Yip, Hunsberger & de Oliveira: Breaking Systemwide ELD Silos
From ML Chat: Conversations with Multilingual Educators by Flashlight Learning
March 18, 2026 · 54 min · Episode 71
About this episode
The episode discusses the transition from a self-contained ELD model to a shared responsibility for language development in a large district with multilingual learners.
In a district serving more than 156,000 students, including 30,000 multilingual learners speaking 162 languages, Daniel Yip, Michelle Hunsberger, and Dr. Luciana de Oliveira discuss shifting from a self-contained ELD model to shared responsibility for language development across content classrooms. They explain how a train-the-trainer model and a language-based instructional framework are helping thousands of educators confidently support ML students.
People in this episode
Guests: Daniel Yip, Michelle Hunsberger, Dr. Luciana de Oliveira
Topics covered
- multilingual education
- language development
- ELD model
- educator training
- instructional framework
Keywords
- multilingual learners
- language development
- ELD model
- train-the-trainer
- instructional framework
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Flashlight Learning
Places: district
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