Determining Your Program's Focus

Information about your program’s focus can guide you in planning for instruction and supporting your learners. This tool is designed for instructors, based on the principles outlined in Stage 2: Determine Focus of the ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework.

The purpose of this tool is to help instructors:

• understand the focus of the program they work in
• establish a classroom focus, if they work in a less formalized program

This tool can be used by individual instructors, in a professional development or team-building setting, or in a course guide or curriculum package.

Explore the following resources:

• Learning for LIFE: An ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework
• Classroom Needs Assessment Guide
• Accountability Checklist for Instructors
• Building a Classroom of Excellence