Help Newcomer's Students Thrive From Day One
Our Newcomer Success Pathway
Build Academic Vocabulary
Give students the words they need to understand, communicate, and succeed in any classroom.
Available in 100 languages
Content area vocabulary
Supports ESL
Grades 3-12
Practice and Retain
Help students make vocabulary their own through writing, reflection and daily use.
Build confidence
Encourages ownership
Designed for daily use
Great for any content area
Professional Learning
Dr. Ryan Rumpf
Newcomer education expert with more than 20+ years of experience supporting multilingual learners.
Newcomer program design
Classroom integration strategies
Language support systems
Equity centered practices
Sustainable Impact
Practical strategies and real world solutions for supporting newcomer students and their success.
For teachers
Instructional coaches
Administrators
District leaders
Start With Newcomer's
Primary Language Support
- Help newcomer students communicate and acquire academic vocabulary needed in the classroom
- Bridge ESL and content classroom for newcomer students
- 3rd - 12th Grade Newcomer Students
- 3 Laminated 3-hole Punched Sheets for Elementary
- 6 Laminated 3-hole Punched Sheets for Middle School
and High School
Practice & Retain Academic Vocabulary for Newcomer Students
Learning new vocabulary is only the first step. To achieve lasting academic success, newcomer students need consistent opportunities to practice, apply, and retain language across all content areas. Velázquez Press resources help students reinforce essential academic vocabulary through repeated exposure, visual supports, and meaningful classroom interactions.
Designed to support multilingual learners in grades 3-12, these tools help students build confidence, strengthen comprehension, and transfer vocabulary knowledge into reading, writing, speaking, and listening activities. By connecting primary language support with academic language development, students are better equipped to engage in classroom instruction and retain what they learn over time.
Benefits of Practice & Retention:
- Reinforce academic vocabulary through repeated use
- Improve long-term language retention and comprehension
- Increase student participation and classroom confidence
- Support content-area learning across subjects
- Strengthen the connection between primary language and English acquisition
Ryan Rumpf
Dr. Ryan Rumpf has built a reputation as a passionate, equity-centered educator and leader - transforming newcomer education through innovation, collaboration and a whole-child approach. He has over 20 years of teaching and administrative experience in Colorado, Missouri, and Ho Chi Minh City having worked at the elementary, middle and school levels as well as in rural, suburban, urban and private international schools.
He served as the Director of English Language Development (ELD) and World Language Curriculum at the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education during the design and implementation of Missouri's ESSA plan, led the effort to design and adopt the Missouri Seal of Biliteracy and developed several guidance documents and policy suggestions for school districts across Missouri. He coordinated ELD programs for over 10 years and was the founding administrator of a newcomer program and welcome center in the Midwest.