Cultivating Connections: The Heart of Culturally Responsive Family Engagement
by Louise El Yaafouri Cultivating Connections: The Heart of Culturally Responsive Family Engagement In today’s diverse educational landscapes, embracing culturally responsive practices isn’t just beneficial—it’s essential. Culturally responsive family engagement goes beyond multicultural checkboxes; it’s about creating meaningful connections that honor and embrace the rich funds of knowledge that our multilingual and multicultural families bring […]
AI, Language Learning, and Language Access
by Dr. David Holbrook One of the first films to come out that included some type of artificial intelligence (AI) was 2001: A Space Odyssey. In that film, the sentient supercomputer HAL is cast as the villain, killing everyone on a mission in space except the protagonist. The film came out in 1968. Fast forward […]
Embracing Multilingual Education: A Journey of Personal and Professional Growth
by Kelly Forbes, Ed.D. As I embarked on my teaching career in 2007, I never envisioned myself as an educator. I had thought I was going to be a dancing, bilingual veterinarian! Nevertheless, I soon learned I would be living a different path. Having a Bachelor’s degree in Spanish and a background in performance all […]
Engaging Families & Guardians
by Sarah Elia Past President, New York State TESOL | English as a new language teacher, Saugerties High School Research has consistently shown a correlation between student success and the amount of support that they receive at home. For multilingual English learners (ELs), this is especially true. As educators, our role is to ensure the […]
5 AI Translation Tools to Support Multilingual Success
Louise El Yaafouri Academic years 2022-2024 have seen a rapid influx of new-to-English learners- and according to national data and the most recent Presidential Determination for Refugee Intake, that trend is almost certain to continue through the next handful of years. (UNCHR, 2024. Presidential Determination, 2024. US Dept of State, 2024) Collectively, we’re busy meeting […]
Engaging Multilingual Families
by Dr. J. Taylor Tribble Since the early 2000s, numerous studies have demonstrated the relationship between family engagement and student outcomes (Arias & Morillo-Campbell, 2008; Giles, Henderson & Mapp, 2002; Howard, et al., 2018; Sibley & Dearing, 2014; Yulianti, et al 2021). For this reason, there is no doubt that most school district educators are […]
Federal Funding News
by Dr. David Holbrook, Executive Director | National Association of English Language Program Administrators (NAELPA) It’s the time of year when anyone interested in what’s happening with government funding is looking at the U.S. Congress and wondering what they will do to pass a government funding bill before September 30th and avoid a government shutdown. […]
ESSER Funds
ESSER Funds – One-Time Funds With A Expiration Dateby Dr. David Holbrook, Executive Director | National Association of English Language Program Administrators (NAELPA) In March of 2021, the U.S. Congress passed the American Rescue Plan (ARP) Act, providing $122 billion in Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) funding. This funding, coupled with the CARES […]