Norfolk Public Schools
Resources for Educators of ELs
NPS Resources for Educators of ELs
The Language Group Interpretation Resources
Learn more about Norfolk Public Schools' language interpretation service called The Language Group. This service eliminates communication barriers between non-English speaking families and district staff.
Ellevation Education
All Norfolk Public Schools teachers with English Learners on their class roster have access Ellevation Education. Ellevation is a comprehensive management platform that organizes EL student data, documents EL services and testing accommodations, and offers a variety of professional development modules for any classroom or content teacher working with ELs.
Career and Technical Education / Adult Education Services
The Norfolk Public Schools' Office of Adult Education offers free daytime and evening programming for adults 18 years or older including English Language Acquisition (ELA) classes.
Virginia Resources for Educators of ELs
Title III: Language Instruction for English Learners & Immigrant Students
The Virginia Title III website contains federal and state guidance related to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), Civil Rights Compliance for ELs, Entrance and Exit procedures, Title III fiscal requirements and more.
Virginia Department of Education - English Learners
As a commonwealth, Virginia serves over 117,000 ELs, who speak over 240 languages, and come from a variety of learning and cultural backgrounds. Visit the VDOE website to access information and resources available to support English learner instruction.
WIDA Consortium University of Wisconsin-Madison
WIDA provides language development resources to those who support the academic success of multilingual learners. WIDA offers a comprehensive, research-based system of language standards, assessments, professional learning and educator support.
U.S. Department of Education Resources
English Learner Toolkit
The English Learner Toolkit is designed to help state and local education agencies in meeting their legal obligations to ELs and in providing all ELs with the support needed to attain English proficiency while meeting college-and-career readiness standards.
Newcomer Toolkit
The Newcomer Toolkit provides discussion of topics relevant to understanding, supporting, and engaging newcomer students and their families. It provides tools, strategies, and examples of classroom and schoolwide practices in action as well as professional learning activities.
EL Family Toolkit
WIDA provides language development resources to those who support the academic success of multilingual learners. WIDA offers a comprehensive, research-based system of language standards, assessments, professional learning and educator support.