Equipping ELLs

EP220 — How to Talk to Parents of ELL Students: Building Trust Across Language and Culture

In Episode 220 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher opens with a scene that shifts everything — an invitation to imagine being an ELL parent walking into a parent-

EP219 — How to Co-Teach With General Education Teachers to Actually Support Your ELLs

In Episode 219 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher opens with something most professional development on co-teaching never acknowledges: the textbook version of c

EP218 - Comprehensible Input in Your Classroom: 10 Strategies That Work for Every Level

In Episode 218 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher picks up where Episode 206 left off — but this time leaves the theory behind and goes completely practical. Tea

EP217 - How to Set Up Your ELL Classroom for Back to School: A Week-by-Week Guide

In Episode 217 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher delivers exactly what every ELL teacher needs in the first weeks of school — a clear, focused, week-by-week gui

EP216 - A Simple Approach to Planning ELL Lessons That Actually Works

In Episode 216 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher addresses the Sunday evening reality most ELL teachers know well — sitting in front of a blank document with a

EP215 — The Secret to Scaffolding for Multiple Levels in Your ELL Classroom

In Episode 215 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher delivers the insight that sits underneath every scaffolding strategy she has ever shared — the one that makes d

EP214 — How to Differentiate for ELL Students Without Planning Five Different Lessons

In Episode 214 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher tackles the question she gets asked more than almost any other — by ELL teachers, homeroom teachers, and anyone

EP213 — Sentence Frames for ELL Students: The Scaffold That Changes Everything

In Episode 213 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher goes deep on the one scaffold that makes almost every speaking and writing activity she has ever shared actuall

EP212 — ESL Speaking Activities That Actually Work for Every Language Level

In Episode 212 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher opens the practical application series with the domain she believes has the single biggest impact on language a

EP211 - Stop Being the Only Thing Holding Your ELL Classroom Together

In Episode 211 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher brings the entire ELL Success Cycle together — WHO, WHAT, HOW, and WHEN — and shows listeners exactly what it l

EP210 - Stop Guessing What Your ELL Students Need Next — Do This Instead

In Episode 210 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher delivers the final piece of the ELL Success Cycle — the WHEN. After covering who your students are, what to tea

EP209 — What Is Sheltered Instruction And Are Your ELLs Actually Getting It

In Episode 209 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher tackles one of the most widely trained-on and least consistently implemented concepts in ELL education: shelter

EP208 The Scaffolding Teachers Actually Use — And What Makes Them Work

In Episode 208 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher tackles one of the most widely discussed and most misunderstood concepts in ELL instruction: scaffolding. Every

Ep207 Stop Waiting for ACCESS Scores to Tell You What to Teach

In Episode 207 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher makes a case that most ELL teachers need to hear: you already have more data about your students' language deve

Ep206 What Second Language Acquisition Actually Means for Your Classroom

In Episode 206 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher goes one level deeper into the WHO of the ELL Success Cycle — moving from knowing where students are (the five

Ep 205 From Silence to Fluency: The 5 Stages of Language Acquisition Every ELL Teacher Needs to Know

In Episode 205 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, host Beth Vaucher dives deep into one of the most foundational topics in ELL education — the five stages of language acquisi

Ep 204: What Confident ELL Teachers Do Differently

Have you ever watched another ELL teacher and thought — how does she make it look so easy? In Episode 203 of the Equipping ELLs podcast, Beth Vaucher pulls back the curta

Ep 203 Why Your ELL Students Aren't Making the Progress Everyone Expects (And What to Do About It)

If you have ever sat in a data review meeting and heard someone ask why your ELL students aren't making progress — this episode is going to change how you walk into that

202. The Translation Trap: When Google Translate Stops Helping Your ELL Students

One of the most common dilemmas in ELL and ESL classrooms today is the question of translation — specifically, when does letting your English language learners use Google

201. Why nothing seems to stick for your ELL students (and what to do instead)

Are you constantly trying new teaching strategies with your English Language Learners, only to feel like nothing truly sticks? In this episode of the Equipping ELLs Pod