Originally posted on Inclusively Educating English Learners:
How do teachers cope with their students’ traumas? Read more at https://www.edutopia.org/article/when-students-are-traumatized-teachers-are-too Self Care and Mindfulness: When Students Are Traumatized, Teachers Are Too The 2021-2022 school year will be challenging for all students and teachers too. Being informed about trauma and coping with trauma will be very important…
Category Archives: Equity
Colorin’ Colorado: Five Pillars to Equitably Grading ELLs
Supporting Equity for English Language Learners Remotely
Great article providing tips on how to support ELs in the online environment. https://www.teachingchannel.com/blog/english-learners-remotely
COVID-19 and Assessing ELs
This is a great short news story about the difficulties in assessing and teaching ELs in the online environment.
Differentiating Instruction: It’s Not as Hard as You Think
Differentiation, Modification, Accommodation
In order to support ELs and students with special learning needs we need to make a distinction between the terms differentiation, modification and accommodation.
Accommodation Strategies for ELs
This video outlines 18 different strategies for accommodating EL students.
The Relationship between Special Education and English as a Second Language
Teachers can often use similar strategies for ELs and students with special needs. This video talks about the relationship between the two programs and how teachers can utilize evidence based strategies to teach both populations.
Under- and over-identification of ELs in Special Education
Identifying EL students for Special Education is not so clear with the majority of times ELs being over-identified. This video gives a brief overview of the topic.
Language Discrimination: English as a Language of Social Power
This article is a reminder of how language can be misused for oppressive purposes. https://discover.hubpages.com/education/The-Psychology-of-Language-Discrimination The way you see people is the way you treat them, and the way you treat them is what they become. — Johann Wolfgang von Goethe