Have you asked yourself any of the following questions lately: Do you think there might be DACA recipients, DREAMers, or other undocumented students at your school? Are you afraid to ask? Do you want to show your support but don’t know what to do? Are you uncertain about recent policy…
Have you noticed any changes to your English learner (EL) population lately? As educators of ELs, we are aware that world events often have an impact on our newly arrived ELs’ backgrounds. In this point in time in which immigrants and ELs are often the topic of conversation among policymakers, it…
In this second part of the blog post series, “Starting the School Year Right for Our ELs”, we will focus on setting up a plan for effective communication with ELs and their families. In this blog post, we’ll share three steps you can take to foster better communication with EL…
In preparing for the school year, we teachers can easily spend countless hours setting up our classrooms with eye-catching bulletin boards and classroom organization. But how much time do we put into the unseen foundation for preparing our students–ALL of our students–for academic and personal success? What are we doing…
By Diane Staehr Fenner and Lydia Breiseth | May 15, 2017 Teachers’ leadership skills are crucial in effectively bringing about change, advocating, and collaborating on behalf of English language learners (ELLs), and many educators of ELLs have developed these skills without realizing it! This article highlights some diverse leadership experiences…
By Sydney Snyder | March 2, 2017 It is important to consider the digital divide that may exist between ELs and their non-EL peers and how that affects computer-based testing. While most ELs are probably familiar with smartphones, because some lack access to computers at home and at school, they…
