SEAL Resources
Dive into our curated collection of resources—from research to hands-on practices to engaging educational videos—brought to you by SEAL’s experts. Uncover innovative strategies and insights for how to support Multilingual Learners, and all students, in the classroom.

Creating Elementary Classrooms Where Multilingual Learners With Disabilities Thrive
SEAL’s practical, research-informed guide offers educators and school leaders strategies to strengthen instruction and support for multilingual learners with disabilities.

A P-3 Framework: Centering English Learners
This framework is authored by Dr. Laurie Olsen, provides a vision of an inclusive, equitable P–3 system that draws on EL expertise to create an aligned schooling system responsive to English Learners from early education through the elementary grades.

Building the Supply of Bilingual Teachers in California
Evidence From State Investment Shows Districts Should Look Closer to Home for Bilingual Teacher Candidates

SEAL Brief: Centering Multilingual Families in California Community Schools
Community schools are schools where the resources and voices of the staff, families and community are organized around supporting student success.

SEAL Brief: Promising STEM Practices for ELs/EBs
The California Department of Education will soon release a new Mathematics Framework that could significantly strengthen the pipeline of underrepresented English learners/emergent bilinguals (ELs/EBs) into STEM careers
SEAL Videos
Why some bilingual learners are outperforming native speakers
GMA explores why some ELs are outperforming students whose first language is English.
Transfer & Designated ELD in a Spanish bilingual Classroom
Transfer lesson/Designated ELD connected to science content in a 2nd grade Spanish bilingual class.
Sentence Patterning Chart | SEAL Strategies
Building complex sentences/understanding structure of language in a Kindergarten bilingual class.
TheDictado - Bilingual 2nd Grade Classroom
Foundational skills in Spanish/English with Literacy Squared experts Dr. Escamilla/Dr. Hopewell.
Super Duper Sentence Builder
“Super Duper Sentence Builder” SEAL strategy in a preschool classroom.
SEAL Pedagogy Across Preschool through 5th Grade
Alignment of pedagogy & principles from preschool-5th grade to deepen understanding of SEAL model.
SEAL Partner Resources
Access resources from SEAL partners to support your students in the classroom and at home.
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DLL Identification Guide: For CSPP Providers
Dual Language Learners (DLLs) are children whose first language is a language other than English or children who are developing two or more languages, one of which may be English.

Bridging California’s Bilingual Teacher Gap in Early Childhood Education
Inaugural policy brief — a thorough examination of the shortage of bilingual early childhood educators in California.

Navigating the Past to Shape the Future of English Learner Education
The education of immigrant and English Learner (EL) students in our nation has been indelibly shaped at the intersection of struggles

Resource Guide for Multilingual Learners
Policy Brief: Understanding Educators’ Experiences Teaching Multilingual Learners