Using the Massachusetts English Language Proficiency Standards (MAELPS) to Inform Instruction

The MA ELPS integrates English language development and college and career readiness into one comprehensive document. In this in-depth, interactive workshop, you will gain familiarity with how the MA ELPS are organized in order to easily locate the information you need, identify benchmarks that align with your students’ goals and your lessons’ objectives, and use the MA ELPS to help plan rigorous, relevant, and engaging ESOL instruction. 

• Part 1: Independent preliminary activities in Canvas to establish a foundational understanding of the MA ELPS document in Canvas 
• Part 2:  Virtual session on Zoom that focuses on how to plan units and lessons so that learning objectives connect to the MA ELP standards, benchmarks, and threads 
• Part 3: Independent activities in Canvas to dive deeper into the document and use the MA ELPS to plan units and lessons 
• Part 4:  Virtual session in Zoom provides an opportunity to reflect together on the integration of the MA ELPS into the planning and delivery of ESOL instruction, with a discussion of how to use the standards to support remote instruction 

Learning Objectives

Upon completion of this professional development activity/course, you will be able to: