English Learners

The ESC offers a Title III EL Consortium providing an opportunity for shared resources to assist schools and districts with high-quality professional development, technical assistance, budgeting, and leadership.

Dr. Elsa Cárdenas-Hagan is president of the Valley Speech Language and Learning Center in Brownsville, Texas and a research associate with the Texas Institute for Measurement, Evaluation and Statistics at the University of Houston.

Elsa has dedicated 25 years working in national research projects sponsored by the National Institute for Child Health and Human Development, the Institute of Education Sciences, a research arm of the US Department of Education and the Office of Special Education Programs. Her research interests include the development of language and literacy skills among Spanish and English-speaking students. She has also worked with teams of researchers designing assessments and interventions for this diverse population of students.

Dr. Cárdenas-Hagan serves as the Chairperson of the National Joint Committee on Learning Disabilities and is a past Vice-Chairperson of the International Dyslexia Association. Elsa was honored to receive the Margaret Bryd Rawson Lifetime Achievement Award by the International Dyslexia Association and the Lue Waites Award of Service by the Academic Language Therapy Association.

Her book entitled: Literacy Foundations for English learners: A Comprehensive Guide to Evidence-Based Instruction was published to help educators implement structured literacy among English learners.

The fee is $20/person and lunch WILL be provided.

For content questions, please email Elizabeth at [email protected] and for registration questions, please email Samantha at [email protected].

Ohio English Language Proficiency Assessment (OELPA)