Support and Services
for Teachers
of English Learners
In-person consulting offered in Chicago and the Chicagoland area. Online services are offered nationally.
Dr. Jane Montes helps teachers and administrations meet students’ language, learning, and literacy needs while nurturing their social and emotional needs.
She has three areas of focus:
Working with beginning teachers (Years 1-5) to support and retain them in the profession, including helping them to prepare for their initial evaluation,
Enhancing teacher practices in academic instruction, behavior management and creating equitable learning climates, and
Providing teacher workshops/conferences on topical issues.
Services:
New Teacher Mentorship:
For teachers who are being inducted into the profession (congratulations!) and are facing their first or subsequent evaluations, Dr. Montes offers consulting around how they can do their best without sacrificing their personal lives.
Consultation usually involves a needs assessment and discussion of your unique goals for your career and life. We’ll then work together to make sure you have what you need to move forward confidently in your career and work well with your administration and your students without compromising your quality of life.
Text or email me today to schedule a consultation call to find out more.
Bi-Lingual & ESL:
Dr. Montes offers WIDA ELD & Spanish Language Development Standards-Based Instruction.
Dr. Montes promotes unique guidance that takes into consideration the English and Spanish language development standards as a vehicle for meeting academic standards.
This consulting can build student confidence as students acquire the language needed to meet their academic goals and expectations.
Text or email me today to schedule a consultation call to find out more.
Integrated Swimming Instruction:
Integrated Swimming Instruction can be a great way to support the strengths of special needs students, newcomers, and/or English learners outside of their academic program.
While this may seem obvious as an after-school activity, I actually promote this as a wonderful in-school activity because swimming time/lessons can be a great way to capitalize on kids’ energy and motivation.
Swimming can be a great connector to math, science, dance, music and so many other skills! It’s a fantastic way to engage students in the academic curriculum.
Text or email me today to schedule a consultation call to find out more.
My Approach Is:
Collaborative:
Rather than coming in as an expert with all the answers, my approach is to listen to your needs and develop an implementation plan that’s doable and considers your needs. As a constructivist, …What are you currently doing that would make you open to what I’m bringing?
Practical:
Use an action research approach - we make a plan, put it into action, then analyze the data to see what’s working and what we can change. Making adjustments as needed in order to deliver the target goal.
Accountable:
I am committed to the plan we develop and the results that we get. We lwill work together to meet the needs of the students, the teachers, and administration.
About Dr. Montes
Dr. Jane Montes believes in an equal education opportunity for all English learners and that multilingual learners’ languages and cultures are valuable resources to be leveraged for schooling and classroom life. Her career spans 42-years that include teaching in a K-8 Migrant Education Program,12 years as a university professor in bilingual/multicultural education at Northeastern Illinois University and the University of Illinois at Chicago, several years in both public and Chicago Public School Options school administration including as the Director of English Learner Program Services in a K-8 district; and most recently as a Lead ESL Teacher at an urban alternative high school. She has served as an elected executive board member of the Illinois Association for Multilingual Multicultural Education for over 15 years.
Jane received her doctorate in Education from the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign where she also worked at the Center of the Study of Reading. Since retiring from university teaching in 2011, she has provided consulting services to school districts and agencies seeking to provide equitable program services for English learners including those with special needs. Jane has also served as an expert EL peer reviewer for state school improvement grants and for the federal ESEA Flexibility grant.
Quote Source
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Pricing and Rates:
Given the large shortage of teachers, and in consideration of teachers who are really wanting to make a difference, I am open to working with teachers, especially new teachers, on a sliding scale.
Reach out to me today to schedule a call with me to discuss your needs.