Resources
Ch.01 Survey: Terrain and Landscape
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this tool from the end of Chapter 1 (Valdés et al) to survey the terrain and landscape surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) perspectives on the CCSS, b) perspectives on change, c) labeling emergent bilinguals/ELLs, and d) how ELLs/EBs needs are currently addressed relative to CCSS.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): survey
Ch.02 Survey: Fundamental Language Issues
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 2 (Valdés et al) to investigate fundamental language issues surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on different educators' perspectives on language, language acquisition, and language variation in our context.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): survey
Ch.03 Survey: Family and Community Participation
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this tool from the end of Chapter 3 (Valdés et al) to survey family and community participation at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on engaging diverse families and communities in education and on shifting views of the relationship between families and schools.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): survey
Ch.04 Survey: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 4 (Valdés et al) to investigate the policy, leadership, and advocacy context surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) the existence of a language policy regarding ELLs/EBs at the local level, b) educators' knowledge about what that language policy says about programs and practices for ELLs/EBs, and c) whether that language policy was used to guide CCSS implementation.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): survey
Ch.05 Survey: Teaching and Learning
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 5 (Valdés et al) to explore the context of teaching and learning surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) language demands of the content areas, b) literacy and multiliteracies across content areas, c) and languages and literacies for disciplinary purposes.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): survey
Ch.06 Survey: Professional Learning
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 6 (Valdés et al) to explore the context of professional learning surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) shifting roles of ESL educators, b) planning for professional learning, and c) preparing and supporting educators as they learn to implement college and career ready standards equitably for all students, particularly ELLs/EBs.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Professional Development
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Object(s): survey
Ch.07 Survey: Assessment and Accountability
Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 7 (Valdés et al) to investigate the assessment and accountability context surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) the degree to which their district/school/program uses authentic assessments for ELLs/EBs, b) what all educators actually know about fair assessment and accountability practices for linguistically and culturally diverse learners, and c) perceptions of testing and accountability.
After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): survey
Content-Area Language Demands and ELLs/EBs (1) presentation
This presentation, titled "Content-Area Language Demands and English Language Learners (ELLs)/Emergent Bilinguals (EBs)", draws on four readings about content-area language demands (Bunch - ELA; Moschovich - mathematics; Lee & Llosa - science; Liten-Tejada - social studies) from Valdés et al (2015). It is structured around an expert jigsaw activity with note-making guide.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): presentation