@lauragardner79 shares mindsets, strategies, and approaches to connecting with students' families, especially those who are recent immigrants. To learn more about her work, visit https://www.immigrantsrefugeesandschools.org/.

Resources mentioned in the episode:

• Parent Teacher Home Visits (in CA but do national work): http://www.pthvp.org/

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@ElYaafouriCLDE shares from her book, The Newcomer Student (https://amzn.to/3gTx6gP), on how we can welcome newcomers into our schools with open arms. 

You can access her ASCD article on home visits here (https://tinyurl.com/y8nszrmz) 

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Dr. Julie Esparza Brown shares a process to help us determine when language learners need to be referred for special education evaluation.  You can learn about this topic by reading her book Supporting English Learners in the Classroom (https://amzn.to/2WWqUiE)

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Dr. Douglas Fisher (@DFISHERSDSU) walks us through the key ideas in his co-authored, timely book called “The Distance Learning Playbook”.  (Amazon Associates amzn.to/3fKrEwH) 

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@MsVanBalkom shares how her district test piloted an optional hybrid instruction model. This might help you envision what it might look, feel, sound like. 

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Racism is institutionalized in many ways. One way is through education.  Since many language learners come from minority and indigenous backgrounds, we have to uncover how racism seeps into the education system.  In this conversation with Dr. María Cioè-Peña (@MCP718)

, we will come to better understand the meaning of anti-racism instruction for language learners.

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Dr. Gini Rojas shares the what, the how, the when, and the why of translanguaging. Use this link (https://tinyurl.com/yalcs9gw) to access the resources that Gini referred to in this episode. 

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This is a special episode to support teachers and schools experiencing school closures due to the COVID19 pandemic.

Dr. Andrea Honigsfeld (@AndreaHonigsfel) shares her insights around not rushing to return to normal once schools reopen. She talks about redefining what is normal in terms of instruction, family engagement, school leadership, and even professional learning. 

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In this episode, Dr. Margartia Espino Calderón (@calderonexc) shares a 6-step process to ensure language learners are successful in content classes. 

Go to this link to access Margarita's presentation slides (https://tinyurl.com/yckbjeum) 

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Dr. Mariana Castro (@LaDraCastro), a key researcher behind WIDA's Can Do Standards, shares how to consider the developmental nature of language into consideration when working with language learners. 

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