Building a Program of Excellence

What does a program of excellence look like? We have collected eight promising practices in ESL literacy, based on what the research supports, what works for instructors, and most importantly, what proves to be effective for ESL literacy learners. These promising practices are recommendations to instructors, program coordinators and all other stakeholders in ESL literacy.

After reveiwing the promising practices, complete the checklist to:

• reflect on their program as a whole
• identify areas of strength and areas for improvement, and to be concrete about these areas
• identify strategies for growth, improvement or change in their program, in order to align with the promising practices

Explore the following resources:

• Learning for LIFE: An ESL LIteracy Handbook
• Building a Classroom of Excellence
• Guiding Principles for Teaching ESL Literacy Learners
• ESL Literacy Curriculum Framework