Multilingual Learners
Resources by Topic
This resource hub provides administrators and educators with guidance and tools related to federal requirements, state guidance, MTSS, instructional and assessment practices, and meaningful engagement with multilingual learners and their families. Together, these resources support a shared responsibility approach to building coherent systems that promote meaningful access, belonging, and academic and language development for multilingual learners.
- Terminology & Definitions
- ESOL Program Toolkit
- Civil Rights & Lau Plans
- Standards & Instruction
- Interpretation & Translation
- Multilingual Learners with Disabilities
- Newcomers & SLIFE
- Dual Language Learners & Pre-K
- WIDA Standards, assessment, and professional learning for English language development.
Building Educator Capacity to Support Multilingual Learners
Explore Unlocking Multilingual Learners’ Potential: Strategies for Making Content Accessible by Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, and Meghan Gregoire-Smith through a flexible professional learning resource designed for collaboration, reflection, and action. Use the accompanying Padlet and Facilitator Guide to engage colleagues in a community of practice or pursue individual learning—connecting research to actionable strategies that strengthen instruction for multilingual learners.
Book Study Resource
A flexible, self-paced space to work through the book study with colleagues or on your own.
Unlocking Multilingual Learners' Potential Book Study Resource
Facilitator's Guide
Guidance for leading a community of practice through the book study.
For additional resources, visit Strengthening Instruction for Multilingual Learners.
This project is part of Maine's coordinated statewide efforts to strengthen literacy and numeracy instruction for multilingual learners (MLs) by building educator capacity, supporting effective practices, and advancing equitable outcomes.