- Multilingual Learners Series Stack

In Module 1, Supporting Multilingual Learners, you will...

• Demonstrate awareness of the school and classroom climate necessary to support and teach multilingual learners (MLs).
• Understand the socio-cultural considerations for creating an equitable educational environment for MLs.
• Identify the relevant state and federal laws and regulations that pertain to MLs and their education, including identification of the support systems.
• Describe ML cultural considerations and culturally and linguistically responsive teaching.
• Demonstrate an understanding of the uniqueness of different ML populations and the considerations for their teaching and learning.

In Module 2, Assessing Multilingual Learners, you will...

• How to identify the purpose of assessing multilingual learners.

• To identify the challenges of assessing multilingual learners.

• To evaluate assessments based on  their validity and reliability.

• To analyze tools needed to make differentiated assessments.

In Module 3, Culturally Relevant Pedagogy for Multilingual Learners, you will learn...

• How to define culture and its characteristics.

• How to build strong relationships with your multilingual students and their families.

• How to implement culturally relevant practices into your professional setting. 

• How to support your multilingual learners with scaffolded lessons.

• How to consider the social emotional impacts of being a multilingual learner.

In Module 4, Advocating for Multilingual Learners, you will...

• Understand the multilingual learners and their families as well as their unique needs in education.

• Practice key steps in advocating for multilingual learners.

• Develop an advocacy action plan to determine professional goals for advocating for multilingual learners in your schools.

In Module 5, Multilingual Learners and Standards Based Instruction, you will learn...

• Implications of standards-based curriculum on learning and achievement for multilingual learners.
• State-based language development outcomes. 
• How to analyze the academic language demands of standards-based lessons. 
• Strategies to support the use of learning standards-based curriculum with multilingual learners.

In Module 6, Multilingual Learners Family and Caregiver Engagement and Partnership, you will learn...

• Ways to increase family engagement.

• What scaffolded advocacy, asset-based perspective, and cultural dilemmas are.

• How to develop an advocacy and timeline plan to create a multilingual learner family workshop.

• The five steps of an advocacy plan.

In Module 7, Multilingual Learners Second Language Acquisition and Instructional Strategies, you will...

• Understand what second language acquisition (SLA) is and how it relates to multilingual learner development of communication skills and academic achievement in English.

• Apply knowledge of the core ideas and strategies of research-based SLA models when planning instruction for multilingual learners.

• Explore the stages of SLA, and identify multilingual learners at different stages of SLA using examples of student work/case studies.

• Apply appropriate instructional strategies for multilingual learners at varying stages of SLA.