Language in Practice provides collaborative, responsive learning professional learning experiences rooted in the needs of educators and the multilingual learners they serve. We design and facilitate customized sessions that align with your district’s context, instructional priorities, and the realities of classroom practice.

Whether you're seeking a one-day workshop or a multi-day series, all sessions are hands-on, highly interactive, and grounded in current research. Educators engage in meaningful learning experiences that reflect the complexities of teaching students who are developing academic content knowledge and language proficiency. From modeling instructional practices to analyzing student work and planning next steps, our workshops provide space for educators to think deeply, try new ideas, and reflect on their own teaching.

Each session centers on high-impact practices that make language visible in every content area—while honoring the cultural and linguistic assets multilingual learners bring to the classroom. Participants walk away with practical tools and concrete approaches they can implement immediately, along with a deeper understanding of how to create language-rich, equitable learning environments.

At Language in Practice, coaching is a collaborative process grounded in trust, professional curiosity, and the belief that all educators can grow their practice in meaningful ways. Our coaching services are fully customizable and designed to support educators in real-time, real-world contexts. Whether working one-on-one or in teams, we tailor each coaching cycle to reflect the specific needs, goals, and learning environment of your educators.

We partner with teachers, specialists, and instructional leaders to strengthen practices that support multilingual learners across content areas. Our coaching emphasizes practical tools, high expectations, and the integration of language and content learning. With a focus on sustainability, our goal is not only to build individual capacity but to support long-term instructional change across your system.

Types of Coaching We Offer:

• Individual Coaching
  Individualized support for educators focused on deepening their instructional practice, setting goals, reflecting on student learning, and applying new strategies.
  
  

• Group Coaching
  Collaborative sessions for small groups or grade-level/content teams designed to foster shared learning, collective inquiry, and cross-pollination of ideas and strategies.
  
  

• Classroom Coaching
  In-the-moment support that may include co-planning, modeling, observation, and reflection—all embedded in the realities of the school day and responsive to classroom dynamics.
  
  

Lesson Design Coaching
Targeted coaching sessions focused on planning effective, language-rich instruction that integrates scaffolds, content objectives, and opportunities for student discourse and engagement.

At Language in Practice, curriculum development is an opportunity to reimagine what equitable, language-rich instruction can look like across content areas. We collaborate with schools, districts, and institutions of higher education to design or refine curriculum that makes disciplinary language visible, builds on student assets, and aligns to state standards and local priorities.

Whether you're designing new curriculum from the ground up or strengthening existing materials, our work focuses on integrating meaningful supports for multilingual learners—particularly newcomers and students at the earliest stages of English language development. We specialize in identifying and embedding the language demands of each discipline, ensuring that students have access not just to content, but to the language they need to engage with, talk about, and make sense of that content.

We work across the educational spectrum—from transitional kindergarten through higher education—to co-create curricular units, lesson sequences, and instructional tools that reflect best practices in language and content integration. Every project is grounded in your specific context, responsive to your goals, and designed with long-term sustainability in mind.

Whether you're launching a new course, adopting new materials, or reworking existing units to better serve multilingual learners, Language in Practice brings a deep understanding of language development, content standards, and instructional design to every partnership.

Sustainable change depends on more than great professional learning—it depends on educators within your system who are ready to lead it. At Language in Practice, we support schools, districts, and organizations in building internal capacity by preparing facilitators to lead high-quality professional learning for their colleagues.

Our facilitator preparation is a comprehensive, hands-on process that deepens participants’ understanding of the content, enhances their facilitation skills, and equips them to adapt sessions to their unique local context. We work side-by-side with teacher leaders, instructional coaches, and administrators to ensure they feel confident not only in the content, but in how to lead engaging, inclusive, and reflective adult learning experiences.

Facilitator preparation can accompany our professional learning series or be designed around your own materials and initiatives. Whether preparing facilitators to lead multi-session workshops, school-based learning communities, or district-wide training rollouts, we provide tools, planning structures, and coaching to ensure long-term success.

At Language in Practice, consulting is about partnership. We work alongside district leaders, school teams, state agencies, and higher education institutions to address complex instructional and programmatic challenges that impact multilingual learners. Our consulting services are collaborative, responsive, and grounded in deep knowledge of language development, curriculum design, and equitable instructional systems.

Consulting engagements may include strategic planning, program review and redesign, implementation support, or vision-setting for multilingual learner initiatives. We help partners examine current systems and practices, identify areas for growth, and co-create actionable steps that are realistic, research-based, and tailored to the local context.

Each of our services—professional learning, coaching, curriculum development, and facilitator preparation—can be paired with consulting support to ensure alignment, coherence, and long-term impact. Whether you're launching a new instructional model, supporting site leaders in implementing change, or aligning district curriculum to better serve multilingual learners, our consulting is built around your goals, your people, and your unique context.