Teaching Language Learners with Disabilities
Course Description
The overall goal of this course is for teachers to develop an understanding of differentiate content, activities and assessments to meet the needs of all learners. Designed to meet the recertification requirement of for training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and instruction of students with diverse learning styles.
Language students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities. As a result, students within a class have many different needs. This course explores many strategies that allow teachers to meet a wide variety of student needs, including understanding how students learn, creating more equitable assessments, giving students opportunities for choice, and creating scaffolded tasks to work towards proficiency. Teachers will come away with effective strategies and having designed activities and assessments that they can use immediately in their classes. Conducted in English.
What Participants Are Saying About This Course
“Thank you, well worth my time!!”
“Excellent and Informative”
“Thank you for ‘open[ing] my eyes’ to new opportunities to improve my instructions and really help all my students”
Course Delivery
Self-Paced
Online asynchronous (no live sessions) coursework
Thematic learning modules to complete at your own pace
Collaborative discussion boards
This course is self-paced with open enrollment, meaning students may register and start at any time and have up to 1 month to complete the coursework.
Course Access Information
Your Idioma Schoology course invitation will be emailed within one business day for all self-paced courses. You may access the Idioma Schoology login from the Login > Idioma Schoology Login dropdown on www.idiomaconsulting.com.
Required Text
There is no required textbook for this course. All materials are digital and will be provided in the online course.
About the Instructor
Mellissia Walles, Instructor. Read more about Mellissia here.
Click here to request a syllabus.
Course Description
The overall goal of this course is for teachers to develop an understanding of differentiate content, activities and assessments to meet the needs of all learners. Designed to meet the recertification requirement of for training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and instruction of students with diverse learning styles.
Language students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities. As a result, students within a class have many different needs. This course explores many strategies that allow teachers to meet a wide variety of student needs, including understanding how students learn, creating more equitable assessments, giving students opportunities for choice, and creating scaffolded tasks to work towards proficiency. Teachers will come away with effective strategies and having designed activities and assessments that they can use immediately in their classes. Conducted in English.
What Participants Are Saying About This Course
“Thank you, well worth my time!!”
“Excellent and Informative”
“Thank you for ‘open[ing] my eyes’ to new opportunities to improve my instructions and really help all my students”
Course Delivery
Self-Paced
Online asynchronous (no live sessions) coursework
Thematic learning modules to complete at your own pace
Collaborative discussion boards
This course is self-paced with open enrollment, meaning students may register and start at any time and have up to 1 month to complete the coursework.
Course Access Information
Your Idioma Schoology course invitation will be emailed within one business day for all self-paced courses. You may access the Idioma Schoology login from the Login > Idioma Schoology Login dropdown on www.idiomaconsulting.com.
Required Text
There is no required textbook for this course. All materials are digital and will be provided in the online course.
About the Instructor
Mellissia Walles, Instructor. Read more about Mellissia here.
Click here to request a syllabus.
Course Description
The overall goal of this course is for teachers to develop an understanding of differentiate content, activities and assessments to meet the needs of all learners. Designed to meet the recertification requirement of for training in strategies for effective schooling for students with disabilities and instruction of students with diverse learning styles.
Language students come from a wide variety of backgrounds and abilities. As a result, students within a class have many different needs. This course explores many strategies that allow teachers to meet a wide variety of student needs, including understanding how students learn, creating more equitable assessments, giving students opportunities for choice, and creating scaffolded tasks to work towards proficiency. Teachers will come away with effective strategies and having designed activities and assessments that they can use immediately in their classes. Conducted in English.
What Participants Are Saying About This Course
“Thank you, well worth my time!!”
“Excellent and Informative”
“Thank you for ‘open[ing] my eyes’ to new opportunities to improve my instructions and really help all my students”
Course Delivery
Self-Paced
Online asynchronous (no live sessions) coursework
Thematic learning modules to complete at your own pace
Collaborative discussion boards
This course is self-paced with open enrollment, meaning students may register and start at any time and have up to 1 month to complete the coursework.
Course Access Information
Your Idioma Schoology course invitation will be emailed within one business day for all self-paced courses. You may access the Idioma Schoology login from the Login > Idioma Schoology Login dropdown on www.idiomaconsulting.com.
Required Text
There is no required textbook for this course. All materials are digital and will be provided in the online course.
About the Instructor
Mellissia Walles, Instructor. Read more about Mellissia here.
Click here to request a syllabus.
Credit Options
Not sure which credit option to choose? Learn more about each credit option here and review your state/district requirements.
15 Professional Development/Clock Hours: $155
Idioma Professional Development Certificate (accepted by most states)
Approved Illinois CPDU Certificate through partnership with CEII
Approved Massachusetts PDP Certificate
Approved New York CTLE Certificate
Approved Pennsylvania ACT48 Certificate
Approved Texas CPE Certificate
1 Graduate-Level Credit
PWLC 9218 University of the Pacific: $285
EDLL 588 Southern New Hampshire University (SNHU): $310
While the graduate credits and professional development hours earned may be used for salary advancement, degree completion and state licensing requirements, Idioma does not provide assurance that any state licensing board or school district will accept these credits or hours for those purposes. Participants are advised to check with the appropriate agencies and gain approval prior to registering. An official university transcript is available upon successful completion of coursework through the selected university from which the participant chooses to receive credit. Participants who complete the course for graduate-level credit will receive an email with instructions on how to request an official university transcript.
