

| Effectively Integrating English Language Learners "Teach them as if they were your own" |
| Take a moment for a quick self-reflection: Does your district live in the Land of the Mediocre? That is, do you hear yourself and/or your teachers lamenting, “How are we supposed to teach these kids?" "What about our other kids?" " There go our test scores!” If this scenario sounds all too familiar, then it's definitely time to |