As we celebrate five years of The Teacher Think-Aloud Podcast, we're relaunching five episodes that have profoundly shaped our thinking, and we hope, yours. These conversations represent the heart of the podcast: courageous dialogue, professional growth, and a commitment to equity in English language teaching. Each episode invites us to pause, question assumptions, and reconsider how our beliefs shape our classrooms and our profession. Whether you're revisiting these episodes or listening for...

Professional development (PD) for ESL teachers is often an afterthought. In schools, PD days are often designed for mainstream classrooms with the expectation that the teacher of multilingual learners will adapt the content. In colleges and universities, professional development can be fragmented or left entirely to the individual. In adult education and community programs, it may not be resourced at all. And wherever you work, when you do find something relevant, there's rarely time or...

By virtue of what we do, ESL teachers can easily fall into the trap of believing that because we work with diverse groups of learners, we’re already fulfilling the goal of diversity, representation, and inclusion in our classrooms. But as we know, it’s much more complex than that. How can we ensure that all students feel seen and valued? Here are four approaches for English language educators looking to ensure authentic representation in the classroom.