Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners

A Comprehensive Guide for Educators
2nd Edition
Debbie Zacarian
Transforming Schools for Multilingual Learners
December 2022 | 240 pages | Corwin
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Essential principles, practices, and structures for multilingual learners

Much has changed in the ten years since this book was first published. A celebrated triumph, it provided state, district, school, and teacher leaders with a comprehensive guide to support multilingual learners to reach their full potential. From selecting the appropriate program model to partnering with families and infusing federal and state laws governing the education of multilingual learners and the rights of their families into all we do, the key messages that made the first edition of this book a renowned success have been re-examined in the second edition with a robust lens to meet these demanding times.

This second edition supports educators to design and enact policies, practices, and structures for multilingual learners (MLs) to feel a sense of safety, belonging, value, and competence.

Topics explored in the book include: 

  • a discussion of the changes to federal and state policies and their impact on MLs and their families
  • strategies to move from a deficit- to an asset-based approach that values multilingualism
  • nine principles to design and deliver high-quality lessons in multiple languages and across disciplines
  • practices to identify and support MLs with learning differences and disabilities
  • steps for building long-lasting family-school partnerships

Reflecting changing trends in leadership, this new edition supports superintendents, principals, curriculum supervisors, coaches, mentors, teachers, and other stakeholders in their collaborative efforts to create and sustain successful language assistance programs.

 

Contents

Foreword

  • Chapter 1: Starting with our Students and Ourselves
  • Chapter 2: Integrating the Regulations and Principles
  • Chapter 3: Selecting Effective Program Models
  • Chapter 4: Designing, Implementing, and Strengthening the English Language Development Component
  • Chapter 5: Addressing the Core Content Component of a Language Education Program
  • Chapter 6: Emphasizing the Importance of Family Engagement
  • Chapter 7: Identifying and Working with Multilingual Learners with Learning Differences and Learning Disabilities
  • Chapter 8: Putting It All Together: Making Data-Drive Decisions to Strengthen the Success of Language Assistance Programs

Description

Essential principles, practices, and structures for multilingual learners

Much has changed in the ten years since this book was first published. A celebrated triumph, it provided state, district, school, and teacher leaders with a comprehensive guide to support multilingual learners to reach their full potential. From selecting the appropriate program model to partnering with families and infusing federal and state laws governing the education of multilingual learners and the rights of their families into all we do, the key messages that made the first edition of this book a renowned success have been re-examined in the second edition with a robust lens to meet these demanding times.

This second edition supports educators to design and enact policies, practices, and structures for multilingual learners (MLs) to feel a sense of safety, belonging, value, and competence.

Topics explored in the book include: 

  • a discussion of the changes to federal and state policies and their impact on MLs and their families
  • strategies to move from a deficit- to an asset-based approach that values multilingualism
  • nine principles to design and deliver high-quality lessons in multiple languages and across disciplines
  • practices to identify and support MLs with learning differences and disabilities
  • steps for building long-lasting family-school partnerships

Reflecting changing trends in leadership, this new edition supports superintendents, principals, curriculum supervisors, coaches, mentors, teachers, and other stakeholders in their collaborative efforts to create and sustain successful language assistance programs.

 

Contents

Foreword

  • Chapter 1: Starting with our Students and Ourselves
  • Chapter 2: Integrating the Regulations and Principles
  • Chapter 3: Selecting Effective Program Models
  • Chapter 4: Designing, Implementing, and Strengthening the English Language Development Component
  • Chapter 5: Addressing the Core Content Component of a Language Education Program
  • Chapter 6: Emphasizing the Importance of Family Engagement
  • Chapter 7: Identifying and Working with Multilingual Learners with Learning Differences and Learning Disabilities
  • Chapter 8: Putting It All Together: Making Data-Drive Decisions to Strengthen the Success of Language Assistance Programs
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A Comprehensive Guide for Educators

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Essential principles, practices, and structures for multilingual learners

Much has changed in the ten years since this book was first published. A celebrated triumph, it provided state, district, school, and teacher leaders with a comprehensive guide to support multilingual learners to reach their full potential. From selecting the appropriate program model to partnering with families and infusing federal and state laws governing the education of multilingual learners and the rights of their families into all we do, the key messages that made the first edition of this book a renowned success have been re-examined in the second edition with a robust lens to meet these demanding times.

This second edition supports educators to design and enact policies, practices, and structures for multilingual learners (MLs) to feel a sense of safety, belonging, value, and competence.

Topics explored in the book include: 

  • a discussion of the changes to federal and state policies and their impact on MLs and their families
  • strategies to move from a deficit- to an asset-based approach that values multilingualism
  • nine principles to design and deliver high-quality lessons in multiple languages and across disciplines
  • practices to identify and support MLs with learning differences and disabilities
  • steps for building long-lasting family-school partnerships

Reflecting changing trends in leadership, this new edition supports superintendents, principals, curriculum supervisors, coaches, mentors, teachers, and other stakeholders in their collaborative efforts to create and sustain successful language assistance programs.

 


Table Of Contents:

  • Foreword
  • Chapter 1: Starting with our Students and Ourselves
  • Chapter 2: Integrating the Regulations and Principles
  • Chapter 3: Selecting Effective Program Models
  • Chapter 4: Designing, Implementing, and Strengthening the English Language Development Component
  • Chapter 5: Addressing the Core Content Component of a Language Education Program
  • Chapter 6: Emphasizing the Importance of Family Engagement
  • Chapter 7: Identifying and Working with Multilingual Learners with Learning Differences and Learning Disabilities
  • Chapter 8: Putting It All Together: Making Data-Drive Decisions to Strengthen the Success of Language Assistance Programs

Recent Product Reviews:

Debbie’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, Professor Emerita at Johns Hopkins University
Under 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, Language specialist, author, blogger, podcaster
This 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, Professor and Author, Molloy University
As 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, WIDA Co-founder and Lead Developer. Wisconsin Center for Education Research, University of Wisconsin-Madison
Transforming 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., Professor, Molloy University, School of Education and Human Services

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