How to Support Culturally Responsive Instruction in Your School The holiday season is a great time to reflect on what your school is doing to support and value linguistically and culturally diverse students and their families. In their article entitled Culturally Responsive Instruction for Holiday and Religious Celebrations, Cynthia Lundgren and Giselle…
Note: This post first appeared on Education.com June 4, 2018. That piece is titled Teaching Academic Vocabulary to English Learners: A Q&A with Sydney Snyder. It’s a common scenario when teaching English learners (ELs): The textbook or unit plan comes with a lengthy list of key vocabulary. Should all of…
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…
English Learners Bring Many Strengths to the Classroom SupportEd’s Five Guiding Principles At SupportEd we frame all of our work — from professional development to technical assistance to research in the field — on the following five essential guiding principles for working with English Learners (ELs): 1. ELs bring many strengths…
