Meet Mr. Friedman,
a Paraprofessional

Hi! The best part of my job is working to maintain positive and supportive relationships with my English learner (EL) students while helping them develop their language skills. I try to be as patient, encouraging, and sensitive as possible to the needs of each learner while helping the classroom teacher create an engaging and supportive learning environment. Yet due to my lack of training and support, as well as the ongoing push-in distractions, I find my day-to-day rigamarole quite challenging. I’m eager to learn and would appreciate any resources that would allow me to better support ELs as well as the lead classroom teacher. Do you have suggestions?

Click on any of Mr. Friedman’s pain points to see how Ballard & Tighe’s English language development (ELD) curricula can help him. Don’t miss out on the free materials, samples, and activities!

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It would be our pleasure to provide any support you need, Mr. Friedman. See how these top-notch resources can help!

Effortlessly Use & Create Quick Lesson Plans with Scripted Instructions

All of Ballard & Tighe’s ELD programs provide detailed scripting and clear instructions on how to use each component, making it easy for a substitute or paraprofessional to follow along and pick right up with the planned lesson.

  • Detailed scripting for substitute teachers, new teachers, and paraprofessionals
  • Teacher’s guides tell you what to teach and when to teach it
  • Teacher’s guides provide explicit teaching instruction
  • Systematic scope and sequence of vocabulary, grammar, and functions
Let’s take a look:

Carousel of IDEAS
(Grades K–5)


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Champion of IDEAS
(Grades 6–12)


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Stressed Out About Facilitating Classroom Lessons?
Virtual Professional Development to the Rescue


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Ballard & Tighe customers are invited to partake in our free, high-quality, convenient, and cost-effective training for teachers who may have missed the initial program training or need a refresher course.

Available seven days a week, 24 hours a day (Internet access required)

Upon successful completion of the inservice, participants will be familiar with the program components, format of a lesson, and placement and assessment options.

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Need a Self-Paced Course? Use our online tutorials at your convenience.


Online Tutorial | Carousel of IDEAS (Grades K–5)

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Online Tutorial | Champion of IDEAS (Grades 6-12)

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Online Tutorial | Frames for Fluency Within Carousel of IDEAS (Grades K–5)

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Theme Pictures

(included with Carousel of IDEAS and Frames for Fluency)

Fun and engaging theme pictures help English learners (ELs) of all proficiency levels
build their listening, speaking, writing, and even analytical skills.

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After you download the theme picture and activity guide, watch this short video to see Educational
Consultant Brenda Adeva demonstrate how you can use theme pictures with ELs of all levels!

Comprehensive Programs for Newcomers to Advanced

Explore Carousel of IDEAS (K–5) & Champion of IDEAS (6–12)

Take a look at these videos to see how lessons from Carousel of IDEAS and Champion of IDEAS, although scripted for specific proficiency levels, can be scaffolded up or down for a multi-level group of students.

Within the flow of activities for vocabulary, grammatical forms, and functions of language, you can dive deeper into different areas depending on the levels of ELs you’re working with. While listening, speaking, reading, and writing skills are integrated, the lessons are flexible enough for scaffolding to meet ELs of all levels.


Grades K–5
How to Scaffold Lessons
Carousel of IDEAS

Grades 6-12
How to Scaffold Lessons
Champion of IDEAS

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Meet Other English Learner Educators
(Facing Challenges Similar to Yours!)


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Hello! I’m Dr. Onai, a district administrator.
I struggle most with teacher retention and budget.
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Hi. I’m Mr. Hudson, a veteran EL teacher.
I need support to more accurately assess language proficiency.
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Howdy! I’m Mrs. Honey, a substitute teacher.
It would help me a lot to have scripted lessons and activities when I step in to cover an EL class.
Meet Mrs. Honey
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Hey there! I’m Mr. Friedman, a paraprofessional.
I have a hard time dealing with push-in distractions.
Meet Mr. Friedman
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How’s it going? I’m Mrs. Morales, a new EL teacher.
I need support with lesson planning and delivery.
Meet Mrs. Morales
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Hello! I’m Ms. Russo, a multi-level EL teacher.
I’m lacking materials and support to scaffold lessons to different abilities.
Meet Ms. Russo