The following recordings of professional learning sessions are for administrators, teachers, and counselors to help you prepare for implementation of transitional English and state portability submission. Each session features a different aspect of preparation.
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An overview of the PWR Act, transitional English philosophy, and the Statewide Transitional English Course Parameters, Competencies, and Policies document.
Cultivating community college partnerships plus the approval process and documentation for transitional English.
Exploring instructional shifts for transitional English.
The role writing plays in developing students who are ready for college and careers after high school.
Framing and reflective questions, themes and text sets, reading and writing strategies, addressing process skills and competencies, and units of instruction.
Further your professional learning with additional videos from the TELA Summit, the Teacher Talk series, and student interviews:
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This episode of Teacher Talk features a conversation with John Warner, an author, education columnist, and keynote speaker, filmed in connection with ROE47’s TELA Summit. The discussion centers on the current state and future of ELA instruction, with a strong focus on writing, assessment, and the impact of emerging technologies like AI in classrooms.
In this episode of Teacher Talk, Natalie Wexler, author of The Writing Revolution and The Knowledge Gap, discusses how background knowledge, content rich curriculum, and coherent instruction are essential for improving literacy outcomes. The conversation centers on why many well-intentioned literacy practices fall short, and what schools can do differently to support all learners.
This Teacher Talk episode frames Transitional ELA as a strategic, standards aligned support for students who need additional literacy development. Rather than pulling students away from meaningful learning, the program aims to build skills, confidence, and access so students can succeed in grade‑level ELA and beyond.