Professional Development Guide

This guide created by the TESOL (Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages) International Association consists of two parts. The first part of the guide helps school leaders design professional development for all teachers. This resource is an outline of what a day of professional development on meeting the needs of English language learners (ELLs) could look like. The second part of the guide is written for teachers. It lists ways that classroom teachers who are not trained in TESOL can create an optimal language and content learning environment for ELLs, , including the “why” and the “how” behind each suggestion.