Why This Matters

These decision points aren't just isolated teaching moves—they're opportunities to fundamentally shift how multilingual learners experience grade-level content. When teachers develop their capacity to make these decisions strategically, students gain access to rigorous learning while building the language skills they need.

The Responsive Instruction Framework builds on approaches like UDL and differentiated instruction by helping teachers see where their instructional moves can either amplify learning or inadvertently water it down. It's about upgrading the tires on the vehicle you're already driving—making your existing approaches even more effective for multilingual learners.

During professional learning, we explore these decision points in depth, examine what amplifying (versus simplifying) looks like in practice, and develop teachers' capacity to make these moves their own. The goal isn't to overwhelm you with strategies—it's to help you see where your instructional choices matter most and how to leverage them to amplify learning for all students.