Family Engagement Framework
Author(s): Illinois State Board of Education
Publication URL: https://www.isbe.net/Documents/fe-guide.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Communication with Families
Summary:

This guide brings together research, best practices, and program requirements and can be a resource for district/school leaders and families to use in planning, implementing, and evaluating family engagement practices that directly improve student outcomes.

Family Engagement
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: http://www.tolerance.org/supplement/family-engagement
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Professional Development
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Communication with Families, Families in the Classroom, Resource Lists
Summary:

This compilation of resources and tools, curated by Teaching Tolerance, addresses the barriers to family engagement in communities where many families are low-income and/or EL. It includes embedded videos, exercises for reflection, and approaches to professional development.

Parent Guide for English Learners
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: http://educationnorthwest.org/resources/parent-guide-english-learners-english-and-spanish-versions
Category: Community & Family Engagement
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Communicating with Families, Family Rights and Responsibilities, Multilingual Resources
Summary:

Available in both Spanish and clear, simple English, this brief handbook provides parents of ELs with information about their children’s education. It explains the process of EL assessment, answers frequently asked questions, lists people and organizations that the parent can contact, and explains families’ and students’ rights.

Adult ESL Language and Literacy Instruction: A Vision and Action Agenda for the 21st Century
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: http://www.tesol.org/docs/pdf/1444.PDF
Category: Community & Family Engagement
Grade Level: Adult and Continuing
Keywords: Cultural Responsiveness, Literacy
Summary:

This handbook, developed by TESOL, outlines the diverse needs of adult ELs in the United States. It explains the importance of providing education services to adult ELs and recommends strategies for educating this overlooked and underserved group.

Bilingual Infant/Toddler Environments: Supporting Language & Learning in Our Youngest Children
Author(s): Robert A. Stechuk, M. Susan Burns, Sharon E. Yandian
Publication URL: http://files.eric.ed.gov/fulltext/ED520113.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: Early Childhood
Keywords: Communication with Families, Dual Language Learners, Infants and Toddlers, Language Development, Multilingual Environments
Summary:

This handbook explains the process by which young children acquire language and provides a glossary of terms related to language acquisition. It discusses best practices for helping students develop in multilingual environments and tools for working with parents.

NCCLR Quick Guide for Teachers: How to Use Bilingual Books
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/cultural-linguistic/fcp/docs/ncclr-qguide-how-to-use-bilingual-books.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: Early Childhood, Early Elementary (K-2)
Keywords: Biliteracy, Dual Language Learners, Early Literacy, Family Literacy This brief handbook describes strategies for using bilingual books to develop biliteracy in young ELs, Reading Aloud, including strategies for engaging families in reading together. It also provides a bibliography of recommended bilingual books.
Summary:

Advanced course enrollment and performance among English learner students in Washington state
Author(s): Havala Hanson, Biraj Bisht, Jason Greenberg Motamedi
Publication URL: http://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/REL_2017187.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Comprehensive Planning, Culture & Climate, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Professional Development
Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Keywords: Advanced Courses, College Readiness
Summary:

This research study explores the obstacles that prevent ELs from enrolling and succeeding in advanced high school courses. It shows that schools with large numbers of ELs often provide fewer opportunities for these students to take advanced courses, and it suggests solutions to this gap that will enable more ELs to graduate from high school prepared for college.

How can being bilingual be an asset for white students and a deficit for immigrants?
Author(s): Tara Garcia Mathewson
Publication URL: http://hechingerreport.org/how-can-being-bilingual-be-an-asset-for-white-students-and-a-deficit-for-immigrants/
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Comprehensive Planning
Grade Level: High School (9-12)
Keywords: Benefits of Bilingualism, Biliteracy, College and Career Readiness, Dual-Language Programs
Summary:

This article examines a political double standard in dual-language programs: dual language instruction is often seen as desirable for students whose first language is English, but as unfavorable or even illegal for ELs. It provides examples of schools and organizations working to emphasize the academic and career benefits of bilingualism for all types of students.

Resources for Teaching English Language Learners
Author(s): Ashley Cronin
Publication URL: https://www.edutopia.org/article/resources-for-teaching-english-language-learners-ashley-cronin
Category: Community & Family Engagement, Culture & Climate, Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, Leadership
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Arts Instruction, Content Area Instruction, Cultural Responsiveness, Literacy, Resource Lists, Social Interaction, Student Engagement, Technology Instruction
Summary:

This collection provides five themed sets of practical resources, adaptable to a range of grades and English proficiency levels. In addition to general information and language and literacy resources, the collection also includes approaches to less widely addressed topics including arts integration, technology integration, and student engagement.

Gathering and Using Language Information that Families Share
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: https://eclkc.ohs.acf.hhs.gov/hslc/tta-system/cultural-linguistic/fcp/docs/dll_background_info.pdf
Category: Community & Family Engagement
Grade Level: Early Childhood
Keywords: Assessment, Communicating with Families
Summary:

This brief handbook lists questions to ask family members of new EL students, both to assess students’ language proficiency and to help them adjust to a new school environment. Questions are grouped into categories and paired with rationales for asking them. While geared toward preschool, most questions can be adapted for older students.