New Jersey Teachers of English to Speakers of Other Languages
New Jersey Bilingual Educators
This collection includes online and remote-learning resources compiled primarily during the COVID-19 school closures beginning in 2020. The page is preserved for reference, but some information, services, and external links may no longer be current.
Explore professional learning, instructional models, and digital materials that continue to support multilingual learners and their educators.
Information, lesson plans, handouts, and professional learning resources related to the research-based SIOP Model.
Webinars and professional learning resources supporting multilingual learners and English learner education.
An overview from Colorín Colorado of ESL, bilingual, and sheltered-instruction program models.
A free, 15-hour professional development course created through a collaboration between the New Jersey Department of Education and educational professionals.
A digital collection of illustrated nonfiction books with narration available in multiple languages.
These materials were collected to support educators, multilingual learners, and families during the transition to remote and hybrid instruction in 2020.
A collection of digital tools and instructional resources for educators of English language learners.
A collection of free printable books and early-reading materials for children learning English.
Archived suggestions shared through the NJTESOL/NJBE Hotlist for organizing remote instruction across multiple grade levels.
An archived 2020 NJDOE update addressing multilingual learner identification, screening, and parent-notification procedures.
Guidance for families and educators navigating their changing roles during learning at home.
Suggestions from Colorín Colorado for supporting multilingual learners when internet access or digital technology is limited.
A 2020 guide addressing digital-learning practices, equity, family support, instructional planning, and strategies for multilingual learners.
An archived 2020 WIDA flyer describing the temporary remote screening process developed for students entering kindergarten and first grade.
These archived presentations and handouts were shared during the NJDOE English Language Learner Roundtable held on May 12 and 13, 2020.
Presented by MaryAnn Mena, Bilingual/ESL/World Language/Title III Program Coordinator, Atlantic City Public Schools.
Presented by Dr. JoAnne Negrin, Supervisor of ESL, Bilingual Education, World Languages, and Performing Arts, Vineland Public Schools.
The primary NJDOE presentation covering support for English language learners, district practices, provisional identification, parent notification, and federal updates.
Archived NJDOE responses addressing identification, parent notification, funding, program services, and ACCESS administration during remote learning.
Questions and responses from presenters concerning remote instruction and support for multilingual learners and their families.
Presented by Julie Ochoa, Supervisor of ESL and Bilingual Programs, Franklin Township Public Schools.
Presented by Jacqueline Moore, Supervisor of Professional Learning/State and Federal Programs, Howell Township Public Schools.
These digital tools provide reading, vocabulary, phonics, listening, and language-practice opportunities that may be helpful for newcomers and beginning multilingual learners.
A language-learning platform that provides short, interactive lessons in numerous languages.
A digital reading platform offering books, audiobooks, and educational videos for children.
A game-based literacy program focused on phonics, word recognition, reading comprehension, and vocabulary.
A collection of children’s books read aloud by professional actors, accompanied by illustrations and activity guides.
These websites provide digital texts, literacy activities, vocabulary practice, language instruction, and tools for scaffolding content for multilingual learners.
Animated lessons, games, quizzes, and activities supporting listening, speaking, reading, writing, vocabulary, and grammar.
A digital library of literary and informational texts, lessons, and reading activities for students in grades 3–12.
Printable worksheets, lesson plans, learning games, guided lessons, and hands-on activities for elementary and middle-grade students.
Online English-language exercises, games, videos, and printable materials for ESL instruction.
A tool that allows educators to add questions, discussions, videos, annotations, and instructional supports directly to webpages.
Articles, photographs, videos, games, and informational content about animals, science, geography, and the natural world.
Reading passages, vocabulary supports, question sets, and instructional materials covering literature, science, and social studies.
Interactive activities, books, songs, and games supporting phonemic awareness, phonics, early reading, and mathematics.
Free audio stories, myths, poems, and original narratives that can support listening comprehension and literacy development.
Informational articles and educational content from Smithsonian for use with students and educators.
News, videos, audio programs, vocabulary lessons, and leveled materials for beginning through advanced English learners.
These resources provide bilingual, Spanish-language, and multilingual content that can help educators make instruction more accessible to multilingual learners and their families.
Spanish-language animated lessons, games, quizzes, and activities across multiple academic subjects.
Bilingual, research-based information, classroom strategies, activities, and guidance for educators and families of multilingual learners.
Spanish-language instructional videos, explanations, exercises, and learning materials across academic subjects.
Spanish-language NASA articles, images, videos, and educational information about Earth, space, science, and exploration.
Instructional content and current-events articles with reading-level supports and selected Spanish-language materials.
These archived resources were shared by NJTESOL/NJBE members through the organization’s discussion list and other professional exchanges.
At-home language-learning activities available in English and multiple additional languages.
A collection of English-language learning resources from the English Language Resource Center at Bergen Community College.
An archived video-response tool that was used to provide speaking and discussion practice for learners. The original service has since been discontinued.
Interactive games for practicing English vocabulary, spelling, sentence structure, and grammar.
Multilingual tutorials for families using Google Classroom, Zoom, Schoology, Seesaw, Canvas, ClassDojo, and other digital platforms.
Printable lessons and educational activities covering literacy, mathematics, science, STEM, and social-emotional learning.
Picture-based vocabulary activities with listening, matching, spelling, and pronunciation practice.
An early Spanish-reading application supporting letter sounds, syllables, vocabulary, and beginning literacy development.
An archived professional development packet focused on finding and using open educational resources.
Digital flashcards, study sets, practice activities, and games for vocabulary and content review.
An archived collection of online resources originally shared through MultiBriefs for educators and families.
An archived article by Stephen Krashen offering language-teaching recommendations during the COVID-19 school closures.
An archived guide to planning, communicating, teaching, and selecting digital tools during emergency school closures.
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