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Help your English learning students achieve academic success!
U.S. demographics are quickly shifting, and it is more important than ever to reach and teach English learning students. Designed to empower educators to become agents of change in their classrooms, schools, and communities, this guide introduces the principles of Cultural Proficiency and how they can help improve educators' ability to effectively teach English language learners. This book features: Activities that build core Cultural Proficiency skills and promote personal transformation; A chapter-by-chapter rubric for working effectively with English learning students; A conversation-starting case story featuring the River View School District; Strategies for using action research to improve the success of English learning students; By focusing on Cultural Proficiency—and the underlying causes of EL achievement gaps—educators can uncover ways to break down academic barriers and use students' cultural background as educational assets.
Setting the Context
Setting the Context
[W]hile accountability is often associated with educational achievement … there is another term, however, that is not used enough in regard to school success or lack of it. This concept is responsibility. [I]t offers another concept in education that asks everyone to share responsibility for young people's learning and place students at the center of the educational process.
Getting Centered
As a teacher, counselor, or administrator, you are mindful of the students in your school whose proficiency in English is not what you want for them. Take a moment and focus on one or two such students. The students you selected may be immigrants, they may be second-generation or third-generation residents, or they ...
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