A strengths-based approach to making sure what we teach is central to who we teach.
Rapidly changing and diverse student populations necessitate culturally responsive schooling. It can be a challenging balancing act for educators to respect diversity and teach to each student’s needs while adhering to restrictive curricula that mandate the use of standard English. Responsive Schooling for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students offers a balanced approach to developing students’ academic language proficiency while simultaneously honoring, acknowledging, and valuing the richness of their home and community languages and cultures.
Debbie Zacarian and Ivannia Soto provide a practical framework within which schools and educators can make students’ personal, cultural, and social identities central to the curriculum by drawing on the experiences and interests they bring to the classroom. Filled with examples of responsive teaching and opportunities to reflect on current practice, the book is a rich resource for teachers and school leaders alike.
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Responsive Schooling for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Education & Teaching

Soto, Ivannia

Zacarian, Debbie

Schools & Teaching

W.W.Norton&Company

This book provides the most up-to-date research on identity safe practices and how to ensure that they occur both at home and at school. Today's schools serve students and families with a diversity of identities. While diversity enriches the school community, educators are becoming increasingly aware of the vast number of students subjected to identity-related adverse childhood experiences and inequitable practices. To mitigate the negative impacts of oppression on marginalized identities, this book shows educators how they can work together with parents and guardians to support all students' well-being and success. Each chapter of this book covers a core practice of identity safe classrooms, explains how to extend those practices schoolwide, and discusses how to share these practices with families to implement at home. Teachers, school leaders, counselors, social workers, and others can use this guide to foster strengths-based and culturally responsive home-school partnerships in all that they do. Book Features: <ul> <li>A practical guide for home-school partnerships that supports safety and a sense of belonging, value, and competence.</li> <li>Research-based, home-school practices that support the positive identity development of pre-K-12 students.</li> <li>Portraits of students, parents, educators, and others from racially, culturally, linguistically, ethnically, LGBTQ+, neurodiverse, and impoverished communities.</li> <li>Guidance for countering the harm caused by stereotype threats, othering, and identity erasure.</li> </ul>

Identity Safe Spaces at Home and School: Partnering to Overcome Inequity

Cohn-Vargas, Becki

Teachers' College Press

What are some lessons learned from the pandemic? We learned that, in times of crises, the humanitarian needs of students, families, and ourselves must be a top priority.&nbsp; We learned that forming effective partnerships with families and communities is essential to the health and well-being of our children. We were offered a blunt reminder that a system designed to serve the interests of a privileged few was destined to fail our historically underserved students, especially our millions of multilingual learners. Above all, we learned that the "normal" many of us have yearned for was&nbsp;never&nbsp;good enough--that we must envision a "better world," where we build on our multilingual students' unique assets and cultivate their inner brilliance. Only then will we deliver on their promise. It's this "better world," a world in which communities, schools, and classrooms work together as a "whole-child ecosystem,"&nbsp;Beyond Crises:&nbsp;Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms&nbsp;sets out to create. Taking a look from the outside in, Debbie Zacarian, Margarita Calderón, and Margo Gottlieb address three critical arenas: 1.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Imagining Communities&nbsp;describes how to design and enact strengths-based family and community partnerships, including the critical importance of identifying, valuing, and acknowledging each member's assets and competencies, and the ways recent crises have amplified their struggles. 2.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Imagining Schools&nbsp;takes an up-close look at policies, structures, and now irrelevant ways of schooling that call for change and how we might reconfigure professional development to ensure every teacher and administrator is dedicated to the well-being and success of our multilingual learners. 3.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Imagining Classrooms&nbsp;demonstrates how to optimize learning opportunities--both virtual and face-to-face--so our diverse students grow cognitively, linguistically, and social-emotionally, and accentuate their talents in knowing and using multiple languages in linguistically and culturally sustainable environments. "Student and family, classroom, school, and local community are not silos unto themselves," Debbie, Margarita, and Margo insist. "They are part of a larger whole that is interrelated and interconnected and, even, interdependent on each other. By forming stronger alliances, we can realize the power of truly working, socializing, and flourishing together."&nbsp;Beyond Crises&nbsp;is the first critical step forward.

Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms

Gottlieb, Margo

Calderón, Margarita Espino

Corwin

Review\nThis newly revised edition of Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators is a must-have for schools on the journey of creating equitable learning opportunities for all students. In the times of racial injustices, the COVID-19 pandemic, natural disasters, and a slew of global and regional crises, it is critically important that all educators hear Debbie Zacarian’s argument and act on her carefully created recommendations for supporting multilingual learners. -- Andrea Honigsfeld Published On: 2022-06-22\nAs a nation, we have undergone and continue to experience change in school policies, practices, and programs for multilingual learners. Through myriad real-life vignettes and exemplars, in this updated edition we come to witness how effective language programs can meet the requirements for federal compliance while slowly evolving on the local level to be more inclusive of the voices of educators, students, and families. Zacarian adeptly captures this transformation as she juxtaposes the increasingly important roles of educators as collaborators and advocates for multilingual learners in program planning, delivery, and evaluation against a backdrop of a less than adequate workforce that is not well-informed in understanding the social, cultural, and linguistic assets of these students. -- Margo Gottlieb Published On: 2022-06-14\n"The education of multilingual learners requires both a depth and a breadth of knowledge among leaders to ensure that systems are established and resourced to provide equitable opportunities for students and equitable access for families. Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators provides both the research foundation and the practical application for schools, through the requisite asset-based lens. This framework can assist schools in planning school improvement plans and in their equity, diversity, and inclusion goals. In the end schools can be places where all are welcomed, all are celebrated, and all can achieve." -- Kellie Jones Published On: 2022-06-09\nTransforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Framework for Educators is a must-have resource for school leaders, as well as in-service teachers and preservice teachers, to better understand how to create policies, practices, and programs for MLs to thrive. In this second edition work, Debbie Zacarian provides the latest, detailed information for all educators to better understand the needs of MLs and what to do to support their success. This book should be a staple in everyone’s professional library. -- Maria G. Dove, Ed.D. Published On: 2022-06-14\nThe second edition of Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Framework for Educators definitely joins the "short list" of books that all teachers and schools who serve English Language Learners should be reading! -- Larry Ferlazzo Published On: 2022-06-14\nUnder the guidance of well-informed and dedicated district leadership, multilinguals can thrive. Dr. Zacarian′s second edition addresses the most recent topics in our field while anchored firmly on decades of sound research around what works for multilingual students. The first edition lit the way for many, and this second edition promises to illuminate the path for school leaders committed to the march for educational equity for multilingual students. -- Tan Huynh Published On: 2022-06-23\nDebbie’s second edition brings to the forefront of school reform the importance of assets-based approaches to strengthen the success of multilingual learners. School teams will definitely welcome the ideas, rubrics and strategies for creating effective policies, practices, and structures for transforming schools. -- Margarita Espino Calderón Published On: 2022-07-21\nEssential principles, practices, and structures for multilingual learners 
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Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators

Reference

Words, Language & Grammar

Position your school to successfully teach English learners Could your school be more effective at instructing its English learners? Whether you are just beginning to work with an emergent population or need to improve your program, this book provides a comprehensive framework for improving ELs’ academic performance and school engagement through visionary planning of EL education programming. The author addresses such critical topics as: <ul>
<li>Selecting the appropriate program model for your school</li> <li>Creating effective student course schedules for language development and content</li> <li>Making data-driven decisions using effective measures of student performance learning</li> <li>Effectively using Response to Intervention (RTI)</li> </ul>

Transforming Schools for English Learners: A Comprehensive Framework for School Leaders

English language learners (ELLs) often face the difficult challenge of learning both a new language and new subject matter at the same time. In Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas, Judie Haynes and Debbie Zacarian offer strategies, tools, and tips that teachers can use to help ELLs at all levels flourish in mainstream classrooms. This book will show teachers how to * Determine their ELLs' stages of English language acquisition. * Modify assignments and assessments in different content areas for ELLs at different stages of language development. * Ensure that all ELLs participate fully in lesson activities alongside their English-fluent peers. * Communicate effectively with parents and guardians of students from diverse cultures. Real-life examples of lessons from elementary, middle, and high school that have been modified for ELLs in language arts, math, science, and social studies classes show how to effectively put the authors' recommendations into practice. A glossary of important ELL and ESL terms is included as well, for those who are new to teaching ELLs. Whether novice or veteran, all teachers of ELLs will benefit from this wonderfully practical guide to ensuring that ELLs learn English by learning content and learn content while learning English.

Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas

Haynes, Judie

English as a Second Language

ASCD

Half the students in U.S. schools are experiencing or have experienced trauma, violence, or chronic stress. Much has been written about these students from a therapeutic perspective, especially regarding how to provide them with adequate counseling supports and services. Conversely, little has been written about teaching this population and doing so from a strengths-based perspective.
Using real-world examples as well as research-based principles, this book shows how to
<ul>
<li>Identify inherent assets that students bring to the classroom.</li>
<li>Connect to students' experiences through instructional planning and delivery.</li>
<li>Foster students' strengths through the use of predictable routines and structured paired and small-group learning experiences.</li>
<li>Develop family and community partnerships.</li>
</ul>
Experts Debbie Zacarian, Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, and Judie Haynes outline a comprehensive, collaborative approach to teaching that focuses on students' strengths and resiliency. Teaching to Strengths encourages educators to embrace teaching and schoolwide practices that support and enhance the academic and socio-emotional development of students living with trauma, violence, and chronic stress.

Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress

Science & Math

Alvarez-Ortiz, Lourdes

Behavioral Sciences

We want students to master academic standards, and we want them to be confident, adaptive, and socially responsible. Above all, we want them to find meaning and satisfaction in their lives. Achieving these goals requires a concerted focus on the social-emotional skills that empower students in and beyond the classroom.In Teaching to Empower, Debbie Zacarian and Michael Silverstone explore what an empowered student looks like in our increasingly diverse contemporary schools and prompt educators to examine their own relationship to empowerment. The book's evidence-based strategies and authentic examples show you how to foster a culture of agency, self-confidence, and collaboration that will give each of your students-inclusive of race, culture, language, socioeconomic status, abilities, sexuality, and gender-the opportunity, responsibility, and tools to become an active learner, thoughtful community member, and engaged global citizen. Whether you're a preservice teacher, a classroom novice, or a veteran, you'll find the practical guidance you'll need to* Create inclusive and empowering physical learning spaces.* Set up self-directed learning and promote positive interdependence.* Promote student self-reflection.* Teach the skills of collaboration.* Foster the self-advocacy that fuels deeper, more autonomous learning. * Partner more effectively with families and the community to support student empowerment.

Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Self-Confidence, and Collaboration

Silverstone, Michael

In this quick reference guide, Debbie Zacarian and Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz outline five keys to supporting students living with trauma, violence, and chronic stress: * Build asset-based relationships with students. * Provide students with a voice and choice in their learning. * Connect the curriculum to students' lives in meaningful ways. * Provide reassuring classroom routines. * Collaborate with others. Research demonstrates the urgent need to use an asset-based rather than a deficit-based approach when teaching students living with adversity. The guide's strategies and examples will help teachers create a strengths-based learning environment where students feel safe, a sense of belonging, valued, and competent.

Teaching and Supporting Students Living with Adversity (Quick Reference Guide)

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Responsive Schooling for Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Students

Identity Safe Spaces at Home and School: Partnering to Overcome Inequity

Identity Safe Spaces at Home and School: Partnering to Overcome Inequity

Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms

Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners: A Comprehensive Guide for Educators

Transforming Schools for English Learners: A Comprehensive Framework for School Leaders

Teaching English Language Learners Across the Content Areas

Teaching to Strengths: Supporting Students Living with Trauma, Violence, and Chronic Stress

Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Self-Confidence, and Collaboration

Teaching and Supporting Students Living with Adversity (Quick Reference Guide)