Course Crafters, Inc

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Since 1993, Course Crafters, Incorporated has been an author and developer of successful educational materials for English language learners (ELLs) and their teachers, kindergarten to grade 12. Over the past 14 years, Course Crafters has conceptualized, written, designed, and produced hundreds of English as a second language (ESL) core programs and supplementary materials, as well as ELL ancillaries, teacher materials, and Spanish-language versions of reading, math, social studies, and science textbook programs, for dozens of educational publishers. To see a small sampling of the successful products for English language learners developed by Course Crafters, please take a look at our portfolio . Course Crafters is the author of the best-selling Language First! ESL program, published by LeapFrog SchoolHouse on the unique LeapPad platform. Other successful ELL programs on which Course Crafters was an author or developer include Sesame English (Berlitz/Sesame Workshop), On Our Way to English, grades 3-5 (Rigby), and English Explorers (Benchmark Education). Course Crafters is the author of The Academic Language Notebooks: The Language of Math (published in December 2007 by Perfection Learning) and the online ELL Reference Center (to be published in summer 2008 by EBSCO Publishing). Now, in our 15th year of work in the field of educational publishing and curriculum development for English language learners, Course Crafters is bringing our expertise in and commitment to these students to designing and creating our own materials for ELLs and their teachers—materials that we will sell through educational publishers—and to providing professional development support and resources directly to school districts. Course Crafters is continuously looking at the needs of English language learners and the ELL market so that we can advise our publishing partners on the most effective product solutions for these students and their teachers. Our goal is establishing recommendations for designing highly effective curriculum, professional development, and multimedia student and teacher materials that will help to ensure the academic success of ELLs. Course Crafters' team includes a small, committed core staff that conducts research and oversees the quality and on-time delivery of all the products that we develop, along with a cadre of time-tested freelance professionals . The Course Crafters staff and our freelance resources all bring special expertise in crafting successful curriculum and materials for English language learners and their teachers--in ESL, bilingual, and mainstream classrooms. We select the editors, consultants, and writers for a specific project team based on their special skills and experience in the ELL field.

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