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Informationen zum Autor Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD, is the president of SupportEd (SupportEd.com), a woman-owned small business located in the Washington, DC, metro area that she founded in 2011. SupportEd is dedicated to empowering multilingual learners and their educators. Dr. Staehr Fenner leads her team to provide ML professional development, coaching, technical assistance, and curriculum and assessment support to school districts, states, organizations, and the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to forming SupportEd, Dr. Staehr Fenner was an English language development (ELD) teacher, dual language assessment teacher, and ELD assessment specialist in Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. She speaks German and Spanish and has taught in Berlin, Germany, and Veracruz, Mexico. Dr. Staehr Fenner grew up on a dairy farm in central New York and is a proud first- generation college graduate. She has written eight books on ML education (and counting), including coauthoring Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity and authoring Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators. She is a frequent keynote speaker on ML education at conferences across North America. She earned her PhD in Multilingual/Multicultural Education at George Mason University and her MAT in TESOL at the School for International Training. You can connect with her by email at Diane@SupportEd.com or on Twitter at @DStaehrFenner. Klappentext Embrace the future by ensuring English Learners have a voice in school.English Learners (ELs) are the fastest-growing segment of the K-12 population. Therefore, educators must provide a voice Zusammenfassung English Learners (ELs) are the fastest-growing segment of the K--12 population. This book demystifies the techniques educators need to provide a voice for their unique needs. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Acknowledgments About the Author Introduction 1. Need for Advocacy for English Learners 2. Creating a Shared Sense of Responsibility for Teaching English Learners 3. How ESL Teachers Can Collaborate to Expand Advocacy Efforts for ELs 4. Advocacy Overview for School and District Administrators 5. Increasing EL Families¿ Involvement Through Building Their Advocacy Capacity 6. Advocacy Through Effective Instruction of ELs 7. Advocating for ELs in Assessment 8. Advocacy for ELs¿ Success Beyond Grade 12 Index ...
