SEAL Resources

Dive into our curated collection of resources—from research to hands-on practices to engaging educational videos—brought to you by SEAL’s experts. Uncover innovative strategies and insights for how to support Multilingual Learners, and all students, in the classroom.

SEAL Resources

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Literature of Windows & Mirrors Bibliography

A series of wonderful books to be used in a classroom that address gender, race, economic class and family structures.

Classroom Tools

Investing in Bilingual Teachers

In the fall of 2017, the California Department of Education awarded a Bilingual Teacher Professional Development Program (BTPDP) state grant to eight Local Education Agencies (LEAs) to address the bilingual teacher shortage in California.

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How Families Can Develop Oral Language

A resource that informs families of different ways they can help develop oral language.

Classroom Tools

Mountain View School District Case Study

See Mountain View School District's district-wide strategy for implementing SEAL, adapting our model to suit their specific English Learner and Dual Language Learner needs and timelines.

Case Studies

SEAL Videos

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Bilingualism: An Educators’ Perspective

Benfits of bilingual/dual language education through perspective of educators. (Spanish captions)

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The Case for Dual Language Education

Complex Oral Language

SEAL strategies to develop & produce rich, complex & beautiful language, in home language & English.

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Embracing Early Education

Bilingualism: Through the Eyes of a Student

Benefits of bilingual & dual language education through the eyes of students. (Spanish subtitles)

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The Case for Dual Language Education

Comprehensive Change Model

Four components of SEAL as a Comprehensive Change Model as it relates to the California EL Roadmap.

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The SEAL Model
Embracing Early Education

Bilingual/Dual Language Education - Families

Benefits and research behind bilingual and dual language education (Spanish with English subtitles)

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The Case for Dual Language Education
Bilingual/Dual Language

Bilingual Writing: Assessment and Instruction 3rd grade

Depicts what Dual Language teachers need to consider as they analyze/assess student writing holistically

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Supporting Dual Language Practices

SEAL Partner Resources

Access resources from SEAL partners to support your students in the classroom and at home. 

Reparable Harm: Fulfilling the Unkept Promise of Educational Opportunity for California’s Long Term English Learners

Laurie Olsen, Ph.D., has worked with hundreds of teams of district and school leadership and county offices of education across California

CABE 2019 Edition: Multilingual Educator

SEAL’s Approach to Building Teacher Capacity to Support English Learners

Improving Education for Multilingual English Learner Students

Chapter 3: Multilingual Programs and Pedagogy: What Teachers and Administrators Need to Know and Do

Promoting the Educational Success of Children and Youth Learning English: Promising Futures

National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Mathematics (NASEM) meta-analysis of EL research