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
Part IV: A History of Bilingual Education in California
Dr. Laurie Olsen provides an overview of the history of Bilingual/English Learner education in CA.
Part V: A History of Bilingual Education in California
Dr. Laurie Olsen provides an overview of the history of Bilingual & English Learner education in CA.
Part III: A History of Bilingual Education in California
Dr. Laurie Olsen provides an overview of the history of Bilingual/English Learner education in CA.
Interactive Read Aloud
“Interactive Read Aloud” SEAL strategy is demonstrated with realia in a preschool classroom.
Language Functions & Graphic Organizers
SEAL strategies of Language Functions and Graphic Organizers in a preschool classroom.
Making Language Visible, Tangible & Comprehensible
For young children & dual language learners, coupling VISUAL, TANGIBLE & EXPERIENTIAL with exposure to LANGUAGE is essential.
SEAL Partner Resources
Access resources from SEAL partners to support your students in the classroom and at home.

A Facilitator's Guide to UDL Journey Mapping
SEAL partnered with CAST to help develop this facilitator’s guide, contributing expertise in multilingual learner education, equity-centered instructional design, and implementation. CAST recognizes SEAL’s extensive contributions as instrumental in shaping this resource.

P-3 Guide to Supporting Multilingual Learners, A Preschool Through 3rd Grade Toolkit
New America’s national brief highlights three research-backed strategies for transforming districts to better support English Learners, featuring SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language) as a leading model for scalable, language-rich, and equitable multilingual education.

Three Ways Districts Can Better Support English Learners
New America’s national brief highlights three research-backed strategies for transforming districts to better support English Learners, featuring SEAL (Sobrato Early Academic Language) as a leading model for scalable, language-rich, and equitable multilingual education.
English Learner Success Forum: Curriculum Adoption Toolkits
English Learner Success Forum Curriculum Adoption Toolkits are designed to help education leaders—district administrators, curriculum committees, and school boards—select and implement high-quality instructional materials (HQIM) that are inclusive and linguistically responsive. This step-by-step resource ensures multilingual learners are considered at every stage of the adoption process.