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.

SEAL Resources

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Alignment & Articulation Tool

A tool that promotes reflection and cross-grade level discussion amongst teachers to encourage school-wide alignment and articulation.

Classroom Tools

Making Cross Language Connections

A resource for students working with multilingual children that discusses cross-language connections.

Classroom Tools

Oral Language Analysis for Designated ELD

The Oral Language Analysis strategy provides teachers an opportunity to record student learning and language production, and then analyze their language to determine a series of lessons or steppingstones to be adddressed during Designated ELD.

Classroom Tools

Promoting a Sense of Identity

Supports teachers by providing ways they can work with families to promote children's proud sense of identity, connection to home culture and heritage, plus respect for diversity.

Classroom Tools

SEAL Videos

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Dialogic Read Aloud

Video produced to demonstrate the “Dialogic Read Aloud” SEAL strategy in a preschool classroom.

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Embracing Early Education

Integrated and Designated ELD: 2nd Grade

Illustrates Integrated ELD and small group Designated ELD in a second grade classroom

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SEAL ELD Videos

Engaging with Text & Narrative

How to engage students with text in a preschool classroom.

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Embracing Early Education

Designated ELD with Collaborative Practice: 2nd grade

Integrated ELD and small group Designated ELD in an English-taught 2nd grade classroom.

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SEAL ELD Videos

Cross Language Connections in the Classroom

Cross language connections/metalinguistic awareness in the dual language brain in grades K–3.

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Supporting Dual Language Practices
Bilingual/Dual Language

Content Based Chants | SEAL Strategies

Building language in & through content in a 2nd grade Spanish Dual Immersion classroom.

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Supporting Dual Language Practices
Bilingual/Dual Language

SEAL Partner Resources

Access resources from SEAL partners to support your students in the classroom and at home. 

Bay Area Council Economic Institute

The Economic Benefits of Multilingual Learning

A report by the Bay Area Council Economic Institute explores multilingual learning among California’s youngest children and highlights benefits that improve educational outcomes, boost household incomes, and give California companies the edge needed to compete on the world stage.

Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners

Laurie Olsen, Ph.D., has worked with hundreds of teams of district and school leadership and county offices of education across California

CABE 2019 Edition: Multilingual Educator

SEAL’s Approach to Building Teacher Capacity to Support English Learners

Improving Education for Multilingual English Learner Students

Chapter 3: Multilingual Programs and Pedagogy: What Teachers and Administrators Need to Know and Do