ELL Reading: Teaching Strategies for K-12

3 Credits | 45 CPE hours

$199.00
$199.00
$199.00
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  • ELL
  • Instructional Strategies
  • Language Acquisition
ELL Reading: Teaching Strategies for K-12 K-12 teachers professional development course

Course Description

This course focuses on effective ell strategies for English language reading instruction. Learn practical techniques and methods for teaching reading in any ELL environment. Explore key issues related to the successful teaching of reading, such as the role of reading within an ELL curriculum and detailed classroom teaching techniques. Topics include, engagement, motivation, modeling, intensive and extensive reading, vocabulary challenges, comprehension skills, reading rate, reading strategies lesson planning, selecting materials and assessment. This course provides many practical approaches and strategies to improve teaching and learning in the ELL reading environment.

Objectives:

Teachers will be able to:

  • Assess students level of motivation, and use strategies for motivating, engaging, and inspiring students in the reading classroom, and discover how students first-language (L1) reading skills impact their second language (L2) proficiency, especially in regard to reading.
  • Integrate intensive and extensive reading in their curriculum, working with students to develop their reading rate and become more confident, fluent, and engaged readers.
  • Integrate vocabulary teaching into reading curriculum using very valuable high-frequency word lists.
  • Design a strong curriculum using the components of effective lesson planning, including how to integrate other language skills along with reading, come up with teaching objectives, sequence your activities, and measure your effectiveness.
  • Assess students learning through formative and summative testing, and support the students as they prepare for standardized tests like the TOEFL and IELTS.

We offer online professional development courses for teachers in Texas that are eligible for Graduate-level Professional Development Credit and CPE Credits towards Texas State License Renewal.

TEA-approved CPE providers list.

  • Texas Approved CPE Provider # 500-494 (Since 2004)
  • Our provider name is CPE Credits Online

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  • Select the course you wish to take.
  • If you need a certificate of completion only (for Texas CPEs), choose the Course Only option. Or…
  • If you need an official transcript, choose the Course & University Credits option. See our University Partners page for more information about our regionally accredited university partners.
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  • Upon purchase, you will receive an email receipt and be able to log in to your course at eClassroom Sign in. You have 180 days (about 6 months) from your purchase to complete your course.

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Credit Options

Course + Credit Courses

  • We have partnered with regionally-accredited universities to provide graduate-level professional development credits for our courses. See our University Partners tab.  All courses taken for graduate-level credit receive both a Certificate of Completion and a University Transcript for your records.
  • Upon enrollment, you will select the University from which you wish your credits.
  • Upon completion of your course, CE Credits Online will forward all the required documentation to the University you selected.
  • The University partner will process your course completion and provide a transcript that includes the name of the course, course number, number of credits, and your grade.
  • You will receive directions on how to receive your transcript in email form, and you can also review the University Partners section of our website for more information.
  • You must check with your district to ensure the credits received will meet your specific requirements. We will not be held responsible if your school, district or state does not accept the credits issued.

CPE Credits

  • CE Credits Online is an approved provider of CPE credits. TEA-approved CPE providers list. (always check with your district to determine eligibility).
  • Upon successful completion of your course, you will receive a Certificate of Completion for your records that will include the name of the course and number of professional development hours completed.
  • The Certificate of Completion acts as a record that verifies that a professional development course was taken and passed.