NYSED Websites

• NYS Office of Assessment
  NYSESLAT, LAB-R, and translated Regents exams
  
• Dept. Publications
  Language standards, resource guide, glossaries, more.
  

Useful Sites for Educators

• Colorin Colorado
  This site offers many resources to classroom teachers and parents
• Effective Literacy and English Language Instruction for English Learners in the Elementary Grades
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
• HELP! Kits (Escort)
• Barahona Center for the Study of Books in Spanish for Children and Adolescents
  Recommended book search by grade levels, country, publisher, author
• US Department of Education - Toolkit for Families
• Everything ESLM
  Lesson plans, teaching tips, downloads, and classroom resources
• Larry Ferlazzo
  Numerous links for teaching content to ELLs with a free teacher newsletter, blog, and website of the day recommendation.
• Mrs. Hurleys ESL Page
  Ideas for classroom teachers for working with ELLs. Also has links for using SmartBoards.
• OCM BOCES/Mid State BETAC
  Workshop handouts in several categories
  

Recommended Books & Articles

• Deborah J. Short & Shannon Fitzsimmons. Double the Work: Challenges and Solutions To Acquiring Language and Academic Literacy For Adolescent English Language Learners (PDF). A Report to Carnegie Corporation of New York.
  
• Goldenberg, Claude. Teaching English Language Learners: What the Research Does and Does Not Say. American Educator. Vol: Summer 2008. pp. 8-23, 42-44.
  
• Hill, Jane D., and Flynn, Kathleen M. (2006) Classroom Instruction that Works with English Language Learners. Alexandria VA: ASCD
  

Online Resources for Bilingual Educators

• National Association for Bilingual Education (NABE)
  National professional organization devoted to representing Bilingual Learners and Bilingual Education professionals.
• National Clearinghouse for English Language Acquisition & Language Instructional Educational Programs (NCELA)
  Information bout curriculum and & instruction development, academic content standards & assessments, as well as Title III.
• Center for Applied Linguistics-The Center for Applied Linguistics
  Online resources including free downloadable digests, a collection of answers to frequently asked questions, and more.
• The Center on Instruction
  L inks for documents on its web page focusing on English language learners including resources related to literacy and special education, professional development, best practices, serving adolescent newcomers, and suggestions about accommodations and assessments.
• Jim Cummins
  Information on second language acquisition and literacy development for ELLs:
• Dr. Jill Kerper Mora
  Information on Spanish reading and biliteracy, modules on word study in biliteracy classrooms, cross-linguistic transfer in Spanish/English biliteracy, thematic unit and lesson planning, content reading for English language learners. There are over 100 instructional modules on the web site for bilingual and ESL teachers.
• AAA Math
  K-8 math resources available in Spanish
• The Internet Picture Dictionary
  L abeled images in Spanish, French, German, Italian and English.
• Center for Research on Education, Diversity and Excellence
• Rethinking Schools Online Bilingual Resource Articles
• Dual Language Education of New Mexico
  An excellent site for Dual Language resources. There are many sample materials on this web site including a variety that focus on classroom instruction.
• The Center for Research on Education, Diversity & Excellence (CREDE)
  Links to research reports, research briefs, educational practitioner reports, practitioner briefs, ERIC Digests, and newsletters

For more information

Please contact Melanie Pores, Assistant in Research and Educational Services at (800) 342-9810 ext. 6057 or e-mail Melanie at mpores@nysutmail.org
should you require additional resources or assistance in relation to ELLs.