This collection of research provides a review of research on the effective practices for improving outcomes for English learners including academic achievement.
Author(s): Maria de Lourdes B. Serpa
Publication URL: http://scholarworks.umb.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1151&context=gaston_pubs
Category: Comprehensive Planning, Professional Development
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Individualized Education Programs, Special Education
Summary:
This guide to serving EL students with disabilities addresses the logistical and administrative factors necessary in ensuring that classrooms, schools, and districts support these studentsÍ language learning while also responding to their special needs. It covers studentsÍ legal rights and the requirements for appropriate staff, and gives recommendations for effective implementation and compliance with the law.
Cultural Orientation Resource Center Resource Library
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: http://culturalorientation.net/library/publications
Category: Community and Family Engagement, Professional Development, School Culture and Climate
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Arabic Speakers, Cultural Responsiveness, Newcomers, Refugees
Summary:
This collection of resources, while no longer updated, provides a wealth of materials for helping educators work with students and families emigrating from unstable and traumatic environments. It includes welcome materials in a number of languages, informational handbooks on cultural responsiveness, and other professional development resources.
Promoting Success with Arab Immigrant Students: Teacher Resources
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: https://www.teachers.ab.ca/SiteCollectionDocuments/ATA/Publications/Human-Rights-Issues/AR-CMEF-4%20Arab%20Resource.pdf#search=promoting%20success%20with%20arab
Category: Community and Family Engagement, School Culture and Climate
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Arabic Speakers, Newcomers, Refugees, Resource Lists
Summary:
This handbook provides an introduction to Arabic language and culture to help educators work with students and families who have immigrated from Arab countries. It includes translations of common phrases, sample family and student information documents, and links to a wide range of external resources.
Welcoming Syrian Newcomer Students & Families to School _ INFO-SHEET
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: https://smh-assist.ca/blog/welcoming-syrian-newcomer-students-families-to-school-info-sheet/
Category: Community and Family Engagement, School Culture and Climate
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Arabic Speakers, Newcomer Students, Refugees
Summary:
This information sheet provides educators with tips, best practices, and resources for welcoming Syrian refugees to their school and community. Most of the information also applies to refugee and newcomer students from other countries.
Reframing Refugees: Messaging Toolkit
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: http://www.welcomingrefugees.org/sites/default/files/documents/resources/Reframing%20Refugees%20Messaging%20Toolkit_1.pdf
Category: Community and Family Engagement
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Refugees
Summary:
This toolkit guides educators in strategies for communicating the value of refugees to communities that might misunderstand or exclude them. It focuses on the power of storytelling and personalization and provides templates for letters, press releases, and talking points. The source website, www.welcomingrefugees.org, also provides a number of other resources for community-based support of refugees.
Creating a Next-Generation System of K_12 English Learner Language Proficiency Assessments
Author(s): Maurice Cogan Hauck, Mikyung Kim Wolf, Robert Mislevy
Publication URL: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ets2.12092/full
Category: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Assessment
Summary:
This article builds upon Educational Testing Service research to recommend reforms to English language proficiency assessment for ELs, and it provides a preview of what the future of EL assessment could look like. It specifically recommends a shift from discrete tests to a system of assessment that places language proficiency and content area knowledge in mutual context. It argues that digitally delivered assessments make it easier to record and compare within this kind of assessment system.
Assessing English Language Learners’ Content Knowledge in Middle School Classrooms
Author(s): _. Eleni Pappamihiel, Florin Mihai
Publication URL: http://www.jstor.org/stable/23024472
Category: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment
Grade Level: Middle School (6-8)
Keywords: Assessment, Content Area Instruction
Summary:
This article provides guidance for middle school teachers who need to adapt assessments for EL students in order to accurately evaluate content area knowledge. It presents five key questions for teachers to consider when adapting assessments, and provides examples in the context of their underlying research.
Epstein’s Framework of Six Types of Involvement
Author(s): Joyce L. Epstein
Publication URL: https://www.unicef.org/lac/Joyce_L._Epstein_s_Framework_of_Six_Types_of_Involvement(2).pdf
Category: Community and Family Engagement
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Communicating with Families, Family Involvement Strategies
Summary:
This resource describes five types of family involvement in childrenÍs education: parenting, communicating, volunteering, learning at home, decision making, and collaborating with community. It explains ways for educators to encourage each of these types of involvement, as well as results for students, families, and teachers. While not specific to EL education, this resource is culturally responsive and can easily be applied to the engagement of EL families.
Welcoming Syrian Newcomer Students & Families to School _ INFO-SHEET
Author(s): none listed
Publication URL: https://smh-assist.ca/blog/welcoming-syrian-newcomer-students-families-to-school-info-sheet/
Category: Community and Family Engagement, School Culture and Climate
Grade Level: All Grade Levels
Keywords: Arabic Speakers, Newcomer Students, Refugees
Summary:
This information sheet provides educators with tips, best practices, and resources for welcoming Syrian refugees to their school and community. Most of the information also applies to refugee and newcomer students from other countries.
WIDA Focus on: SLIFE: Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Author(s): Lauren Keppler, Lucia Morales, Julia Cortada, Maria Austin
Publication URL: https://www.wida.us/get.aspx?id=848
Category: Curriculum, Instruction & Assessment, School Culture and Climate
Grade Level: High School (9-12), Middle School (6-8)
Keywords: Literacy, Oral Proficiency, Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education
Summary:
This WIDA newsletter addresses the unique needs of SLIFE, and provides a wide range of recommendations and resources for responding to those needs. It recognizes the overlap among social-emotional, family, and classroom challenges, and provides clear, concrete examples and checklists as well as relevant research.