Evidence-Based Facilitator Guide. Intermediate Academic Content and Literacy for English Learners: Recommendation 2. Integrate Oral and Written Instruction into Content-Area Teaching. Updated

Designed to help instructional leaders deliver effective training to teachers, this guide provides one of four evidence-based recommendations for supporting literacy among English learner students in grades 4-8. It includes practical application ideas and examples, as well as resources for immediate implementation. This guide is based on "Teaching Academic Content and Literacy to English Learners in Elementary and Middle School," a practice guide from the Institute of Education Sciences (IES). This guide is designed to complement the training provided to an instructional leader (e.g., coach, teacher, administrator) who supports teachers in using evidence-based strategies to improve outcomes for English learner students in grades 4-8. The instructional leader will be trained to facilitate and lead learning in a school and/or district. The design of this guide gives facilitators the flexibility to respond to school or district needs in a targeted manner. Each evidence-based practice can be provided as a brief training session over the course of a school year. These recommendations can be grouped into common threads and provided as a full- or half-day professional development session. The practices and subsequent activities are not content specific; they can help improve literacy across all content areas in grades 4-8.