Leading Learning for ELL Students Strategies for Success [Paperback]

Grounded in current research and award-winning practice, this important book provides a blueprint for school leaders to successfully implement programs and policies for creating an equitable learning environment for English Language Learners (ELLs). Full of accessible examples, strategies, checklists and solutions, this book covers topics such as elementary and secondary home visitation, family literacy programs, first-generation college attendance, family-school partnerships, second-language instruction, culturally responsive teaching and professional development. The guidance provided in Leading Learning for ELL Studentscan be put into practice immediately, and will help leaders at all levels address the changing landscape of their student populations to ensure the success of all students.

Contents

Chapter 1Successful Strategies for Immigrant Students

Chapter 2 The Three Legged Stool:Balancing the Roles of the School, the Students and the Parents

Chapter 3 High Impact Professional Development

Chapter 4 Culturally Proficient Pedagogy

Chapter 5 Leveling the Playing Field

Chapter 6 Preparing for Life After High School

Chapter 7 Diversity vs Inclusion

With the growing number of English Language Learners in U.S. schools, we teachers need all the strategies we can get to support them. Catherine Beck and Heidi Pace deliver plenty inLeading Learning for ELL Students.
-Larry Ferlazzo, co-author of The ESL/ELL Teacher's Survival Guide, and teacher, Luther Burbank High School l3Û