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Every child deserves a great teacher. For this to happen, California must create and maintain a highly effective educator workforce.

In April 2012, the North Central Comprehensive Center (NCCC) at McREL released a report titled English Language Learner Resource Guide: Top Ten Instructional Tips for Schools with a Low Incidence of ELLs.

In April 2012, the North Central Comprehensive Center (NCCC) at McREL released a report titled English Language Learner Resource Guide: Top Ten Instructional Tips for Schools with a Low Incidence of ELLs.

These materials address effective implementation of the Common Core State Standards (CCSS) with English learners and were created for use in a teacher professional development setting.

This report discusses a set of Dual Language Learner Teacher Competencies (DLLTC). These competencies are seen as integral to the preparation of prospective teachers who wish to successfully work with dual language learners.

This paper outlines strategies to prepare teachers to better meet the needs of English language learners, considering more aggressive and creative capacity-building initiatives that strengthen and integrate the disciplinary teaching strategies with literacy and language development strategies.

National Assessment of Educational Progress data were analyzed to assess differences in reading achievement for Hispanic fourth graders across states with varying policies on language acquisition, controlling for student and school characteristics.

This paper reports on a case study of teachers' expressions of their literacy-related professional development needs in a First Nations school located in Ontario, Canada.

Preparing U.S. teachers for effectiveness with culturally and linguistically diverse (CLD) secondary students remains a challenge, given the relative homogeneity of educators and their enculturation to an educational system based on European American norms and values.

Programs in the United States that certify PreK-12 teachers in English as a second language (ESL) must meet high and consistent standards in their preservice preparation.