We answer listener questions about the making of Season 5: Hark and of Threshold more broadly in this special AMA episode with host Amy Martin, managing editor Erika Janik, and producer Sam Moore. Thanks to Kraftkabel for the use of his music. You can find the whole track here . Threshold is nonprofit, listener-supported, and independently produced. You can support Threshold by donating today . To stay connected, sign up for our newsletter .…
Join Victoria and Anna, along with expert guests and industry friends, in a deep-dive investigation into just what literacy is, and how the students within the US education system could be better serviced when it comes to modern literacy methods
Join Victoria and Anna, along with expert guests and industry friends, in a deep-dive investigation into just what literacy is, and how the students within the US education system could be better serviced when it comes to modern literacy methods
Season 1 concludes with one final ‘Making Meaning’ episode—and there is plenty to process. Meta is the word of the day as we think about the utility of meta-linguistic awareness and transfer as tools that empower students to take stock of their own language journeys. Later, Victoria and Anna assess the assessment systems and dive deep into how they can better serve the needs of multilingual students.…
As a language learner herself, Alexandra Güílamo has spent more than twenty years serving a wide range of language learner programs. Alexandra is a former teacher, academic coach, elementary school principal, and district-level director in highly diverse urban and suburban school districts. She is one of the leading dual-language experts, an author, and keynote speaker, and the Chief Equity & Achievement Officer at TaJu Educational Solutions - a company dedicated to professional development, coaching, & technical support for the educators, leaders, and communities of dual language & bilingual programs. 1Resources The Science of the Bilingual Reading Brain https://www.languagemagazine.com/2022/07/13/the-science-of-the-bilingual-reading-brain/ Coaching Teachers in Bilingual and Dual-Language Classrooms: A Responsive Cycle for Observation and Feedback https://www.solutiontree.com/coaching-teachers-bilingual-dual-language-classrooms.html…
As a language learner herself, Alexandra Güílamo has spent more than twenty years serving a wide range of language learner programs. Alexandra is a former teacher, academic coach, elementary school principal, and district-level director in highly diverse urban and suburban school districts. She is one of the leading dual-language experts, an author, and keynote speaker, and the Chief Equity & Achievement Officer at TaJu Educational Solutions - a company dedicated to professional development, coaching, & technical support for the educators, leaders, and communities of dual language & bilingual programs. Resources The Science of the Bilingual Reading Brain https://www.languagemagazine.com/2022/07/13/the-science-of-the-bilingual-reading-brain/ Coaching Teachers in Bilingual and Dual-Language Classrooms: A Responsive Cycle for Observation and Feedback https://www.solutiontree.com/coaching-teachers-bilingual-dual-language-classrooms.html…
Nicole Knight is the Executive Director of the English Language Learner and Multilingual Achievement Office at Oakland Unified School District. She is honored to have served Oakland students for the last 24 years as a teacher, teacher leader and instructional leader at the site and district levels. A National Board Certified Teacher in English as a New Language, Nicole has expertise in language and literacy development of multilingual learners, professional development for teachers and leaders, and equity-centered systems of continuous improvement. She is also the mother of two bicultural and bilingual children, both students in Oakland public schools. Resources OUSD Roadmap to ELL Achievement, 2021-24 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Osl0ySTl-djnGXj_LnjS5q254nPKlgZO/view?usp=sharing OUSD Language and Literacy Framework, TK-5 https://docs.google.com/document/d/10lcL9PItdYsdd8TBjlf42P2rKf-SwSfImHHpVr-N2Mg/edit OUSD Language and Literacy Framework, HS https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Be9qyGYVplAwc8jzA-0HzKJP2NCvgO-8caMFlb5eKyg/edit…
In this making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with Dr. Susana Johnson, David Rogers, and Cristina Sánchez-López. We discuss how to acknowledge and build on students’ home language experiences and create rich classroom experiences that focus on strong oral language skills. We also discuss what it means to teach students to be literate and what to do with that literacy.…
Cristina Sánchez-López collaborates with educators in the US and Canada on many issues related to the education of Multilingual Learners (MLs) including developing culturally and linguistically sustaining Multi-tiered Systems of Support (MTSS); bilingual special education; middle school mathematics; curriculum development; literacy across the content areas; parent engagement, and supporting Early Childhood educators who serve young Dual Language learners (DLLs). Cristina has taught at the elementary, middle school and university levels in the US and Mexico. She currently teaches graduate and undergraduate courses in multilingual education. Cristina is co-author a number of publications including: Oxford University Press series Concepts for the Language Classroom Series: Focus on Special Educational Needs (2018); Special Education Considerations for Multilingual Learners: Delivering a continuum of services, 3rd edition (Brookes Publishing, 2023); Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs (CAL, 2022); and an upcoming chapter entitled Collaborating at the Bilingual Special Education Interface in ¡Qué BUENO! A History of the BUENO Center and its Legacy Resources National Committee for Effective Literacy https://multilingualliteracy.org/ Center for Literacy Education https://iei.nd.edu/initiatives/notre-dame-center-for-literacy-education/news/identity-texts Unite for Literacy https://www.uniteforliteracy.com/ Mt Language Resources http://www.mylanguage.ca/resources.html Welcoming Bilingual Learners with Disabilities into Dual Language Programs https://www.cal.org/publications/welcoming-bilingual-learners-with-disabilities-into-dual-language-programs/…
David Rogers supports the work of Dual Language Education of New Mexico-DLeNM whose mission is to promote the effective design and implementation of dual language education ( www.dlenm.org) in New Mexico, and beyond. In his thirty-five years as an educator, David has served as an education volunteer and program coordinator in Peace Corps Paraguay, South America, a bilingual special education teacher in South Bronx, NY, and as a dual language classroom teacher, bilingual program coordinator, and school principal in the South Valley of Albuquerque. In 1996 David and his colleagues helped to organize the first La Cosecha Dual Language Conference, which is hosted by DLeNM, where David served from 1999 until 2022 as the its first Executive Director. David is an advocate for culturally and linguistically diverse communities, and has provided leadership support for advocacy groups like Transform Education New Mexico and NM Hispanic Education Advisory Council, and NCEL. David has been recognized by our community for his work including – la Orden de Isabel la Católica, from the King of Spain (2013), Promoting Bilingualism award from the Association for Two-Way, Dual Language Education (2014), the Earl Nunn Recognition (2017) from the New Mexico Coalition for Educational Leadership and most recently the Albuquerque Hispano Chamber of Commerce President’s award (2022). David is husband to dual language educator Rosie González-Rogers, and together they have four bilingual/multicultural daughters and call Albuquerque, New Mexico their home. Resources National Committee for Effective Literacy Center for Applied Linguistics Guiding Principles for Dual Language Education National Dual Language Education Teacher Preparation Standards Charter School Theory of Change Logic Model…
Susana Ibarra Johnson, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor of Bilingual Education and TESOL at New Mexico State University. Susana is a former bilingual education teacher. Her understanding and devotion go beyond her academic training to her own experience as a bilingual learner. As a former biliteracy researcher and senior consultant for the WIDA Consortium, she conducted research and facilitated professional learning in language development both in English and Spanish. Currently, as an assistant professor, she specializes in developing courses for bi/multilingual and biliteracy curriculum, instruction, and assessment with bilingual/TESOL educators. Her qualitative research focuses on translanguaging pedagogy in bilingual education and English language development contexts to promote quality and effective bilingual education instructional programs and materials for emergent bilingual student populations. García, O., Johnson, S. I., Seltzer, K., & Valdés, G. (2017). The translanguaging classroom: Leveraging student bilingualism for learning. Philadelphia, PA: Caslon. Johnson, S.I. (2021). A Chicana borderlander maestra teaching without fronteras. Multilingual Educator. 69-72. https://www.gocabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/ME_2021-FINAL.pdf Johnson, S.I. (2022). Leveraging translanguaging through biliteracy: A wide-angle view of literacy with linguistically diverse students. Multilingual Educator. 49-52. https://www.gocabe.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/ME-2022-Revised.pdf Johnson, S.I., García, O., Seltzer, K. (2019). Biliteracy and Translanguaging in Dual-Language Bilingual Education. In: DeMatthews, D., Izquierdo, E. (eds) Dual Language Education: Teaching and Leading in Two Languages. Language Policy, vol 18. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-10831-1_8 NCEL (2022). Toward Comprehensive Effective Literacy Policy and Instruction for English Learner/Emergent Bilingual Students. https://bit.ly/3rH8gsR…
In this making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with multilingual researcher and advocate, Dr. Jim Cummins. There was quite a bit to unpack, including: - How the pendulum swings in Literacy pedagogy and instruction - The concept of “Literacy Saturation” - The thread between what we learned from Dr. Cummins and past episodes. You can find out more about all of our episodes, by going to https://multilingualliteracy.org/podcast/…
Jim Cummins is a Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. His research focuses on literacy development in educational contexts characterized by linguistic and socioeconomic diversity. In numerous articles and books, he has explored the nature of language proficiency and its relationship to literacy development, with particular emphasis on the intersections of societal power relations, teacher-student identity negotiation, and literacy attainment. His most recent book Rethinking the Education of Multilingual Learners: A Critical Analysis of Theoretical Concepts (Multilingual Matters) was published in fall 2021. He is the recipient of the International Reading Association's 1979 Albert J. Harris award and has received honorary doctorates from five universities in North America and Europe in recognition of his contributions to issues of educational equity and multilingual education. Ontario Human Rights Commission Right to ReadReport: Sincere, Passionate, Flawed https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/7279/5402 Pedagogies for the Poor? Realigning Reading Instruction for Low-Income Students With Scientifically Based Reading Research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.3102/0013189X07313156…
Jim Cummins is a Professor Emeritus at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education of the University of Toronto. Dr. Cummins stresses the crucial role of literacy engagement in developing reading comprehension. Explicit phonics instruction plays an important role in developing students' decoding skills but, to be optimally effective, it needs to be embedded in a comprehensive approach that immerses students in a rich literacy environment. Ontario Human Rights Commission Right to ReadReport: Sincere, Passionate, Flawed https://jtl.uwindsor.ca/index.php/jtl/article/view/7279/5402 Pedagogies for the Poor? Realigning Reading Instruction for Low-Income Students With Scientifically Based Reading Research https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/epub/10.3102/0013189X07313156…
In this second making meaning episode, Anna and Victoria are joined by fellow educator Lillie Ruvalcaba. Together they discus how the time with Dr.Socorro Herrera and Dr. Ester de Jong help educators better understand literacy: the noise of an oracy forward classroom; side stepping the curriculum to meet students needs; and harvesting home language to enhance our classrooms. The episode is a mix of analysis of episodes 7 and 8 of this series, and ideas for you to consider for your students. Biography-Driven Culturally Responsive Teaching: Honoring Race, Ethnicity, and Personal History 3rd Edition by Socorro G. Herrera (Author), Geneva Gay (Foreword) https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Driven-Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Ethnicity/dp/0807766488/ref=sr_1_1?crid=1FZL43LIXLTH0&keywords=Socorro+Herrera&qid=1667332612&qu=eyJxc2MiOiIyLjMxIiwicXNhIjoiMS41MCIsInFzcCI6IjEuMDAifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=socorro+herrera%2Caps%2C127&sr=8-1 Foundations for Multilingualism in Education: From Principles to Practice https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Multlingualism-Education-Principles-Practice/dp/193400006X…
Ester de Jong is Professor and program leader in the Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education program at the University of Colorado Denver. Prior to UC Denver, she was the Director of the School of Teaching and Learning and Professor in ESOL/Bilingual Education at the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida. Her research focuses on equity and integration in the context of dual language education and preparing teachers to work with bilingual learners in K-12 schools. Dr. de Jong was President of TESOL International Association (2017-2018). Links Biography-Driven Culturally Responsive Teaching by Socorro G. Herrera https://www.amazon.com/Biography-Driven-Culturally-Responsive-Teaching-Second-ebook/dp/B01ACKKRIM/ref=sr_1_8?s=books&ie=UTF8&qid=1452787909&sr=1-8 Foundations for Multilingualism in Education: From Principles to Practice https://www.amazon.com/Foundations-Multlingualism-Education-Principles-Practice/dp/193400006X…
Dr. Socorro Herrera is a professor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, College of Education at Kansas State University and directs the Center for Intercultural and Multilingual Advocacy (CIMA). Her K-12 teaching experience includes an emphasis on literacy development and her research focuses on literacy opportunities with culturally and linguistically diverse students (CLD), reading strategies, and teacher preparation for diversity in the classroom. Her work also has appeared in journals such as the Bilingual Research Journal, Journal of Hispanic Higher Education, Journal of Research in Education, Journal of Curriculum and Instruction, and the Journal of Latinos and Education. In addition to her writing, Dr. Herrera conducts multi-state and international professional development on issues related to teacher preparation for pre-service teachers, biography-driven instruction, and classroom accommodations for CLD students. Resources NCEL White Paper: Toward Comprehensive Effective Literacy Policy and Instruction for English Learner/Emergent Bilingual Students https://secureservercdn.net/50.62.174.75/v5e.685.myftpupload.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/04/21018-NCEL-Effective-Literacy-White-Paper-FINAL_v2.0.pdf Borderlands/La Frontera: The New Mestiza by Gloria E. Anzaldúa https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/45882.Borderlands_La_Frontera…
In this first making meaning episode, we’re diving into how our time with Dr. Laurie Olsen, Dr. Kathy Escamilla, and Dr. Jody Slavick helps us better understand literacy: - the explicit attention to oracy in every classroom - the professional learning needs of educators - and the family engagement “invitation.” The episode is a mix of analysis of episodes 1-5 of this series, and ideas for you to consider for your students. Resources: • Office of English Language Acquisition’s Webinar on Effective literacy instruction for multilingual learners: What it is and what it looks like https://us06web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_NgyKUOG8SraHziLj4nNL6w • The College Board AP Program https://ap.collegeboard.org/…
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