Maria G Dove Bücher

"Approximately 1 out of 10 (or nearly 5 million) students in the U.S. have been classified as English Learners. In California, ELs account for nearly a quarter of the public school population. Other states (Arkansas, Kentucky, Tennessee, North Carolina, and South Carolina) report the most significant growth in EL population from 2000 - 2014. And while EL population sizes, policies, program models, and accountability systems vary widely between states and districts, a singular, sobering reality seems to extend across all differences: no matter where they go to school, most ELLs are struggling because they have little or no access to quality instruction tailored to their needs. Consider the following: Only 63 percent of ELs graduate from high school, compared with the overall national rate of 82 percent. In New York State, for example, the overall high school graduation rate is about 78 percent. But for ELs, it's 37 percent, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Of those who do graduate, only 1.4 percent take college entrance exams like the SAT and ACT. Achievement disparities between ELs and their non-EL peers are still significant. In 2016, 32 states reported not having a sufficient number of teachers to address the needs of EL students"-- Provided by publisher

Build an Asset-based Approach as the Foundation for Equitable Practice Equity 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 Resources for additional information

Pool your collective wisdom in support of your English learners!   Bestselling authors Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria G. Dove have returned with this new resource that compliments and expands on their previous titles on co-teaching and collaboration by addressing collaborative planning in greater depth. Co-planning is positioned as the first step toward integrative language and content instruction as regular and purposeful collaboration ensures that Els/MLs have access to core content. Key features ·         Practical, step-by-step guidance to starting and sustaining collaborative planning for integrated language, literacy, and social-emotional development ·         An array of checklists, templates, and protocols for immediate implementation ·         Snapshots from the Field provide real-life examples of co-planning in action ·         Beautiful full-color design with original sketch notes to bring concepts to life ·         QR codes that link to author interviews elaborating on key ideas