English Language Learners at School: A Guide for Administrators (2nd Edition)
ISBN: 978-193400004-5
Publication Date: February 2012
This new edition builds on the successful question and answer format of the first edition and includes over 80 questions from teachers and administrators. More than 70 experts provide clear, concise, practical responses that administrators, teachers, and leadership team members can apply to their schools and districts.
Also new to the second edition
- Companion website to support interaction, innovation, and collaboration
- Focus on leadership, shared responsibility, professional development, and action planning
- Icons indicating strands of bilingualism and data-driven decision-making
- Updated research and guidance on effective resourses, policies, programs, and practices
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TABLE OF CONTENTS [ click to expand ]
2. How Children Learn in Two (or more) Languages
3. Policies and Accountability Requirements for English Language Learners
4. Developing Instructional Programs for English Language Learners
5. Implementing and Evaluating Instructional Programs for English Language Learners
6. Classroom Instruction and Assessment
7. When Challenges Arise
8. Advocacy
ABOUT THE AUTHORS [ click to expand ]
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Else Hamayan Else Hamayan is a psychologist, language education consultant, and former Director of the Illinois Resource Center in Des Plaines. She advises teachers and administrators across the nation and internationally on issues of second language learning, special education, culture learning, biliteracy, and dual language instruction. She is co-author of Dual Language Instruction: A Handbook for Enriched Education (with Nancy Cloud and Fred Genesee), Limiting Bias in the Assessment of Bilingual Students (with Jack Damico), and co-editor of English Language Learners at School: A Guide for Administrators (with Rebecca Freeman). |
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Rebecca Freeman Field |