Professional Development Workshop
English Learner Strategies
Give teachers practical, research-based instructional strategies that make grade-level content more accessible to English Learners. This workshop focuses on the instructional practices that teachers can use during lessons to increase comprehension, develop academic and content vocabulary, and improve student achievement.
Vocabulary Strategies
Listening & Speaking Strategies
Reading & Writing Strategies
Research Insight
Curriculum Support
Vocabulary Development Strategies
Apply Vocabulary Strategies Across Content Lessons
Vocabulary development should occur throughout instruction, not only during a vocabulary lesson. This workshop demonstrates instructional techniques teachers can use whenever new language is introduced.
Teachers learn strategies to:
Make new words meaningful
by connecting vocabulary to prior knowledge, concepts, and lesson content.
Strengthen word understanding
by explicitly teaching definitions, word parts, relationships, and multiple meanings.
Support language growth
by helping students use and apply new vocabulary across different contexts.
Listening and Speaking Strategies
Making Classroom Language Accessible
Teachers learn and practice research-based listening and speaking strategies that make instruction clearer and more accessible for English Learners. Through modeling, guided practice, and coaching from an EDI consultant, participants develop the skills to use intentional, strategic strategies to improve pronunciation and increase students’ understanding.
Teachers learn strategies to:
Make academic language clear and understandable
through intentional teacher modeling and precise communication.
Support pronunciation and vocabulary development
by helping students connect, hear, and produce new words accurately.
Increase students word bank with spoken language
by providing models, practice opportunities, and effective language support.
Reading & Writing Strategies
Building Academic Language Through Reading & Writing
Teachers develop and apply research-based reading and writing strategies designed to support English Learners in accessing grade-level text, expanding academic language, and expressing their ideas clearly. Through demonstration, practice, and feedback from an EDI consultant, participants strengthen their ability to deliver effective literacy instruction that supports students’ understanding across all subject areas.
Teachers learn strategies to:
Build stronger reading comprehension
by making text accessible through explicit instruction, vocabulary development, and decoding support.
Develop academic writing skills
By guiding students to organize, explain, and expand their ideas using complete responses.
Increase literacy growth through intentional practice
with frequent checks for understanding and targeted feedback.
Curriculum Support
Launch and Link to Literacy
Discover Launch & Link to Literacy, a six-level K-12 English Language Development program designed to provide systematic, explicit instruction for English Learners at every stage.
Launch to Literacy (Levels A – C) helps beginning and emerging English learners develop foundational language skills.
Link to Literacy (Levels D – F) helps developing and expanding English learners connect language skills to reading.
Training Options
Explicit Direct Instruction for English Learners: One-day Training Pricing
Most Popular
One-Day Workshop
Starting at $3,800
6-8 Hours • Delivered at your school site •Travel not included
A Dataworks consultant will visit your school to deliver an engaging, hands-on professional learning experience focused on instructional practices that help English learners successfully access grade-level content while developing academic language. Teachers leave with practical strategies they can implement immediately.
Workshop includes:
- Teaching both content and language simultaneously
- Embedding vocabulary development into every lesson
- Adjust language to improve comprehension
- Coaching to support classroom implementation
Flexible Option
Virtual Training
Starting at $350/hour
Live virtual professional learning tailored to your school goals.
- Flexible online sessions
- Team or individual PD
- Customized support
All workshops are customizable
Professional learning designed around your district’s priorities, including Integrated ELD, Designated ELD, literacy, mathematics, grade spans, and newcomer programs.
Instructional Impact
5-Day Implementation Plan
Day 1: English Learner EDI Workshop
Days 2–4: Lesson Demonstrations & Coaching
Day 5: Instructional Leadership training to support schoolwide implementation, classroom observations, and continuous improvement.
Research Insights
Language Development that Works
Read about six important things educators need to know about effective English Language Development (ELD) instruction. Teachers will learn how to provide meaningful language support during daily lessons while also giving English Learners focused instruction to build their listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills.
Research-Based Practices
Instructional Strategies That Support English Learners
Research demonstrates that English Learners benefit from explicit instruction combined with intentional language accommodations. Effective teachers make subtle instructional adjustments that increase comprehension while maintaining grade-level expectations.
Our EL students are actively engaged in using language through the pair-shares. Their engagement with the curriculum is stronger and more meaningful because they are actually using academic language in a non-threatening environment prior to doing work independently.
Throughout the day, my English Learners are speaking in complete sentences and hearing complete sentences being spoken. By the middle of the year, I saw a huge improvement in their writing. I know this is a result of using sentence frames and having students answer questions in complete sentences.