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Response To Intervention For English Learners: Big Ideas And Myth Busters, Julie Esparza Brown
Response To Intervention For English Learners: Big Ideas And Myth Busters, Julie Esparza Brown
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
This presentation focuses on the key features of response to intervention (RTI)
Ethics, Equity, And English-Language Learners: A Decision-Making Framework, Shelly Chabon, Julie Esparza Brown, Christina E. Gildersleeve-Neumann
Ethics, Equity, And English-Language Learners: A Decision-Making Framework, Shelly Chabon, Julie Esparza Brown, Christina E. Gildersleeve-Neumann
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
This articles addresses challenges related to clinical decision-making in intervention with English-language learners and their families.
Partnerships To Recruit And Prepare Bilingual Teachers, Julie Esparza Brown
Partnerships To Recruit And Prepare Bilingual Teachers, Julie Esparza Brown
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
To address the need for teachers with the skills to effectively teach English Language Learner (ELL) students, Portland State University (PSU) collaborated with three Portland area community colleges and 17 school districts to develop a program to recruit and prepare bilingual/bicultural teachers. This nine-year-old program provides a career ladder for education paraprofessionals. Candidates begin their work at the community colleges or at the upper division or graduate levels at PSU depending upon their backgrounds. This article describes the program, assessment of the program, and lessons learned. To date, over 190 candidates have completed the program and 99 percent have been …
Leveling The Field: Using Rubrics To Achieve Greater Equity In Teaching And Grading, Dannelle D. Stevens, Antonia Levi
Leveling The Field: Using Rubrics To Achieve Greater Equity In Teaching And Grading, Dannelle D. Stevens, Antonia Levi
Education Faculty Publications and Presentations
Rubrics can be used to assure greater consistency in grading and as a teaching tool to promote greater equity, especially with students who are first generation and /or non-native speakers of English.