Category: Teacher Resources

Online ESL teacher certification: what can and cannot be done online, how to verify a program is state-approved, and what to watch for before you enroll.

How to become an ESL teacher: the education, certification, and experience steps, plus pathways for new graduates and career changers, and what the job is really like.

ESL teacher certification for U.S. public schools: how it works, the endorsement vs standalone license question, state variation, and the steps to get certified.

TESOL certification qualifies you to teach English to speakers of other languages. What it is, how it differs from TEFL and CELTA, cost, and how to choose a program.

The best AI tools for English Learners in 2026 by category, how to evaluate them for standards, privacy, and speaking practice, and how to fund them.

Claude for teachers: how ELL and bilingual educators use Anthropic's AI to plan lessons, make worksheets, and give feedback, with ready prompts.

Gemini for teachers: how ELL and bilingual educators use Google's AI to plan lessons, make worksheets, and differentiate, with ready prompts.

AI lesson planning done well: how to plan standards-aligned, differentiated lessons faster with AI, with a prompt builder and ready techniques.

The WIDA writing rubric explained level by level, plus how to score English Learner writing quickly and consistently with AI, using a ready prompt builder.

A copy-paste library of AI prompts for ELL teachers: ready-to-use prompts for lessons, worksheets, speaking, and assessment in ChatGPT, Claude, or Gemini.