Here’s What Resources ESL Teachers Say Would Improve Their Morale

ELSF's Executive Director Crystal Gonzales is featured in this EdWeek article talking about what ELS teachers need to support their students: curriculum that centers on diversity, equity, and inclusion.

From the article:

"Crystal Gonzales, founder and executive director of the English Learners Success Forum, said she was also not surprised by ESL teachers’ call for more curriculum that better reflects the lives of all students.

Gonzales’ national nonprofit works with curriculum developers, states, and districts to ensure English learners have access to core, grade-level subjects.

Gonzales said ESL teachers’ morale improves not just when they have better materials, but when they’re invited to help shape them.

“You’re going through a math curriculum adoption. Very seldom are our [multilingual] or ESL educators invited to that table to be part of it,” Gonzales said.

“Part of our work is elevating the voices of teachers. They know what our EL students need in math content.”

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