COABE 2025 Conference Presentation—Effective Differentiation and Scaffolding Strategies for Your NRS Standards-Aligned Classroom
April 1 @ 12:50 pm - 2:00 pm
Effective Differentiation and Scaffolding Strategies for Your NRS Standards-Aligned Classroom
Date & Time: April 1, 2025 | 12:50–2:00 p.m. Central Time
Location: Gaston A, COABE, Dallas, TX
Presenter(s):
- Kate Moran (Center for Applied Linguistics)
- Mathilda Reckford (Center for Applied Linguistics)
Description:
Aligned to OCTAE’s new NRS standards, this presentation equips adult English educators with practical strategies for effective differentiation and scaffolding in multi-level classrooms and is a preview of a self-paced online course available through the Center for Applied Linguistics.
Guidance will be provided on adapting and creating materials to meet the needs of learners from Beginning ESL Literacy to Advanced ESL while also promoting learning across all three NRS domains: interpretive, productive, and interactive.
Participants will explore three types of scaffolding (verbal, instructional, and procedural), learning how to implement, adapt, and gradually remove scaffolds in their lessons. Using NRS standards, the presentation will explore how to support students’ growth between levels, focusing on skills such as identifying main ideas, constructing claims, and participating in discussions appropriate to each level.
By the presentation’s end, participants will understand how to apply the principles of differentiation and scaffolding effectively to support language learning for adult English learners. Interested participants can engage with this topic at a deeper level by enrolling in the Scaffolding and Differentiation for Adult English Learners course available online through the Center for Applied Linguistics.
