Question 1

What do the codes (i.e. B1.03) at the beginning of the resources mean?

Accepted Answer

Resource Codes

Q: How do I add a group?

Click on the Create a Group button on the Groups page and fill out the details for the group. You can also find this link from the menu at the top or the dropdown labeled Create found in the Quick Menu in the sidebar. Create a Group Now ->

Q: How can I add student seats?

You can easily add student seats from your account page: Click on one of the Upgrade options to add the number of seats you need. Use the same email at checkout. The student seats will be added to the current number of seats you already have. You can view your account history with any additional seats added on your account page. You can cancel or decrease the number of student seats you're using at any time. If you have any questions or need any help, please contact support.

Many of the resources have a little code in the title. For example, B1.03.

This is a very special, insider code that is only for members of the Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum.

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Alright, here is the top secret meaning of the codes:

B1 = Beginners Level 1 (B2 would be Beginners Level 2)

.03 = This is the unit number that the lesson comes from, in this case Unit 3.

Other codes:

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Question 2

How do I add a group?

Accepted Answer

Click on the Create a Group button on the Groups page and fill out the details for the group.

You can also find this link from the menu at the top or the dropdown labeled Create found in the Quick Menu in the sidebar.

Create a Group Now ->

Question 3

How should I group my students?

Accepted Answer

You can organize students any way you like, but you don't generally need to group students by any of the data you add on a student's profile—i.e. grade level, background flags, etc.—since you will be able to sort students by these fields at any time. You may want to consider organizing students by class or by goal or by content teacher. This allows you to view results, chart graphs, schedule forms, etc. specifically for that group of students.

Question 4

How do I manage schools on my account?

Accepted Answer

You need at least one school for your account. Schools help teachers who have to manage ELLs across multiple school buildings to keep things organized. (If you are an independent teacher, you can create your own school and call it whatever you want.)

To view all your schools, just go to schools in the menu or click the link below.View All Schools ->

To add a school, just click the Add a School button on the schools page or the link in the menu.Add a School Now ->

To delete a school, just click the Add a School button on the schools page or the link in the menu.Add a School Now ->

To Edit a School Name or Delete a School:

Click on the row for that school in the Schools table.
A little black popup will appear with the options to Edit or Delete.
Be careful deleting a school since there is no way to get it back. Students and other data are not removed when deleting a school.

Question 5

How can I add student seats?

Accepted Answer

You can easily add student seats from your account page:

Click on one of the Upgrade options to add the number of seats you need.
Use the same email at checkout.
The student seats will be added to the current number of seats you already have.
You can view your account history with any additional seats added on your account page.
You can cancel or decrease the number of student seats you're using at any time.

If you have any questions or need any help, please contact support.

Question 6

How do I use NearPod to teach with the materials online?

Accepted Answer

The Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum includes NearPod files!

NearPod is a really fun, free platform where you can create interactive slides.

You can teach one-on-one or get whole groups engaging with the lessons at the same time.

Lessons can be synchronous or asynchronous. Check out the video to learn more!

Live example (from one of our Independent Teachers Membership get togethers)

To get access to the curriculum, you can choose from one of the following memberships:

Kid-Inpspired ESL Curriculum Membership ->

Includes the entire curriculum and all supplementary teaching resources.

Independent Teachers Membership ->

Includes the entire **Kid-Inspired ESL Curriculum Membership **
Also includes your own website, payment processing, scheduling, course-building software, community of other teachers going independent, training courses on topics such as finding students, desigining your site, marketing, etc.

Question 7

How do I edit a student in the ELL Management Portal?

Accepted Answer

On the Students page, double click on any field in the table to edit it.

Or you can click on any row in the Students table and an edit button will appear. Click on the Edit button to edit that student's details.

Question 8

What is the Lock to All Students filter?

Accepted Answer

The Lock to All Students filter lets you show students without other groups. Since students can be in more than 1 group, the same records can show up in the table more than once for each group that is displayed and the student is part of. To lock to all students simply:

Set the "Lock to All Students" filter to "Yes".
If you want to filter by groups again, set the "Lock to All Students" filter to nothing or hit the Clear Filters button.

Heads up: When a student is in more than 1 group, their records will show up more than one time in the same table if you have all your groups showing, once for each group that they are in.

Question 9

How do I use the vocabulary pages in the curriculum?

Accepted Answer

Click below to check out the video on how to use the vocabulary pages inside the ESL Curriculum Membership!

You can also check out how the vocabulary page can be used by heading over to one of the Grammar/Speaking Lessons Plans.

Question 10

Why do I get an error when clicking on a PDF download link in the membership?

Accepted Answer

Getting an error like the one in the image below?

https://malcolm-en-gb.s3.eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/instances/VJjCVlXBck/resources/ElFHctgYys/Download%20Error%20.png (Download Error )

If you look at the error, it says the request has expired. Basically, when you load a page in the membership, it creates an expiring link. If you return after a few minutes to that same page without refreshing it and click on the same link, you'll get an error. You just need to refresh the page to have a new link created.