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English Language Development (ELD) is:

• The explicit and systematic teaching of 
  • English language Structures, Vocabulary, and Functions
• Necessary for social and academic language proficiency
• A comprehensive and integrated approach to language development that is designed to support the academic success of multilingual learners

Integrated & Designated ELD

Integrated ELD (often co-teaching)

• Within content instruction to unpack academic language
• Within all core instruction and consistently embedded 
• Essential for multilingual learners, will benefit all students 
• Often focuses on content specific vocabulary and language functions
• Includes instructional strategies to support successful engagement with content learning

Designated (often small group)

• Designed, focused and directed towards individual or small group by language proficiency levels within the classroom
• Targeted academic language addresses ELD goals
• It is aligned to grade level content by explicitly teaching the academic language functions and structures that students need to successfully demonstrate knowledge of classroom content

WIDA ELD Standards Framework

• Adopted by Washington State in 2022 to be implemented in all public schools
• Ensures that eligible MLs have equal access to learning in all contexts
• It is the MLE ELD curricular resource that supports teachers use to align the ELD standards, language expectations, and demands with all content learning
• It is imperative for multilingual learner's successful school experience in WA state for all ELD staff and core content teachers to become familiar with these standards
• Collaborative instructional practices are a crucial factor in MTSS framework as well as supporting the progress of students who are multilingual
  • Co-teaching, Co-planning, Co-reflection, Co-assessment

What Makes WIDA a Different ELD Framework to Effectively Integrate Language and Content Learning?