Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners

Tools for Equity

Sydney Snyder, Diane Staehr Fenner

• Publisher: Corwin
• Year: 2021
• Print ISBN: 9781544390253
• eBook ISBN: 9781071817247
• Edition: 1
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

What will you do to promote multilingual learners' equity? Our nation's moment of reckoning with the deficit view of multilingual learners has arrived. The COVID-19 pandemic has further exposed and exacerbated long-standing inequities that stand in the way of MLs' access to effective instruction. Recent events have also caused us to reflect on our place as educators within the intersection of race and language. In this innovative book, Sydney Snyder and Diane Staehr Fenner share practical, replicable ways you can draw from students' strengths and promote multilingual learners? success within and beyond your own classroom walls. In this book you'll find • Practical and printable, research-based tools that guide you on how to implement culturally responsive teaching in your context
• Case studies and reflection exercises to help identify implicit bias in your work and mitigate deficit-based thinking
• Authentic classroom video clips in each chapter to show you what culturally responsive teaching actually looks like in practice
• Hand-drawn sketch note graphics that spotlight key concepts, reinforce central themes, and engage you with eye-catching and memorable illustrations There is no time like the present for you to reflect on your role in culturally responsive teaching and use new tools to build an even stronger school community that is inclusive of MLs. No matter your role or where you are in your journey, you can confront injustice by taking action steps to develop a climate in which all students' backgrounds, experiences, and cultures are honored and educators, families, and communities work collaboratively to help MLs thrive. We owe it to our students.

On-demand book study-Available now!

Authors, Snyder and StaehrFenner have created an on-demand LMS book study for readers of Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity available now from their company SupportEd. The self-paced book study works around your schedule and when you?re done, you'll earn a certificate for 20 hours of PD. SupportEd can also customize the book study for specific district timelines, cohorts and/or needs upon request.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Acknowledgements
• Title Page
• Copyright Page
• Contents
• Foreword
• Why We Wrote This Book
• Acknowledgments
• About the Authors
• How to Approach This Book
• Chapter Overview
• Chapter One Why Culturally Responsive Teaching Matters
• Chapter Two Building Cultural Competency
• Chapter Three Operating From an Assets-Based Approach
• Chapter Four Simultaneously Supporting and Challenging Students
• Chapter Five Placing Students at the Center of the Learning
• Chapter Six Leveraging Students’ Linguistic and Cultural Backgrounds
• Chapter Seven Uniting Students’ Schools, Families, and Communities
• Chapter Eight Putting It All Together
• Appendix A Advocacy Goal-Setting Template
• Appendix B Culturally Responsive School Checklist and Goal Setting
• Appendix C Culturally Responsive Unit Planning Template
• Appendix D Gap Activity
• Appendix E Planning for a New School Year Reflection Tool
• Appendix F Supporting Resources
• Index
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