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Eight Steps to Transforming Your Work with Multilingual Learners  This timely article will outline an eight-step process for transforming how schools provide high-quality instruction for multilingual learners. It emphasizes the need for urgency, a strong partnership among stakeholders, and a shared vision for the future. The plan also details strategies for achieving this vision, such as communicating effectively, empowering others to act, celebrating small wins, and institutionalizing new approaches. By following these steps, schools can create a more equitable and supportive environment for multilingual learners.
 2024 marks 50 years since the Lau v Nichols ruling. How has education for multilingual learners improved where you work?
Here are some resources related to Lau v Nichols.  This question has been asked a time or two (hundred...thousand…). Seriously though. In districts around our nation some ESL teachers are considered part of the intervention team while others are not. Why is this important?
Merriam Webster’s definition of intervention: a : the act of interfering with the outcome or course especially of a condition or process (as to prevent harm or improve functioning) educational intervention To clarify, ...  Whether you are a campus lead teacher, ELL specialist, instructional coach, or administrator, you can benefit from conducting a learning walk on your campus.
Learning walks are arguably of the greatest forms of job embedded professional development. I'm a huge believer in the power of learning from colleagues. As a campus ESL Instructional Specialist for five years, I traveled to various classrooms on a daily basis and co-taught with teachers in k-5th grades. This was an amazing experience for me. It allowed me to see some powerful instructional practices and also some that needed support. 
Systemic, campus-wide change…if that’s what you are looking for, this may be the answer for you.
I’ve often heard that campus leaders are looking for “a common thread that binds the campus”… “a thread that weaves naturally through pre-K to 5th grade in all classrooms”. Here’s how we successfully accomplished just that in our district in Texas. Recently, I read a book that I found practical and relevant to all grade levels and content areas. The book is called 7 Steps to a Language-Rich Interactive Classroom by John Seidlitz and Bill Perryman. I loved that it was research based and reader friendly. I decided to make this book into a hybrid online and face-to-face book study that campuses in my district could use. (But you can use any book that you feel is relevant to the needs of your campus.) |
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