About SupportEd About SupportEd

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About SupportEd Who We Serve Our Approach

SupportEd is a woman-owned small business based in Fairfax, VA. We specialize in solutions for all educators of Multilingual Learners (MLs). Founded by Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD, a former ML teacher and four-time best-selling author, SupportEd offers professional development, personalized coaching, technical assistance, and educator resources across the United States and Canada.

SupportEd serves school districts, states, and educational organizations seeking to enhance their knowledge of assets-based approaches to working with Multilingual Learners. We pride ourselves on the enduring partnerships we have formed with districts and organizations across the United States and Canada to support Multilingual Learners.

At SupportEd, our team leverages extensive ML teaching, policy, administration, and research expertise to craft customized solutions that fit your ML program’s specific strengths and needs. We see our nation’s ML students as assets and advocate for MLs by positioning them for success.

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Professional Development

Group workshops and self-paced learning to help all your educators of MLs grow.

Speaking Engagements

Dynamic and inspiring sessions delivered in person or virtually by our ML experts.

Personalized Coaching

One-to-one guidance and actionable strategies to champion ML student success.

Books

Share SupportEd’s best-selling books with your school or district. Direct-from-author and group discounts available.

Technical Assistance

Curriculum, assessment, and strategic guidance for your ELD or dual language program.

Resources

Multilingual Resource Library filled with tools, checklists, and guides. Sort by format or topic.

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Why SupportEd?

We bring firsthand classroom and district experience.

Our entire content team has been in the classroom as educators firsthand & knows how to make actionable solutions that are realistic and applicable for the classroom, school, and district.

We build relationships with you.

Receive a high-level of personalized care with our method to form deep connections with our partners.

We provide customized solutions based on your strengths and needs.

Experience our tailor-made solutions to fit each partners’ strengths and needs.

We excel at facilitating hands-on learning.

Immerse your team into “learn-by-doing” workshops with interactive activities, scenarios, and authentic classroom videos.

We make complex research teacher-friendly.

Discover simplified, digestible, easy-to-understand information as our expert team breaks down complex, complicated research strategies.

SupportEd’s Five Guiding Principles for MLs’ Equitable Education

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Strengths

MLs bring many strengths to the classroom.
2

Support

MLs learn best when they are taught in a welcoming and supportive climate.
3

Strategy

MLs should be taught language and content simultaneously.
4

Collaborate

MLs benefit when their teachers collaborate to share their expertise.
5

Leadership

MLs excel when their teachers leverage advocacy and leadership skills.
Technical Assistance

Rely on our Multilingual Learning experts for research-based content and programmatic solutions. 

Educational Books

Explore how to shift your instructional practice with best-selling books authored by members of the SupportEd team. 

Speaker Request

A dynamic and inspiring experience to dive deeper into the world of Multilingual Learners at your event, conference, or panel.