From Equity Insights to Action: Critical Strategies for Teaching Multilingual Learners

"Multilingual Learners (MLLs) experienced disproportionate levels of harm throughout the pandemic including loss of family members, loss of family income, higher rates of trauma, and insufficient access to digital technology. At the same time, we must resist the tendency to pathologize these children and to recognize that, despite the degree of harm they experienced, they carry many assets -- not the least of which is the ability to function in multiple languages and cultures. The need for practical, classroom-level strategies for MLLs is especially urgent in a post-COVID world. This ready-to use guide will not only be closely aligned to some essential concepts and practices centering on equity, but will also address how educators serving MLLs in any context can effectively build an asset-based approach as the foundation of an equitable practice. It will offer a much-needed resource for educators who need a thoughtful, research-informed, yet accessible and practical reference"--
Build an Asset-based Approach as the Foundation for Equitable PracticeEquity for multilingual learners (MLLs) means that students’ cultural and linguistic identities, backgrounds, and experiences are recognized as valued sources of knowledge. This ready-to-use guide offers practical strategies for educators seeking thoughtful, research-informed, and accessible information on how to guide MLLs. Focused on the deliberate daily actions that all teachers of MLLs can take, this book captures a compelling advocacy framework for culturally and linguistically responsive equity work, including Examples of educators responding to MLLs through an equity lens Student portraits of MLL experiences Answers to essential how-to questions Robust professional learning activities Access to print and online resources for additional information