Teaching MLs: Recent Episodes
Tan Huynh
This podcast is for teachers who are passionate about working with multilingual learners. Some links are Amazon Affiliate links. The podcast receives a tiny commission at no expense to buyers.
Strategic by Design: The Blueprint for ML Programs by Dr. Marie Heath (published via Seidlitz Education) provides a comprehensive framework for building, evaluating, and sustaining effective educational programming for multilingual learners (MLs). Rather than treating language acquisition as an isolated classroom responsibility, Dr. Heath argues that student progress is driven by intentional, systemic design. The book highlights how common system stress points limit student growth and offers a practical blueprint built around six interconnected pillars: Compliance & Data: Aligning program tracking and legal mandates with meaningful data analysis to accurately measure student progress and program efficacy. Curriculum & Instruction: Creating accessible, language-infused, and academically rigorous learning pathways tailored to diverse linguistic needs. Staffing: Strategically placing and supporting qualified educators, specialists, and co-teaching teams to maximize student support. Professional Learning: Building continuous, targeted training for all educators—not just language specialists—to foster a school-wide culture of academic literacy. Family & Community Engagement: Creating authentic bridges between home and school cultures, valuing families as key partners in the educational ecosystem. Pathways to Graduation: Designing clear, actionable structures that ensure long-term academic success, graduation equity, and viable post-secondary opportunities for multilingual students.
Beth and I share about our newest book, Integrated Literacy for Experienced Multilinguals, on Olivia Wahl's Schoolutions Podcast.
This book is written specifically for ELD teachers who have dedicated ELD class with MLs who have been labeled as ML for at least 5 years. We share how to backwards plan ELD units and teach the units' lessons.
Teaching Conceptual Understanding in Multilingual Classrooms, authored by Juliette van Eerdewijk and Mindy McCracken, is a practical guide designed to help educators foster deep, enduring learning for multilingual students. The book introduces a concept-based curriculum that integrates theoretical explanations with actionable teaching strategies, such as translanguaging, to support diverse student populations. It provides teachers with essential resources, including sample lesson plans and reflection activities, making it a valuable tool for both pre-service and in-service professional development. Ultimately, the authors advocate for an inclusive pedagogical approach that places students' multilingual identities at the center of the classroom experience.
https://www.multilingual-matters.com/page/detail/?k=9781836682752
In this episode, Rebeca Lozano explores how the frameworks of Modern World Language instruction can be integrated into the multilingual learner (ML) world to enhance instructional outcomes. The conversation focuses on transitioning from basic communicative practices to the more robust application of Systemic Functional Linguistics (SFL), providing a deeper understanding of how language creates meaning in specific academic contexts. By adopting this systemic approach, educators can better support students in navigating the complex linguistic demands of various disciplines.
Melanie Harder created these to help teach phonics through a fun, interactive, and tactile way. These packs are based on the UFLI curriculum.
https://www.paintedplumeducation.com/shop/pop-n-read/6IYXGNKK3C6EIO7MHA7VOSSK
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This book supports educators in teaching academic writing skills to Newcomer English Learners (ELs) who are just beginning their English language learning journey.
Newcomer ELs typically have minimal familiarity with the English alphabet, which can be an obstacle for them when learning writing, phonics, and spelling in English. Drawing on research and classroom‑tested methods, this book provides teachers practical strategies to help Newcomers start writing earlier, mastering letter-sound correspondence, and gaining confidence to write their thoughts in English. Readers will learn how to seamlessly integrate EL-targeted strategies and personalized literacy instruction into writing workshops to accelerate Newcomer’s acquisition of English phonics, spelling, and writing skills. These adaptable strategies also benefit world language teachers seeking effective ways to teach writing and literacy to beginners on any language learning journey.
Built on the author’s instructional coaching expertise and observations of field testing by practicing teachers, this is an excellent resource for English as a Second Language (ESL) educators and instructional coaches to promote faster and better literacy acquisition for their Newcomers and other beginner language learners.
You can visit Dr. Krimmel's website by going to https://www.elwritingprocess.com/
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What do high-achieving schools have in common? Connection.
Today’s classrooms need to move beyond traditional teaching methods; they need strategies that will re-engage students and build on meaningful connections. This book equips educators with evidence-based strategies that are layered into existing instruction, thus improving attendance, reducing behavior issues, and fueling higher academic outcomes. Essential Connection Skills offers practical solutions to help educators reignite the joy of learning through purposeful, reflective interactions.
These strategies empower students to build connections, embrace multiple perspectives, and develop the social and academic tools necessary for success. Inside you'll find: Chapter-by-chapter resources and techniques Assessment recommendations Targeted strategies for culturally and linguistically diverse students Techniques to help students develop self-reflection skills By cultivating authentic engagement, Essential Connection Skills restores a sense of community and purpose in classrooms and empowers students with the lifelong skills they’ll need to succeed. To access resources and join the conversation around Essential Connection Skills, visit annepaonessa.com.
Here's an Language Magazine article written by Anne that shares more about her process. https://languagemagazine.com/2025/10/21/improving-outcomes-through-the-power-of-connection/
If you choose to buy the book using this link, it helps offset the costs associated with hosting this podcast. https://amzn.to/3JonSNF
A practical and comprehensive resource, Supporting Multilingual Learners’ Academic Language Development: A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction introduces an accessible language-based approach to teaching academic language to multilingual learners across the content areas. Luciana C. de Oliveira provides elementary school teachers with everything they need to know to successfully teach grade-level content to multilingual learners. Chapters are organized by subject, addressing the specific language demands of teaching English language arts, social studies, mathematics, and science. Each chapter features examples of implementation in grades K-5, practical strategies, and a wealth of tables, figures, and other resources.
The Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction (LACI) in this book provides teachers with a ready-to-use framework of six scaffolding elements that serves as a guide to enable multilingual learners to meet the grade-level standard of their peers without simplification. Aligned with WIDA and CCSS standards, this resource provides the tools and methods teachers need to support multilingual learners’ academic language development in the content area classroom.
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New episode released. This is particularly timely about laws, policies, and regulations on supporting MLs.
This printable guide, written for Colorín Colorado by Dr. Debbie Zacarian, provides a detailed introduction to federal laws regarding ELLs and their relationship to state and local policies, including information about ELL identification under the Elementary and Secondary Education Act.
Here's the link to the guide https://www.colorincolorado.org/serving-multilingual-learners-laws-policies-and-regulations
Here's a companion resource for the guide as well: https://www.colorincolorado.org/teaching-mls-colorin-colorado-ell-policy-guide
Today′s classrooms are more linguistically diverse than ever, but many educators still feel underprepared to support multilingual learners in accessing grade-level academic content. Without intentional scaffolding, these students miss opportunities to thrive alongside their peers. Through nine scaffolded approaches―instructional, linguistic, multimodal, multisensory, graphic, digital, interactive/collaborative, social-emotional, and environmental―this resource offers content area teachers research-based, practical strategies to meet the linguistic, social-emotional, and academic needs of multilingual learners.
https://languagemagazine.com/2025/08/29/nine-dimensions-of-scaffolding/
If you purchase this book from Amazon, it supports offset the price to host the podcast. https://amzn.to/3Vmds3r
Rethink how academic languaging can transform content area teaching For years, the teaching of content-based academic language to multilingual learners has focused on formulas, vocabulary lists, and sentence patterns―often sidelining students’ linguistic and cultural strengths.
Gisela Ernst-Slavit and Margo Gottlieb address these challenges by embracing academic languaging, an active, collaborative student-driven process. Academic Languaging offers strategies to integrate language and content learning while fostering student engagement, voice, and agency.
Dedicated chapters on academic languaging for Language Arts, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Science highlight the dimensions of disciplinary language for each subject and provide strategies for moving learning forward with multilingual learners. Additional features include: "Stop and Think" prompts to help educators connect new ideas with their instructional settings Prompts at the end of each chapter to encourage deeper thinking and application of the material Multilingual examples to mirror the varied classroom settings in the U.S. and beyond.
The ultimate resource for educators committed to empowering multilingual learners and fostering meaningful, culturally sustaining education, Academic Languaging ensures multilingual learners comprehend academic content and thrive as confident, autonomous drivers of their own learning.
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Elise White Diaz is well-versed in the challenges facing diverse students from difficult backgrounds.
Prior to her work in public education, Elise’s passion for trauma-informed pedagogy began when she moved to Tegucigalpa, Honduras to serve at a school for child laborers in the garbage dump. There she taught bilingual and ESL education at the secondary level, and learned so much from her students who overcame obstacles and went on to college.
Upon returning to the United States, Elise brought her experiences to a diverse district in North Texas. She wove together principles from culturally-relevant, trauma-informed education and language acquisition in innovative ways, bringing dramatic gains in standardized test (STAAR) scores. Soon after, she began to mentor and coach teachers in how to recreate these routines. Elise has served in various roles in Emergent Bilingual education, including co-teaching, instructional coaching, writing curriculum, and offering professional development to Texas schools.
As a consultant for Seidlitz Education, Elise enjoys supporting teachers in their important work of building language and connection across cultures and obstacles. She holds a Master’s degree from Fuller Seminary in Intercultural Studies and lives in the Dallas area with her husband and two children. She is a member of the National Association for Bilingual Education and Women-for-Orphans-Worldwide, and returns to Central America wherever she can.
Engage, Empower, Educate: Unleash the Potential of Multilingual Learners
What′s your "why" for being a teacher? Unlike other professionals, teachers often have strong reasons for why they teach and a clear sense of purpose. Acknowledging and understanding this purpose helps educators to not just do what they do but do it well.
This illustrated guide was designed for all classroom teachers to emphasize the unique challenges and opportunities that arise in multilingual learner education. Using Simon Sinek′s Golden Circle theory to understand and elevate that sense of purpose, the book is organized into three parts: the why, the how, and the what of teaching multilingual learners. You will learn
- The benefits and goals of a multilingual education
- How to design learning experiences for multilingual learners and how to respond when students are not learning
- Culturally inclusive pedagogy and how it positively supports the identities of your students
- How to foster oral language skills, build vocabulary, and increase students’ word knowledge
- How to engage families and caregivers and create a sense of belonging in your classroom
- And so much more!
With a clear understanding of the research-based tools, techniques, and instructional strategies described and illustrated in the book, a solid sense of purpose, and a dash of grace for you and your multilingual learners, you will be well on your way to creating productive and positive learning opportunities that meet the best interests of all students, families, educators, and the community.
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This book is written for teachers with intellectual agility, compassionate hearts, and creative minds — those who want to support their students and appreciate specific strategies. This essential guide is compact, research-based, and includes the most basic supports. It's accessible with ideas that can be implemented in a teacher's established or current structure. This book will provide secondary teachers with essential tools to support Multilingual Learners (MLs) in your classes. After reading this book, teachers will have two main takeaways: one, you’ll realize that your classroom is enhanced when you are fortunate enough to have Multilingual Learners in it; two, you’ll have the tools to support MLs or English Learners or ESL learners in your classroom and see their growth without compromising the learning of primarily English speakers. https://amzn.to/4gR8Ond
Here is an example of the newcomer hub Megan talked about: https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1Fxo0d6labSdIBCQwL92ln0X4mcO48WXSbT2Hna6IgEQ/edit#slide=id.p
She is generously sharing her email to those who want to know more about the newcomer hub: megan_dreher@fis.edu
One in five students are identified as speaking English as an Additional Language (EAL) and all teachers are highly likely to be teaching multilingual students in their classrooms. As our schools become more culturally and linguistically diverse, they must respond to the needs of the students in front of them, and this book provides a range of strategies and resources to ensure teaching is adaptive and responsive so that all learners thrive and fulfil their academic potential.
At the heart of the book is developing an understanding of how languages are acquired and an awareness that all students, regardless of their current English language proficiency, need to be offered a challenging and supportive environment. Chapters offer:
- High-yielding, practical approaches and strategies to ensure that students are able to access content-appropriate lessons and simultaneously develop their language
- A plethora of resources and step-by-step examples, showcasing how explicit vocabulary and grammar learning can be context-based for the benefit of all learners
Each teacher is positioned as a language teacher, with the responsibility of planning sessions where language is not perceived as an add-on, but as an integral and pivotal part. This book will empower you as an educator and ensure that your classroom is a language-aware and stimulating environment for your students. It will be essential reading for all secondary school educators and teaching assistants who support EAL students in mainstream lessons and are responsible for producing resources and implementing classroom strategies.
You can access the article that Ruslana referenced in this podcast conversation.
https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/teaching-writing-content-areas-research-practice
Here are the links to some of my work connected to the conversation. Teaching Writing in the Content Areas: from Research to Practice https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/teaching-writing-content-areas-research-practice * Teaching with the WIDA 2020 ELD Standards in a Second-Grade Literacy Block by Dr. Ruslana Westerlund * Scaffolding Multilingual Learners’ Access to Wisconsin Social Studies Inquiry Through the WIDA ELD Standards by Dr. Ruslana Westerlund and Elizabeth Folberg * Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners in Elementary and Secondary Schools available here on Routledge * Making Language Visible in Social Studies: A Guide to Disciplinary Literacy in the Social Studies Classroom*
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In its second edition, Breaking New Ground for SLIFE builds on its model for supporting students who are new to English and may have experienced a disruption in their schooling. The practices presented in this book emerge from the belief that education for students with limited or interrupted formal education, also known as SLIFE, should not be remedial but should build on the students’ prior learning experiences and existing areas of knowledge. This second edition has been significantly updated, informed by recent research in the field, feedback from teachers, and new scholarly treatments of the topic. Breaking New Ground for SLIFE, second edition, explores the MALP approach, highlights how technology can be incorporated into classroom activities, and includes actual MALP projects implemented by MALP-trained teachers of both young and adolescent learners. In addition, the authors provide a newly revised MALP Teacher Planning Checklist.
By reading Breaking New Ground for SLIFE, educators will:
- Further develop their understanding of the needs of students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE)
- Learn about the Mutually Adaptive Learning Paradigm (MALP) and how to integrate it into their classrooms
- Discover and learn about the MALP instructional approach and how to use it to develop a project-based curriculum using examples from teachers in the field
Join bestselling authors Margo Gottlieb and Andrea Honigsfeld on an engaging journey to showcase collaborative assessment within assets-driven instructional practices. Integrating instructional and assessment cycles, explore how multilingual learners can interact with each other and their teachers to form lasting partnerships. Using evidence-based, research-informed strategies, Gottlieb and Honigsfeld invite educators to form partnerships to fortify linguistically and culturally sustainable assessment within their classroom routines.
Collaborative assessment approaches AS, FOR, and OF learning encourages relationship building to foster multilingual learners’ academic, linguistic, cultural, and social-emotional development. This practical guide supports educators in enacting collaborative assessment and welcomes multilingual learners to be partners in the process.
Cooperation, coordination of services, and impactful collaboration are critical to the success of multilingual learners with exceptional needs. Written by experts in the fields of language and literacy development, equity, and special education, this practical guide emphasizes the power of partnership and inclusive pedagogy to transform educational practices for culturally and linguistically diverse students. Through six comprehensive chapters, the book offers strategies for effective co-planning, co-assessment, and co-teaching, while emphasizing the importance of cultural diversity and equitable classroom-based approaches for students with exceptionalities.
Links mentioned in the podcast:
https://udlguidelines.cast.org/
https://www.edweek.org/teaching-learning/1-500-decisions-a-day-at-least-how-teachers-cope-with-a-dizzying-array-of-questions/2021/12
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Though multilingual learners (MLs) comprise nearly 25% of the school-age population, the most widely-used social emotional learning (SEL) frameworks and programs lack an intentional focus on these students’ unique strengths and challenges. To foster MLs’ academic success and wellbeing, educators must consider students’ cultures, languages, assets, expectations, norms, and life experiences when integrating SEL practices.
In this groundbreaking book, Dr. Diane Staehr Fenner and Mindi Teich break down how each of the five competencies in the Collaborative for Academic, Social, and Emotional Learning (CASEL) SEL framework can be implemented with ML success in mind. Staehr Fenner and Teich’s practical and engaging guide provides SEL considerations that are unique to MLs, relevant research, easy-to-implement educator actions, and tools to seamlessly integrate SEL practices into content and language instruction.
https://amzn.to/3VvNeNh
Decades of research (Wright, 2016), and the experience of millions of educators, make one thing abundantly clear about the modern classroom: students need to talk about their learning. Engaging students in small-group, academic conversations is one of the most effective ways to: enhance comprehension reduce misbehavior build academic language proficiency support literacy develop socioemotional skills promote question-asking and deep thinking, and create a sense of community within the classroom So why don’t all lessons have all students talking about their learning, all the time?
Unfortunately, asking students to “turn and talk” to their partners has proven frustrating for many educators, who see students not talking, or students talking about non-academic subjects, or gregarious students dominating conversations while shier students are voiceless. As a teacher, I had all of these frustrations, too. I gave my students the opportunity to talk about their learning, but I wouldn’t see them doing it—at least not the majority of my students. When I asked them why they weren’t talking, I heard a variety of responses, which I dismissed as excuses at the time:
“I don’t want to go first.” “I don’t know what the question is asking, sir.” “I didn’t learn this.” “I don’t even know what we’re supposed to be doing.”
I knew that students engaging in new activities tend to thrive with more structure, but I wasn’t sure what structure I could add to these conversations. And then I came across QSSSA. The Question, Signal, Stem, Share, Assess routine was first introduced in 7 Steps to a Language-Rich, Interactive Classroom by Seidlitz and Perryman in 2011, and has since taken modern classrooms across the nation by storm (as evidence, try an image search of QSSSA).
Research has shown that regularly using QSSSA results in enhanced participation and enthusiasm from students (Seidlitz et al., 2024). QSSSA is so effective because it provides exactly that structure I was looking for in my classroom. Students feel safe and confident in the QSSSA process and are intuitively engaged in participation. In all content areas and at all grade levels, it is one of the most versatile, effective tools in the teacher toolkit, and can be used any time you want to have students participate in structured conversations using academic language.
A Routine for Academic Language Development Each step of the QSSSA routine was deliberately designed to help students develop academic language, first by reducing the affective filter, and second by providing supports that encourage students to use academic language. Here is how to implement each step of the routine.
You can follow Claudia's podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/growing-with-proficiency-the-podcast/id1647436152
Bring classroom content to life for multilingual learners
In this eagerly anticipated revision of their bestselling book, authors Diane Staehr Fenner, Sydney Snyder, and Meghan Gregoire-Smith share dynamic, research-backed strategies that every educator of multilingual learners (MLs) can add to their repertoire. Including more of what educators loved from the first edition―authentic classroom examples, a wide variety of research-based instructional strategies, and practical tools to implement across grade levels and content areas―this is the ultimate practical guide to unlocking the potential of MLs in K-12 classrooms.
With fresh graphics and eye-catching colors, this thoroughly revised edition also includes:
- Considerations for newcomers and students with interrupted or no formal education (SLIFE)
- An added chapter on building scaffolded instruction and peer learning opportunities into MLs’ academic reading and writing activities
- Additional opportunities for reflection and application
- A new unit planning template aligned with research-based instructional practices, including a completed example unit
Situated within five core beliefs that frame the must-haves for MLs’ equitable and excellent education, Unlocking Multilingual Learners′ Potential is a guide to research-based practices and a toolbox of strategies every educator can implement to make content accessible and increase language proficiency among MLs.
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@regieroutman bravely and loving shares many of her personal stories to help restore our sense of hope, joy, and possibility in uncertain times.
Free PDF of Chapter 5 (https://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/s3-euw1-ap-pe-ws4-cws-documents.ri-prod/9781032445502/Chapter%205.pdf)
Companion website for free resources (https://sites.google.com/view/theheartcenteredteacher/home)
Order the book (https://amzn.to/3RX2wat)
@DebbieZacarian and Dr. Cohn-Vargas team up to share how we can create identity safe spaces for all students, especially MLs.
https://amzn.to/46J230K
mpowering multilingual learners, families, and teachers
With its emphasis on relationship building as the backdrop for linguistically and culturally sustainable assessment, the bestselling second edition of Assessing Multilingual Learners significantly impacted the field of language education. Applying the groundbreaking assessment "as," "for," and "of" learning model to new contexts, this updated third edition offers educators welcoming and encouraging ways to support multilingual learners to succeed in school and beyond.
Through eight thoroughly revised chapters, Dr. Margo Gottlieb ties assessment to teaching and learning to foster agency and empowerment for multilingual learners, families, and teachers. This book envisions assessment as a process integral to and embedded in curriculum and instruction through:
- Assets-based language
- Student-centered activities
- Classroom assessment tools
- Portraits of practice illustrating authentic assessment practices
- References and resources for stimulating discussion
- Deep questioning for thinking through processes, dilemmas, or challenges
Assessing Multilingual Learners explores the realities and possibilities of classroom assessment as a road to inspire multilingual learners, their families, and teachers to reach great heights.
Dr. Corrigan shares how Hattie’s work correlates perfectly with effective ML instruction. https://amzn.to/3uzybqt
This book transformed my writing instruction. It is practical, easy to implement, and thoughtful. https://amzn.to/3uscLLA
Equity-based mindsets + language and literacy practices in all classrooms!
Sarah Bernadette Ottow has spent over 20 years supporting schools and organizations with her Language Lens® approach that improves the learning experience for every student. The Language Lens for Content Classrooms: A Guidebook for Teachers, Coaches & Leaders shows educators how to center language learners while improving accessibility across Tier 1/universal instruction for all learners in all classrooms, featuring:
- Ideas to invest in all students' identities
- Strategies to boost the learning of all students through speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills across the curriculum
- Tips to support student ownership in their academic success and, ultimately, their career, college, workplace, and life readiness!
The second edition of The Language Lens is designed for all teachers and all instructional leaders, now including guidance for coaches and principals.
Dr. Benegas and Natalia’s Benjamin share how we can bring academic and heritage languages together.
Dr. Claude Goldenberg shares the science behind effective reading instruction for MLs in this conversation. The research articles he mentioned during the conversation can be found here: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Yj2DY-4mu3uNknvqI95TWTwe_ysjIpOR?usp=sharing
@Larryferlazzo shares 4 factors that foster intrinsic motivation in this podcast based on his newest book. https://amzn.to/44pF8qT
Maria Potvin (@bilingual_lab) will share her article on supporting bilingual reading at home (https://onraisingbilingualchildren.com/2023/04/18/10-powerful-and-effective-strategies-to-promote-and-support-reading-at-home-for-bilingual-children/).
Learn how to best support English learners and address the needs of newcomers! This professional book provides step-by-step strategies for teachers of ELs. Written by Eugenia Mora-Flores and Stephanie Dewing, this book offers practical tips to help teachers bring English language instruction into any classroom. With this meaningful resource, teachers will meet English learners’ diverse needs and make newcomers feel safe and welcome. https://amzn.to/3X5fJ2Z
@MenendezAlestra & Anna Torres apply the SoR to cultivating biliterate students in this highly insightful podcast.
@adrianmendozaed shares how we can teach content in all disciplines, especially math. https://amzn.to/3nWMmTh
@NataliaESL shares the practical strategies to build better writers in this highly practical book.
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Legendary elementary school literacy expert, Matt Glover shares how to facilitate craft and process studies and not just genre units. amzn.to/3m1kPza
@ValentinaESL & her daughter share their 1st children’s book. This one is about cooking krafne. They’ll talk about how culturally responsive children’s books affirm & inspire MLs to bring their cultures into school.
@farhananshah shares the challenges Muslim students experience in school and what teachers can do in this enlightening podcast conversation.
Dr. Jennifer Himmel shares in detail the what, the how, the when, and the why of writing language objectives. No wonder it’s the most-read article on @@ColorinColorado.
https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/language-objectives-key-effective-content-area-instruction-english-learners
Dr. Cloud, Dr. Genesee, and Dr. Hamayan share the key researched-based strategies for reading instruction in this highly affirming and practical strategy. We focus just on reading in this conversation even though the book covers writing, listening, and speaking as well.
https://amzn.to/3XXSZ3I
@calderonexc and @LMTartaglia share how we can integrate SEL with language and literacy development. What a thoughtful combination. amzn.to/3lTwmjE
Dr. Veronica Benavides shares how she lost her Spanish during childhood and how she reclaimed it as an adult. She’ll also talk about what schools can do to preserve students' languages.
Joan Sedita for @KeystoLiteracy shares a highly practical conversation on helping the 7 principles that develop Ss’ writing skills. Such a great conversation. amzn.to/3I40xxl
Dr. @JPBGerald talks about his book called Antisocial Language Teaching. It’s a thoughtful invitation to reflect on our ideologies that shape our service to MLs.
Lydia Breiseth is Director of Colorín Colorado, the nation’s leading website for educators and families of English language learners, which is based at PBS station in Washington, DC and reaches more than 3 million unique visitors a year. In this role, she manages content development, multimedia production, and outreach. She also manages collaboration with Colorín Colorado’s founding partner, the American Federation of Teachers, as well as with the National Education Association. Ms. Breiseth has presented at numerous national conferences and published articles and blog posts on a variety of topics on behalf of Colorín Colorado, and she wrote the foreword to Corwin’s bestselling publication, Unlocking English Learners’ Potential: Making Content Accessible. She also won a Michigan Emmy Award for Colorín Colorado’s documentary about two sister schools in Dearborn, Michigan, You Are Welcome Here: Supporting the Social and Emotional Health of Newcomer Immigrants. A graduate of Cornell University, Ms. Breiseth spent a year in Ecuador teaching English to graduate students with the educational exchange program WorldTeach. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and daughter.
https://www.colorincolorado.org/teaching-mls-podcast-behind-scenes-colorin-colorado-w-lydia-breiseth
Dr. Michelle Benegas shares how having a multilingual learner instructional coach is one way to a school-wide focus on supporting MLs.
@SarahOttow shares updates to her wildly influential book: The Language Lens. https://amzn.to/44Ntt5f
@LnzyBird shares her suggestions for creating newcomer programs and approaches to boosting their English literacy.
@AndreaHonigsfel and Dr. @joan_lachance’s new book show us how to bring collaboration to dual language instruction. I
@megan_vosk & @ShafaliShafali share how they turned their narrative unit into a multi-grade digital storytelling unit and its benefits to MLs.
Jessica Lander (@jessica_lander) shares her research from innovative schools around the US who have created safe places for newcomers to thrive. amzn.to/3Vk5Dsu
Pamela Broussard (@LeadingELLs) shares from her decades of experience practical ways to welcome and instruct newcomers.
@JoannaAlcruz & Dr, Blair share their approaches to more responsive, affirming classroom management for MLs in this podcast. https://amzn.to/3TLntnR
Dr. Carla España (@ProfesoraEspana) and Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera (@Dra_LuzYadira) talk about how we can center the voices of marginalized students, especially Latinx students. amzn.to/3LGJt0m
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Chris Such (@Suchmo83) shares about the science of reading. He makes clear how teachers can implement the research findings. amzn.to/3xVurOz
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Dr. @JamilaDugan & @ShaneSafir share about their highly popular book, Street Data. It will change the way you think of data for MLs. https://amzn.to/3RIOZC4
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
@sjtylr shares practical ways #ChatGPT can augment and enhance our instruction with MLs in this thoughtful and practical podcast conversation. You can access his presentation here (https://learn.wab.edu/innovation/ai/inclusion-mll).
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Dr. Emily Meadows will talk about the research behind creating safe schools for LGBTQ students and colleagues in this thoughtful podcast.
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Dr. Debbie Zacarian (@DebbieZacarian) returns to the podcast to talk about what school leaders can do to transform schools so that MLs can be successful. This is based on her 2nd edition of the book by the same name:
Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld & Dr. Maria G. Dove returns to the podcast to talk about their new book Portraits of Collaboration: Educators Working Together to Support Multilingual Learners (https://amzn.to/3zO93fq). The stories they share will show that successful teacher collaboration can happen and does happen in a variety of contexts. https://amzn.to/3vtYziZ
@MargaretLPark shares how and why it is important for teachers to examine our implicit biases in this thoughtful conversation.
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Hieu Pham Fraswer (@hieu_fraser) shares how her name was changed without consent by her teacher and how she reclaimed it. Very moving conversation!
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Dr. Alison G. Dover (@AlisonDover1) shares how we can create a radically inclusive learning environment for MLs, especially newcomers.
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Dr. Lisa Auslander and Dr. Joanna Yip join forces to share school-wide systems for multilingual learners' success.
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Dr. Margarita Calderon (@calderonexc) and Dr. Hector Montenegro joined forces to share how we can teach language and literacy while integrating SEL strategies to support long-term English learners.
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@ctovani shares ways we can encourage students to put down their "masks" of disengagement in her newest book. Cris shows possible causes of their disengagement and a framework for planning for reading engagement.
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Nancy Motley (@nancymotleyTRTW) shares how intentional small moves can make a big impact on student learning and our teaching. This is based on her new book of the same name. It’s SO PRACTICAL!
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Dr. María Cioè-Peña (@MCP718) shares a simple framework for integrating translanguaging and UDL from special ed to make our instruction more inclusive & equitable. The video and article she mentioned are below: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7sm7UW0IaDg https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/tesq.3074 You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and TanKHuynh.com. You can learn more about my courses at https://tankhuynh.com/courses.
Jen Hanson lead systematic changes for newcomers and students labeled as LTELs. These changes earned her school the Gold School of Opportunity Award by the National Education Policy Center. In this episode, she talks about those changes and how we can reproduce them for our context.
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Dr. Ellen-Rose Kambel and Dr. Emannuele Le Pinchon-Vorstman will talk about how schools can become language-friendly places for all languages. https://languagefriendlyschool.org/
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Long-time educator, @MartinB69967611 shares a refreshing, assets-based approach to authentic grammar instruction. This was a paradigm-shifting conversation.
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Dr. Corinne Seals shares why the label ‘native speaker’ has a problematic history in this eye-opening conversation. https://tinyurl.com/332vevah
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@drdonvu shares how we can create a culture of reading for immigrant & refugee children. His story is so moving! https://amzn.to/3rfgGqF
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Fern Westernoff, Paula Markus, and Stephaney-Jones Vo share powerful practices that sustain MLs’ connections to their language and cultures in this practical and moving podcast conversation.
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Dr. Ayanna Cooper shares ways we can shape our schools and instruction so that ELs also experience justice. You can purchase Dr. Ayanna Cooper's And Justice for ELs with this Amazon Affiliate's link to support the podcast https://amzn.to/35zZgNK
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Dr. Victoria Murphy co-authored a report on early childhood education for speakers of other languages sponsored by the British Council. https://academic.oup.com/eltj/article-abstract/71/2/256/2993773?redirectedFrom=fulltext
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Dr. Shelley Fairbairn (@sbfairbairn) & Stephaney Jones-Vo (@stephaneyvo) share their practical suggestions on how to differentiate instruction for MLs.
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Dr. Collier & Dr. Thomas, the two legends of dual language programs share their 35 years of research and suggestions in this heartfelt conversation.
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Dr. Holly Porter shares how her district moved entirely from pull-out to fully co-teaching. This conversation provides practical advice at the district level and can also be applied to schools that want to move away from pull-out to co-teaching.
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Dr. Denise Furlong (@denise_furlong) shares how we can celebrate the voices of newcomers in our schools through her new book.
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Dr. Mandy Stewart (@DrMandyStewart) & Holly Genova (@GenovaHollyAnn) share how we can facilitate reading and writing workshop for middle & high school MLs. Very practice & inspiring conversation!
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Cliff Mayotte (@cliffinfull) & Erin Vong from @voiceofwitness make the case for facilitating oral history projects with secondary multilinguals.
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@MrsSpinasClass talks about her new book. This is an inspiring and high-energy conversation when you need a pick-me-up.
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Dr. Cecilia Espinosa y Dr.@AscenziMoreno talk about the magic that occurs when MLs translanguage to grow their reading and writing skills in this podcast conversation.
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The legendary Dr. Jim Cummins synthesizes 40+ years of research on ML instruction w/ the goal of rethinking how we teach based on best practices.
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@gildamart shares all the ways we can use wordless books w/ MLs to develop language and literacy skills.
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Dr. Gilda Martinéz-Alba and Dr. Luís Pentón Herra talk about how to integrate SEL with language instruction.
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In this conversation, teacher Lesly Garcia shares how she applies MALP principles to design relevant and sustaining pedagogy for SLIFE. It's such an applicable conversation.
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Dr. Luis Javier Pentón Herrera provides an extensive overview of the research around SLIFE & showcases how teachers have implemented them in classes in this podcast conversation.
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Dr. Brenda Custodio talks about how we can bridge where SLIFE are and what they need to be successful! It’s all about seeing MLs’ assets.
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Dr. Andrew Xiong shares his process and reflections from being a Hmong refugee to becoming a principal advocating for SLIFE.
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Stephanie Ledger joins us to talk about why she uses a balanced literacy approach with SLIFE, the results, and how she does it.
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Stephanie Ledger is an ESL/ELD early literacy resource teacher and a reception center assessor of newcomer students with the Waterloo Region District School Board, Ontario, Canada. Stephanie is passionate about co-creating equitable assessment and learning opportunities for multilingual learners (MLLs). She has spent over thirty years collaborating with elementary, secondary and adult multilingual learners and their teachers. Her research and practice focus on early literacy education for adolescent students of refugee background with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE). Stephanie has a Master of Education degree from Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Currently, she is designing and teaching a course through Wilfrid Laurier, focusing on asset-based language and literacy instruction for MLLs of diverse backgrounds.
Stephanie’s research publications are:
Ledger, S., & Montero, M. K. (2022). Transforming ESL Pedagogies: A Teacher’s Journey from Subject-Centered to Student-Centered Pedagogy When Teaching Print Literacy to SLIFE. In English and Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education: Global perspectives on teacher preparation and classroom practices. (pp. 141-159). Springer, Cham. https://link.springer.com/chapter/10.1007/978-3-030-86963-2_9
Ledger, S. (2021). Teacher Profile in Chapter 2: Social and emotional learning in pre- and in-service TESOL teacher preparation programs, In L.J. L. J. Pentón Herrera (Ed.), Social-emotional learning in the English language classroom: Fostering growth, self-care, and independence. TESOL Press. https://www.amazon.ca/Social-Emotional-Learning-English-Language-Classroom/dp/1953745024
Ledger, S. (2017). Shifting pedagogy for adolescent refugees with limited or interrupted formal education: A case study of the professional experiences of a secondary english literacy development teacher. MEd. Thesis, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. https://scholars.wlu.ca/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=3090&context=etd Montero, K. M., Newmaster, S. and Ledger, S. (2014). Exploring early reading instructional strategies to advance the print literacy development of adolescent SLIFE. Journal of Adolescent & Adult Literacy, 58(1), pp.59-69. https://ila.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/abs/10.1002/jaal.318
Dr. Lisa Auslander (@lisaausl), founder of the Bridges to Academic Success talks about how we can best serve SLIFE.
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Dr. Andrea DeCapua (@AndreaDeCapua), a renowned expert in SLIFE talks to us about what every teacher needs to know to instruct them. You can support the podcast by purchasing DeCapua's book with this Amazon Affiliate's link at no cost to yourself https://amzn.to/3en2Ifv.
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Nicholas Emannuele (@NAEmmanuele) shares his story of coming out as a queer educator and how to create a queer-affirming environment in this lovely conversation.
Dr. James Coda and Dr. Lei Jiang share why and how we can queer language instruction so that it affirms MLs’ identities.
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We hear from Dr. @JoseMedinaJr89 about the need to stand with our queer students, family members, & queer colleagues if we want to be truly equitable.
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In this podcast conversation, we learn about @emilyfranES students’ stories and how to honor students’ stories within our instruction.
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@TBeeneEdu shares ways we can support MLs in social studies class. The principles can apply to all content classes as well.
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Dr. @draLBescalante shares 27 ways we can motivate, inspire, and engage MLs in this podcast.
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@Seidlitz_Ed consultant, Marcy Voss shares how MLs can think critically, and sometimes all they need is the language to communicate their ideas. That’s why she created academic language cards.
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Anne Beninghof (@annebeninghof) returns to the podcast to talk about Specially Designed Instruction. I always learn so much from Anne!
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Dr. Melisa Cahnmann-Taylor shares how we can intentionally infuse drama activities to boost language, literacy, and learning in our classes in this lively conversation.
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Larry Ferlazzo (@Larryferlazzo) & Katie Hull Sypnieski (@KHullSyp) released the 2nd edition of their classic book. So excited to share the things they kept and the things they added with you in this conversation.
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@trev_mackenzie shares how MLs can & deserve to learn through inquiry if the process and language are scaffolded.
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Jennifer Serravallo (@JSerravallo) returns to the podcast to talk about her newest book about small-group writing instruction.
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The lovely, @KellyMBoswell, shares how every kid can be a writer, especially multilingual ones.
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The always-inspiring @CarolJago talks about why there is a reading crisis and what we can do about it.
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Penny Kittle (@pennykittle) lovingly shared her motivation for writing her new co-authored book. She will inspire you to reimagine how literacy instruction can reclaim student agency.
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Diversity and social justice just found a home in read alouds w/ @Thetututeacher. You will love this inspiring conversation about rebellious read alouds that give voice to the silenced! https://amzn.to/3u2YscG
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Dr. Diane Lapp (@lappsdsu) shares why texts are so complex and how to teach skills to comprehend complex texts. https://amzn.to/3p6wifr.
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Dr. Margarita Calderón (@calderonexc) shares a framework for teaching reading comprehension in this podcast conversation. She’s always so practical and knowledgeable! https://amzn.to/3yw1zvE
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Dr. MaryEllen Voght (@mevogt1) illuminates us on the actual science of reading and shares how the SIOP model can play a role in reading instruction. I learned so much from this interview! Here is a link to the resources mentioned (https://tinyurl.com/mrxcxja9).
Dr. Kathy Escamilla why and how we can develop biliteracy from the start. https://amzn.to/3GFW00i
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Eowyn Crisfield (@4bilingualism) shares with us what teachers can learn from families who intentionally raise bilingual children. https://amzn.to/3s8Hl9Y.
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Principal @melleytaylor shares how teachers and leaders can serve MLs, their families, and staff even if the budget is quite limited.
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The incomparable Dr. @kate_anna joins us to talk about listening to MLs differently by taking a translanguaging stance. https://amzn.to/3pjgdCh (Amazon Affiliate link)
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This took 6 months to record, & EVERY second of the conversation was helpful, inspiring, & thoughtful. I’m a better person for having talked w/ Dr. @GholdyM. This is worth multiple listens when we need to be grounded back in work that matters. By purchasing this book through this Amazon Affiliate's link, you are supporting the cost to maintain the blog at no extra cost to you: https://amzn.to/3AlYuyY
Alex Shevrin Venet (@AlexSVenet) shares how we can prevent school-produced trauma from happening & design equitable instruction for MLs. https://amzn.to/3p7NSym (Amazon Affiliate link)
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Dr.Marïa Cioe Peña (@MCP718) talks about celebrating what immigrant mothers are doing to add to their children’s education both in obvious and not so obvious ways. https://amzn.to/3raacKF (Amazon Affiliate link)
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Dr. @SydneySupportEd & Dr. @DStaehrFenner share the 5 principles of culturally responsive teaching for MLs. https://amzn.to/3cSrQKE
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John Seidlitz (@JohnSeidlitz) shares the research about his co-authored book: #7Steps to a Language-Rich Classroom. You will LOVEEEE this conversation! tinyurl.com/yb9hxtw7
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Katie Gardner (@gardnerkb1) and the creators of @WriteReaderAp share how can support the literacy and language development of MLs from K-12. I can see so many ways to use this app.
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In this episode, I share what I wished I had learned about being a specialist from when I first started. This advice would have saved me so much grief!
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This is a SPECIAL episode. I’ll share how my co-teacher & I turned around our co-teaching relationship. I want to let you know that it is possible to turn around a relationship!
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In this episode, I share three ways to co-assess with teachers from my own experience. These approaches can be used from K-12 if modified for your context. When we spend our co-planning time co-designing the assessments, this leads directly to co-teaching.
You can read more about this process by reading this article (https://www.empoweringells.com/co-assessment/).
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At the end of each co-planning session, my goal is to co-create something that teachers can use independently in the next class. These are called BATS. I talk about them in this episode.
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In this episode, you get to hear my co-planning with two teachers. The goal is to share co-planning moves.
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In this episode, I share my FAVORITE, time-saving co-planning strategies. I wished I learned these when I first started co-teaching. You can read an article about these strategies by going to this link (https://www.empoweringells.com/5-co-planning-strategies/).
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It was an honor to have Dr. @DebbieZacarian interview @KatieToppel, Dr. @MsSalvac, and me about how teachers can take charge of their own professional learning journey. Katie even got teary-eyed, which made us all emotional as well.
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Dr. Debbie Zacarian and Dr. Ivana Soto have teamed up to write Responsive Schooling for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students (Amazon Affiliate link). The goal of this book is to help us teach from an assets-based perspective.
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I consistently go back to these metaphors and mantras to help me ground my collaboration with teachers. I hope these can reinforce your work with your colleagues. Please share mantras that support your work!
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Not all schools are using the co-teaching model. Many are still using the pull-out approach. If so, we can still collaborate on behalf of multilinguals in the pull-out model.
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Co-teaching can come with structural and societal power inequities. Often, language specialists are the ones who experience the power deficit. In this podcast, Dr. Cahnman-Taylor and Dr. Greg McClure explain these inequities and what we can to life the role of a language specialist.
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Angela Groves (@AngelaMGroves) & Susan England share how they shifted from a pull-out model to a co-teaching one. Their story will inspire you to find ways to move into co-teaching.
You can read more about clustering in this article (https://www.empoweringells.com/clustering/). You can also learn more about SIOP in this article (https://www.empoweringells.com/siop-lesson-plan/).
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com
Author and international educator, Aaron Dupree, shares how he still collaborates with teachers on behalf of language learners even though there is no formal co-teaching model at his school.
You can read more about the Collaboration Continuum here (https://www.empoweringells.com/collaboration-continuum/).
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com.
The always inspiring, @Toppel_ELD shares how she started her co-teaching partnership from scratch in a school that didn’t have a formal co-teaching model!
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com.
Homeroom teacher, Ashely Blackley NBCT (@ashleyinfirst) of Ready Set Co-Teach (@readysetcoteach), shares how we can co-reflect on our collaboration. You can learn more about her work by going to (http://www.readysetcoteach.com/).
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com
Come hear @AndreaHonigsfel @MariaGDove @audrey_cohan @claribel716 share their vision of a more equitable school experience for MLs and the brave actions we can take.
You can purchase their book with this Amazon Associates link (amzn.to/3kKAka4), and at no cost to yourself support the podcast.
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In this transformative, practical, passionate conversation with SLIFE expert, Dr. Helaine W. Marshall, we come to learn what SLIFE need to be successful and how we can create the conditions for growth.
Meeting the Needs of SLIFE can be purchased with this Amazon Associates link (https://amzn.to/38E3Ys2). Thank you for supporting the podcast at no extra cost to you.
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Homeroom teacher, @misterjohncox of @readysetcoteach talks about the different co-teaching models & shares a homeroom Ts’ perspective on co-teaching.
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In this inspiring conversation, Regie Routman (@regieroutman) reminds us of the most essential things when it comes to literacy instruction. This will fill your heart with love as she will speak directly to teachers of multilinguals.
https://amzn.to/2Wfgaw9
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Co-assessing is an essential part of our co-teaching practice. Allyson Caudill from @readysetcoteach talks about how we can co-assess for success.
You can read the article that Allyson talked about here (https://www.readysetcoteach.com/co-assessment-the-what-why-how/). You can also purchase Collaborating for English Learners here (https://amzn.to/2B4iqfB). Your purchase supports the podcast without an additional cost for you.
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Ashley Blackley (homeroom teacher), Allyson Caudill (language specialists), John Cox from @readysetcoteach share their story of coming together as a team. Their story will inspire you as they show how they started from humble beginnings and not serve as a model for teachers in their district and beyond.
You can visit their website by going to https://www.readysetcoteach.com/.
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com.
Dr. Jim Knight (@jimknight99) shares fundamentals of instructional coaching that are transferable to the language specialist role. His book The Impact Cycle can be purchased here amzn.to/3mKPFI6. The article about the Partnership Approach can also be read by going to this link (https://tinyurl.com/hatndrep). Finally, you can read my article about applying these principles to the language specialist role by going to my blog ( www.empoweringells.com/blog).
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Anne Beninghof (@annebeningho), an expert in special ed shares how we can make co-teaching work, based on her book Co-Teaching that Works. You can download the resources mentioned in the podcast by going to this link (http://www.ideasforeducators.com/downloadables.html). An accompanying article can be found at the blog (https://www.empoweringells.com/blog/).
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh.
Dr. Maria G. Dove (@MariaGDove) shares her thoughts on teacher collaboration and how school leaders can create a culture of collaboration. Her co-authored book can be purchased here (https://amzn.to/3dDYpdf), and by purchasing the book with this link, you are supporting the podcast.
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Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld, (@AndreaHonigsfel), a pioneer of teacher collaboration for language learners, shares how to make the best of our partnership! She will talk about a framework called the collaborative instructional cycle, which you can read about in more detail in this article
Her story is so inspiring, and her advice is so safe!
You can order her book here https://amzn.to/3dDYpdf , and your order will support the podcast.
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Dr. John Hattie shares what he means by collective teacher efficacy and the conversation teachers need to be having about their practice. You can read the companion article where I provide ideas on how we can foster collective teacher efficacy around language learns in this article
Read the article that goes with this article: https://tankhuynh.com/collective-teacher-efficacy
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Dr. Brandon Beck (@BrandonBeckEDU) shares how monolingual educators play a crucial role in the life of multilingual students. He’s the author of Unlocking Unlimited Potential (amzn.to/3uJr09T).
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Dr. Margo Gottlieb (@margogottlieb) shares how we can create opportunities for MLLs to use their home language while working on a summative assignment. This is based on her book called Assessments in Multiple Languages (https://amzn.to/3seNUnL)
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Award-winning investigative journalist, Jo Napolitano, follows the courageous fight of 6 refugee children who sued their school district for denying them equal access to an equitable education. This interview was inspired by her book entitled, The School I Deserve.
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh and www.empoweringells.com.
Dr. Debbie Zacarian (@DebbieZacarian) shares how we can overcome the inequities found in the community, school, and classroom with inspirational examples from around the country.
You can purchase Dr. Zacarian's co-authored book Beyond Crisis with this link. bit.ly/beyondcrisesbk
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If you teach Ss, you’re a school leader. If so, then Dr. Moníca Lara (@DRMLARA) is speaking to you through this podcast. You’ll leave this conversation so inspired!
Dr. Lara's books:
Toma la palabra! (https://amzn.to/3wv8fsg)
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A fierce advocate of translanguaging, Dr. Ofelia García shares how it can be transformational for a school community.
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Dr. Sonia Soltero (@soniawsoltero) talks to us about adopting schoolwide approaches to education language learners based on her book. This is a great podcast for pre-service teachers new to the field, admins who want to learn more about dual language programs, and veteran language specialists who want confirmation that they're doing the right things with your students.
You can order her book Schoolwide Approaches to Educating ELLs with this affiliate link to help support the podcast (https://amzn.to/3cQzZA4).
To learn more about one of Tan’s work, go to https://www.empoweringells.com
Dr. Ester de Jong shares principles of multilingual education from her book Foundations of Multilingual Education. Though programs will look different based on their context, the three principles outline by de Jong needs to be the core of every program.
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Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld (@AndreaHonigsfe) shares how we can grow students' language and literacy skills at different language proficiencies based on her book Growing Language and Literacy: Strategies for English Language Learners.
To learn more about one of Tan’s work, go to https://www.empoweringells.com
Elementary school educator, Megan Dreher, shares the multiple ways that she is using wordless picture books to great success with your language learners. You are read the article that Megan, Andrea, and Renske wrote by going to this link (https://www.empoweringells.com/fewer-words-lead-to-more-ideas/)
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The Harkness Discussion is a student-led discussion method used in many of the most prestigious and rigorous private schools in U.S. It can also be used to develop language learners' language and thinking skills. Master educator, Lundy Smith from Exeter Academy, will talk about how to facilitate a Harkness Discussion.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh https://twitter.com/tankhuynh
Dr. Jeff Zwiers shares the differences between pseudo & authentic communication & how we can structure for authentic conversations. You can purchase his book, The Communication Effect, with this affiliate link (https://amzn.to/38vFxfU). To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Dr. Stephen Fleenor (@stfleenor) shares how we can structure science instruction so that language learners are successful. His book, Teaching Science to English Learners, can be purchased with this affiliate link (https://amzn.to/3hfjP3v). To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Dr. Michelle Yzuierdo (@dr_aquagirl) will share strategies and approaches to support newcomer students new to our countries. This was such an affirming conversation! To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh.
The legendary, Dr. Timothy Shanahan (@ReadingShanahan) will talk about ideal vocabulary instruction in this inspiring podcast conversation. To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
A literacy legend, Regie Routman (@regieroutman), shares her take on guided reading and authentic literacy instruction. To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh https://twitter.com/tankhuynh
Dr. Melinda Miller (@DrMelindaMiller) returns to the podcast. This time, she’ll talk about writing workshop and language learners. She’s amazing! To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh https://twitter.com/tankhuynh
@DrMelindaMiller shares how we can make reading workshop effective for language learners. This was such a wonderful conversation. To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh https://twitter.com/tankhuynh
Indu Bedi, consultant and master teacher, will share how to make writing instruction a successful experience for language learners based on an Australian program called Teaching ESL Students in the Mainstream. You can find the resources mentioned in this podcast with this link (https://tinyurl.com/2sbav6de).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh https://twitter.com/tankhuynh.
Dr. Jim Ewing (@EwingLearning) shares strategies and frameworks for effective math instruction.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Sherry Liptak (@SherryTeacher) and I share our approaches to teaching context clues during reading.
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@BretGosselin shares how we can use mentor texts to develop students’ writing skills.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Dr. Chris Tennyson (@CBTennyson) talks about how we can use text sets to enrich students’ learning experiences.
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Laura Baker (@laurabct) will share how she has taken the concept of Bathroom Briefs and implemented them for her school. It's an easy, fun approach to advocate for language learners. To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Consultant and long-time school leader, Elly Tobin, shares how we can use Quick Writes, informal, frequent writing opportunities to enhance learning. Quick Writes can be a tool for synthesis, discovering connections, comprehending content, and developing language skills.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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An incredibly practical & inspiring conversation Dr. Katie Toppel (@Toppel_ELD) about strategies for lower elementary school language learners during distance learning co-hosted by Carol Salva (@MsSalvac). Video: https://youtu.be/Kw9gvRQpvj4
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Jennifer Serravallo @JSerravallo shares practical strategies for connecting with students online from her new book by the same name (amzn.to/2KB5bIh). Here is the setting video mentioned in the video that Jeniffer created with the Clips app (https://apps.apple.com/us/app/clips/id1212699939) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e7DS00BQjRs.To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/. You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
In this episode, I share a reading comprehension strategy that will help students become independent readers of difficult, on-grade text.
To read the article connected to this podcast, please visit https://www.empoweringells.com/visible-reading/
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Dr. Fernanda Marinho Kray (@Fernkray) and Jon Nordmeyer (@nordmeyerj) share the exciting new updates to the WIDA Standards and how teachers can use them.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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In this episode, @ValentinaESL shares strategies to make reading and writing workshop a successful learning experience for language learners. This model of literacy instruction is loved by many educators, and Valentina will share how language learners can learn in this model as well.
To read her blog post on the workshop model, use this link (https://www.empoweringells.com/ell-workshop/)
To purchase her book on the workshop model, use this link (https://www.amazon.com/Reading-Writing-English-Learners-Framework/dp/1732194874)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Carol Salva (@MsSalva) shares a really touching story about how, with the help of her SIFE, they were able to transform learning for students by creating a meaningful context to learn.
To purchase her Boosting Achievement book, you can visit this link https://amzn.to/2IuBSD2.
Articles mentioned in the conversation:
https://www.empoweringells.com/22-creating-context/
https://www.empoweringells.com/25-sociocultural-context/
https://seidlitzblog.org/2019/03/27/qsssa-more-than-turn-talk/
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Jeff Anderson (@writeguyjeff) helps us redefine what grammar instruction can be. He offers an inquiry approach to grammar instruction that focuses on expression rather than rules memorization.
Mechanically Inclined can be bought with this link (
https://amzn.to/35lbOUB)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Nancy Motley (@nancymotleyTRTW) shares how we can increase class engagement with #TRTW. This is a process that can be used in any content-area classes and with any grade level.
If you wish you purchase her book called Talk Read Talk Write, you can use the following link: https://amzn.to/2v6MYuk
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
@jimknight99, a guru of instruction, shares a high-impact instructional strategy called Learning Maps. He makes unit planning beautiful, clear, and I dare say - gorgeous!
To purchase Jim's High-Impact Instruction book, you can use this link: https://amzn.to/3lSs0nE
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Dr. Jessica Djabrayan Hannigan (@Jess_hannigan) & Dr. John Hannigan (@JohnHannigan75) wrote a timely book called SEL from a Distance (https://amzn.to/3p11rz7)). They share strategies and processes for teachers and students to use during and after distance learning.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Dr. Stephen Fleenor (@stfleenor) shares how we can teach vocabulary in content classes. This is a great episode if you teach or co-teach in content classes.
To purchase his book called, Teaching Science to English Learners, you can use this link (https://amzn.to/2TjPaqV)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
@margaretmckeow2, one of the authors of Bringing Words to Life (https://amzn.to/2KBe8i3), shares a framework for effective, robust vocabulary instruction! I’m so excited to share this conversation with you!
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Jennifer Serravallo (@JSerravallo) shares a practical framework for conducting reading and writing conferences that is sure to make conferencing with students streamlined, yet still effective. You can learn more by getting her book The Teacher's Guide to Reading Conferences (https://amzn.to/2GWXsSz).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
Rebecca Bellingham (@beckybellingham) shares 10 highly effective tips to make read-alouds an artful, powerful experience.
You can purchase her book at https://amzn.to/2Fsu32k
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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@pennykittle shares the four key components for an independent reading program. These components are simple, easy to implement, yet are powerful tools to create a reading culture.
https://amzn.to/3mhESEQ
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@pernilleripp shares why it’s so important to protect independent reading time for students and how to build a culture of reading.
You can purchase her book, Passionate Readers, here (https://amzn.to/32ncau8) to learn more about establishing a practice of joyful, independent reading.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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@SarahOttow shares how content teachers can use the Language Lens to teach both content and language.
To learn more about Sarah's book, The Language Lens for Content Classrooms, purchase the book here (https://amzn.to/35wbaWM).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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@Easkelton shares a process that all content teachers can use to plan like a language specialist. You’re going to love this process, and I'm sure her four-step will make co-planning language with content teachers so effective and streamlined!
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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@TonyaWardSinger shares how we can ensure an equitable and excellent learning experience for language learners every day. You can purchase her ELL Excellence Every Day here (https://amzn.to/2JXjfsn).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
When I learned about #WIDA’s Key Uses, it changed my practice. Amy King join us to talk about this simple, yet powerful framework for academic language. To learn more about WIDA's Key Uses, read this article https://www.empoweringells.com/wida-key-uses/.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Author and consultant, Shawn Slakk (@ABCD2SCo) shares proven practices for school leadership teams & how they can support language learners.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanKHuynh
@lauragardner79 shares mindsets, strategies, and approaches to connecting with students' families, especially those who are recent immigrants. To learn more about her work, visit https://www.immigrantsrefugeesandschools.org/.
Resources mentioned in the episode:
- Parent Teacher Home Visits (in CA but do national work): http://www.pthvp.org/
- Free family engagement course from Harvard: https://online-learning.harvard.edu/course/introduction-family-engagement-education?delta=1
- Main guru in family engagement field, Dr. Karen Mapp: https://www.gse.harvard.edu/faculty/karen-l-mapp
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@ElYaafouriCLDE shares from her book, The Newcomer Student (https://amzn.to/3gTx6gP), on how we can welcome newcomers into our schools with open arms.
You can access her ASCD article on home visits here (https://tinyurl.com/y8nszrmz)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Dr. Julie Esparza Brown shares a process to help us determine when language learners need to be referred for special education evaluation. You can learn about this topic by reading her book Supporting English Learners in the Classroom (https://amzn.to/2WWqUiE)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Dr. Douglas Fisher (@DFISHERSDSU) walks us through the key ideas in his co-authored, timely book called “The Distance Learning Playbook”. (Amazon Associates amzn.to/3fKrEwH)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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@MsVanBalkom shares how her district test piloted an optional hybrid instruction model. This might help you envision what it might look, feel, sound like.
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Racism is institutionalized in many ways. One way is through education. Since many language learners come from minority and indigenous backgrounds, we have to uncover how racism seeps into the education system. In this conversation with Dr. María Cioè-Peña (@MCP718)
, we will come to better understand the meaning of anti-racism instruction for language learners.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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Dr. Gini Rojas shares the what, the how, the when, and the why of translanguaging. Use this link (https://tinyurl.com/yalcs9gw) to access the resources that Gini referred to in this episode.
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This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld (@AndreaHonigsfel) shares her insights around not rushing to return to normal once schools reopen. She talks about redefining what is normal in terms of instruction, family engagement, school leadership, and even professional learning.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
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In this episode, Dr. Margartia Espino Calderón(@calderonexc) shares a 6-step process to ensure language learners are successful in content classes.
Go to this link to access Margarita's presentation slides (https://tinyurl.com/yckbjeum)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
Dr. Mariana Castro (@LaDraCastro), a key researcher behind WIDA's Can Do Standards, shares how to consider the developmental nature of language into consideration when working with language learners.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
Dr. Ivannia Soto (@drivannia) shares her ELL Shadowing approach. It is a form of professional learning focused on gathering data about language learners through a two-hour student observation.
You can purchase ELL Shadowing here (amzn.to/3ewsKev Amazon Affiliate).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
Dr. Maneka D. Brooks (@Man3ka) shares how we can transform literacy education for students who are identified as long-term English learners.
You can get her book at amzn.to/2yn2Aey (Amazon affiliate link).
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
Come listen to @JoseMedinaJr89 share his process of writing language & culture objectives in this suer inspiring and entertaining episode. Examples of the objectives mentioned in this podcast can be found here (https://tinyurl.com/ybxv3nbh)
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.
Dr. Jana Echevarría (@Jechev), one of three authors of the SIOP Model, introduces its 8 components and shares how it is a comprehensive approach to language instruction.
If you are interested in providing sheltered instruction to language learners, you can visit my website where I posted a series of blog posts on them (https://www.empoweringells.com/siop-lesson-plan/).
In this episode, Dr. Jim Cummins walks us through all the stages of his body of work from his early work in studying the cognitive effects of bilingualism and to his current work of reversing the underachievement of students from minority backgrounds. If you are new to the field or a veteran to language development, you will still find so many gems from this interview.
Transforming Sanchez School (Affiliate link https://amzn.to/3dLfR01)
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Dr. Margo Gottlieb, one of the co-founders of WIDA, shares the foundational principles of the organization. These are evidence-based principles, and they are flexible enough to be applied in a variety of contexts. The principles can be found at using this link tinyurl.com/yd9pzwcj.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom.
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Beth Skelton (@easkelton) and Dr. Mia Allen (@miaariela) share their suggestions for offline learning as shared on their article for Colorin Colorado.
To view their article, use this link (https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/offline-learning-ells).
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You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
David Bott, the Associate Director of the Institute of Positive Education, shares 5 easily implementable strategies that teachers can use to develop students' social-emotional skills in person or during offline instruction.
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This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Hieu Pham-Fraser (@hieu_fraser), James Thesiger, and Mari-Jane (MJ) Medenwaldt (@mjmedenwaldt) share how they started off virtual schooling with an SEL-focused unit to address the emotional needs of their students. They have produced a thoughtful unit that is worth sharing.
Use this link to access their unit plan.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Katie Gardner (@gardnerkb1), NBCT is an Apple Distinguished Educator and a kindergarten teacher. In this episode, Katie shares how she uses tech to teach her beginning language learners. Her lessons integrate all the language domains, and these ideas are sure to inspire you!
Resources from the show:
- Video version of the podcast
- Folder of resources
- Katie's VirtuEL19 session
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom
This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.
Alma Flores-Perez from @TalkingPointsEd shares how teachers and families can communicate without having to know the same language. You can learn more by going to https://talkingpts.org/.
To learn more about one of Tan’s courses, go to https://www.empoweringells.com/courses/
You can connect with Tan on Twitter at @TanELLclassroom