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Language Matters: Developing Educators’ Expertise For English Learners In Linguistically Diverse Communities, Amy J. Heineke, Aimee Papola-Ellis, Kristin J. Davin, Sarah Cohen, Amanda Roudebush, Beth Wright-Costello, Carol Fendt
Language Matters: Developing Educators’ Expertise For English Learners In Linguistically Diverse Communities, Amy J. Heineke, Aimee Papola-Ellis, Kristin J. Davin, Sarah Cohen, Amanda Roudebush, Beth Wright-Costello, Carol Fendt
Education: School of Education Faculty Publications and Other Works
The population of English learners (ELs) continues to grow in schools across the United States and around the world. In this article, we share one urban university’s collaborative approach to building educational capacity for cultural and linguistic diversity through professional development efforts that brought together stakeholders from classrooms, schools, communities, and districts. This grant-funded project aimed to build educator expertise to effectively support and positively influence students’ language development and disciplinary learning. Grounded in sociocultural theory, we used an apprenticeship framework of teacher development, strategically planning and implementing collaborative capacity building efforts to foster learning across individual, interpersonal, and institutional …
The Mckinney-Vento Act: Moving Beyond Aspirations To More Effective Implementation, Michael Cermak
The Mckinney-Vento Act: Moving Beyond Aspirations To More Effective Implementation, Michael Cermak
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The purpose of this quantitative research study is to investigate teachers' knowledge of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (McK-V; the Act) and their perceptions of how to best meet the needs of the population of homeless students in schools. The literature base has shown that implementation of the Act has been largely inconsistent due to the lack of formal implementing regulations and a lack of awareness on the part of many educators. A professional development presentation was developed for teachers in order to increase their knowledge, and following the use of a pre/post/ delayed post-test survey, ascertain the impact of …