“I wasn’t sure how I could play a role in the English Language Development of ELLs. Now I know that with creativity and not limiting myself to the types of activities available to classroom teachers but not necessarily to me, I can indeed play a role.”

“After this learning, I really hope to be able to be an ambassador for my students in a new way. I want it to be understood that we are all language teachers. I want to help teachers develop skills for helping ELLs be successful.”

“This course gave me a much deeper understanding of the importance of having strong and varied assessments for my ELLs to learn more about our students’ strengths and weaknesses and what our next steps should be to help them move forward. The websites that were recommended gave a wealth of information to help you with the topic of ELLs and assessments. ”

“Before I completed this cycle and class, I was not very proficient at the various modes of graphic organization and categories of assessment options there were, so going forward, I will incorporate graphics, modeling, flow charts and others as means to practice and apply understanding, as well as allowing other, more anecdotal types of success inform my teaching!”