We teach the vocabulary that teachers are teaching in the classroom to ELL students a few weeks ahead of time. Its known as ‘priori-teaching,’ which is a huge part of our teaching.

It’s the best indicator of how much academic language they are acquiring. Occasionally, you have kids who all of a sudden get on a real learning curve and you just pour everything you can. It’s...

There were five kids when I started and it was more of a tutoring program.

As we are teaching we are very respectful of their learning styles and their culture. They are more circular learners, learning a little bit of everything at once. We are more linear learners. We learn...

We’re all in this together. They are all our kids.

A test may instruct students to compare and contrast something. Well, what does that mean? We have some of the same issues with their homework. We do send home their math worksheets in Spanish and...