Full Description
In schools across the country, educators are serving more and more multilingual students and families. This book equips you with the considerations, tools, and resources you need as you fight for equity and advocate for those you serve.
Author Carly Spina unpacks a variety of approaches and lenses, including multi-tiered systems of support (MTSS) structures, family engagement, centering student experiences, and nurturing and cultivating a multilingual mindset throughout school classrooms and communities. Each chapter provides practical tools, tips, and vignettes to help you go beyond the "why" to take action. Throughout the book, you will be called to Question, Equip, and Act!
As you work through the book, you'll be inspired to move your systems forward on your equity journey for multilingual students. Get ready to Ignite Real Change!
Contents
1. Introduction: Vision of Equity and Advocacy for Multilingual Learners; 2. Cultivating Multilingual Mindsets across a School Community; 3. Affirming and Honoring the Linguistic Identities of Our Students; 4. Ensuring Equity and Access for Multilingual Learners at Tier 1; 5. Interrupting Inequitable MTSS Tiered Interventions and "Problem-Solving" Structures; 6. Dismantling Barriers for Advanced, Gifted, Enrichment Access; 7. Dismantling Oppressive Family Engagement Practices and Designing Equitable Supports; 8. Upholding our Commitments to Equity for Multilingual Learners and Families
