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Strengthening the Teacher Workforce to Support Multilingual Learners
This workshop will walk attendees through the Strengthening the Teacher Workforce to Support Multilingual Learners tool, which supports SEA and LEA leaders to develop pathways for and retention of teachers of English learners (ELs), including bilingual, ESL, and general educators. The workshop will highlight the tool’s relevance in making policy decisions for recruitment, hiring and retention. The tool provides a way to collect and examine student, teacher and program data to better understand the types of educators needed for EL student success. The tool then examines recruitment, certification, and retention practices. Reflection questions prompt thinking about potential policy changes, resulting in an action plan to expand, diversify and strengthen the EL educator workforce. The workshop will allow attendees to learn about the tool and potential policy-related outcomes around recruitment, retention and ongoing professional learning of teachers who work with ELs.