A Book For Every Teacher

A Book for Every Teacher: Teaching English Language Learners is a unique andcompressive text written for mainstream classroom teachers. The passion forwriting this book comes from our working experiences with the K-12 teachersin four school districts through our ELL Center professional developmentprogram. Through this program we provide professional training through ourfederally funded research and service projects. The purpose of our professionaltraining is to prepare general education teachers to work effectively withEnglish language learners (ELLs). While working with the teachers on a dailybasis we know the immediate needs of the teachers. This motivated us toembark this book project. In recent years the ELL school population has the highest increase among schoolpopulations. As the NEA data indicates providing ELL students with high quality services and programs is animportant investment in America's future (NEA 2013). This book is our investment in helping teachers to meettheir challenges and provide useful information and strategies for teaching ELLs.The book is designed with K-12 teachers in mind. It is best used by teachers who have or will have ELLs in theirclassrooms and who seek information and strategies to better work with and serve their ELLs to achieveacademic success. With this design teachers can use the book as a text or reference tool.This book can also be adopted as text materials for professional training.Teachers are the most important factor for ELLs' academic success.