ELL Teaching Resources
– The WIDA Consortium has developed English Language standards and assessments that the state of Vermont uses when teaching and assessing ELLs. Â The WIDA website is full of planning tools that support teachers working with ELLs, as well as professional development opportunities and a teacher login site for assessment trainings.
– The Vermont Agency of Education (AOE) provides Title III ELL grants to districts with large numbers of ELLs. Â Their web page provides information about these grants, home language surveys, WIDA assessments and other ELL resources.
– Jeff Zwiers is a senior researcher at the Stanford Graduate School of Education where he focuses his research on classroom practices that develop academic language. Â His website is filled with research and useful practices and tools that he has developed to support ELLs learn academic language.
– This website has lots of short, accessible articles on different topics around teaching ELLs for both teachers and families.
WSD ELL Staff Directory
Mohamed Diop (Director of Multilingual Learner Programs)
(802) 556 – 2243
mdiop@wsdvt.org
Kelley Freeman (ML Department Administrative Assistant)
(802) 383-6148
kfreeman@wsdvt.org
Larkin Brown – ML Intake & Family Engagement
lbrown@wsdvt.org
JFK Elementary
Meghan Dieterle – ML Teacher: Grade 4
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Erin Hurley – ML Teacher: Grade 1 & 2
ehurley@wsdvt.org
Elizabeth Wood – ML Teacher: Grade 2 & 3
ewood@wsdvt.org
Nayeon Maas – ML Teacher: Grade 5
nmaas@wsdvt.org
Sarah Forbes – ML Teacher: Grade K & 1
sforbes@wsdvt.org
Daviah Lawrence – ML Teacher: JFK Newcomer Program
dlawrence@wsdvt.org
±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø Middle School
Jean Plasse – Science/Reading Intervention ML Teacher
jplasse@wsdvt.org
Rafeef Faour – ELA ML Teacher (Long-Term Sub)
rfaour@wsdvt.org
Sona Iyengar – ML Teacher – ELA On leave
siyengar@wsdvt.org
Andrea Wheeland – Math ML Teacher
awheeland@wsdvt.org
Aftaba Mezetovic – WMHS Multilingual Liaison Program Assistant
amezetovic@wsdvt.org
±¬ÁϳԹÏÍø High School
Bill Clark
bclark@wsdvt.org
Savage Rebecca – ML Teacher
rsavage@wsdvt.org
Nellie Maley – Newcomer ML Teacher
nmaley@wsdvt.org
Aftaba Mezetovic – WMHS Multilingual Liaison Program Assistant
amezetovic@wsdvt.org
Annie Schneider – Work Based Learning ML Teacher
aschneider@wsdvt.org
Multilingual Liaisons
Mukhtar Abdullahi – Somali, Mai Mai
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Abeer Al Zubaidy – Arabic
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Larkin Brown – ML Family Support – Spanish
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Dalib Bulle – Somali, Mai Mai
dbulle@wsdvt.org
Monica John – Swahili, Kirundi
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Faridar Ko – Burmese, Karen
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Baudouin Mulolo Mandaba – French, Swahili, Lingala
bmulolomandaba@wsdvt.org
Tul Niroula – Nepali, Hindi
tniroula@wsdvt.org
Padam Thapa – Nepali
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Lan Nguyen – On Call Interpreter – Vietnamese
lnguyen@wsdvt.org
Yam Basnet – On Call Interpreter – Nepali
ybasnet@wsdvt.org
802-999-5966