Teaching MLs

Ep 170. Cultivating Competence in ELs w/ Dr. Magarita Calderón and Lisa Tartaglia

 @calderonexc and @LMTartaglia share how we can integrate SEL with language and literacy development. What a thoughtful combination. amzn.to/3lTwmjE

Ep 169. How to preserve students’ heritage languages w/ Dr. Veronica Benavides

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. 

168. The Writing Rope w/ Joan Sedita

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

167. Antisocial language teaching w/ Dr. Justin Gerald

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. 

166. Behind the scenes of Colorín Colorado w/ Lydia Breiseth

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

Ep 181. Teacher leadership for School-Wide English learning w/ Dr. Michelle Benegas

Dr. Michelle Benegas shares how having a multilingual learner instructional coach is one way to a school-wide focus on supporting MLs. 

184. The Language Lens w/ Sarah Ottow (2nd edition)

@SarahOttow shares updates to her wildly influential book: The Language Lens. https://amzn.to/44Ntt5f

165. Creating nurturing newcomer programs w/Lindsey Bird

@LnzyBird shares her suggestions for creating newcomer programs and approaches to boosting their English literacy. 

164: Collaboration and Co-Teaching for Dual Language Learners

@AndreaHonigsfel and Dr. @joan_lachance’s new book show us how to bring collaboration to dual language instruction. I

163. Digital Storytelling with Megan Vosk & Shafali

@megan_vosk & @ShafaliShafali share how they turned their narrative unit into a multi-grade digital storytelling unit and its benefits to MLs.