growth and...

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2022/12/16

Are you trying everything you can think of and your ELLs still aren’t making progress? When I talk to teachers whose students aren’t making growth, there is one common thread across the board. Doubt. The good news is that doubt is a reflection of our mindset so if we can fix our mindset, we can help out ELLs make more growth.If you’ve ever doubted that you are doing what’s best for your ELL students or if you flip flop your plans every week because you aren’t sure if what you’re doing is working, it

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52. 5 Questions to Ask Yourself as You Prepare for...

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/12/09

Does the thought of being observed by your admin make you panic a little bit? I think it’s safe to say most teachers don’t love observations. They cause extra stress and nervousness no matter how amazing of a teacher you are. If you’re dreading an upcoming observation, don’t worry! I am sharing five tips to help your observation lesson run smoothly so you can showcase just how lucky your students are to have you!Preparing for an observation doesn’t have to be stressful. In an observation, you are

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51. 5 New Tech Tools to Try Now

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/12/02

What do you do when you have a love/hate relationship with technology but you know there are amazing tools that will help your ELLs learn? You find simple tech tools! I am sharing 5 of my favorite tech tools that provide students amazing support that will help them succeed and soar.In this episode, we are covering really simple but powerful ways we can better support our ELL students through the use of technology. There are amazing tech tools out there that we can utilize without having to worry

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50. 5 Ways To Prepare for Access Testing Now

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/11/25

Do you dread prepping your students for Access testing every year? I think it’s safe to say we all do. What if I told you there is a way to prep without taking precious time away from giving students the support they actually need? Toss the test prep packets because I am sharing 5 fun ways you can prepare for Access testing starting right now.We want to prepare our students for Access testing in a way that is beneficial to them outside of just the test. How can we do that? We embed preparing for

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49. 5 Reasons To Be Thankful You Teach ELLs

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2022/11/18

Thanksgiving in the U.S. is right around the corner which means it’s the perfect time to look at why we should be thankful that we get the privilege to teach our English language learners. At this point in the year, you may be feeling tired and overwhelmed so I want to remind you why we are so fortunate to be able to work with amazing ELL students.Teaching is not easy and there are so many things that are put on teachers, especially these past few years, that make some days really hard. If we can

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48. 5 Ways Translanguaging Affirms Our ELLs Identity...

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/11/11

Have you heard about the new, hot topic, translanguaging? If not, don’t worry! Today we are talking all about it! Tevia Tovares is joining us today to share her experience with translanguaging and how she encourages translanguaging in the classroom.We know how important it is to create a safe, comfortable, and inclusive atmosphere for our ELLs. In order to do this, we must allow our students opportunities to express themselves both in English and in their native language. This is exactly what our

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47. How to Teach with the 5 Stages of Language...

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/11/04

Do you know what stage of language acquisition your ELL students are in and how to support them in that stage? Understanding the stages and knowing where your students are at is so important in helping them successfully learn the English language. Cris Howard is joining us today to share her extensive knowledge on language acquisition and its importance.Keeping the stages of language acquisition in mind when we are teaching our ELLs is key to helping them understand and retain the language. Cris is

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46. 4 Ways to Use Holidays to Improve English Skills

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/10/28

Holiday season is upon us in the U.S. which means it’s a great opportunity to improve our ELLs’ English language using seasonal vocabulary. We can take advantage of the season and use the excitement of the holidays to engage our students and really work on their English skills. Today, I am sharing some activities I wish I would have done to take full advantage of the holidays with my ELLs.We’ve all tied the holidays into our lessons by teaching vocabulary, playing seasonal vocabulary games, or using

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45. How One Librarian Created a Culture of Reading in...

Equipping ELLs ·

2022/10/21

Are you looking to create a culture of reading at your school and with your ELLs? We all know that reading opens so many doors for our students but getting them to read can be a struggle. Today I am joined by high school librarian Terrie Sharp, who is sharing how she helped create a culture of learning in her school.There can be many obstacles in getting ELL students and emergent bilingual students to read but it is so important that we help them become readers. Terrie saw there was a need to make

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