Help Newcomer's Students Thrive From Day One

Research-based resources and expert support that provide immediate language access, build academic vocabulary, and empower educators.
The Challenge
Many newcomer students arrive with:
Limited academic vocabulary
Difficulty accessing grade-level content
Challenges participating in classroom discussions
A need for support in both ESL and content classes

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

Communication and understanding are keys to success or failure for any newcomer. The US Department of Education released a Newcomer tool kit in June 2016, which highlights the importance of providing primary language support, especially for content classrooms. Velázquez Academic Vocabulary Newcomer Booster Set is the ideal tool to broaden newcomer content language. It comes in 100 languages (listed below).
Benefits:
  • Help newcomer students communicate and acquire academic vocabulary needed in the classroom
  • Bridge ESL and content classroom for newcomer students
Best for:
  • 3rd - 12th Grade Newcomer Students
Includes:
  • 3 Laminated 3-hole Punched Sheets for Elementary
  • 6 Laminated 3-hole Punched Sheets for Middle School
    and High School
What Languages Do You Need Help With?
Newcomer Tools
Sale Off
Velázquez Elementary Academic Vocabulary Newcomer Booster Set - Spanish
$14.98
Sale Off
My Academic Vocabulary Journal - Velàzquez Press | Biliteracy
$5.95
Sale Off
Catching the Moving Target
$34.95$34.95
Newcomer Professional Development

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.