Lydia Breiseth is Director of Colorín Colorado, the nation’s leading website for educators and families of English language learners, which is based at PBS station in Washington, DC and reaches more than 3 million unique visitors a year. In this role, she manages content development, multimedia production, and outreach. She also manages collaboration with Colorín Colorado’s founding partner, the American Federation of Teachers, as well as with the National Education Association. Ms. Breiseth has presented at numerous national conferences and published articles and blog posts on a variety of topics on behalf of Colorín Colorado, and she wrote the foreword to Corwin’s bestselling publication, Unlocking English Learners’ Potential: Making Content Accessible.  She also won a Michigan Emmy Award for Colorín Colorado’s documentary about two sister schools in Dearborn, Michigan, You Are Welcome Here: Supporting the Social and Emotional Health of Newcomer Immigrants. A graduate of Cornell University, Ms. Breiseth spent a year in Ecuador teaching English to graduate students with the educational exchange program WorldTeach. She lives in Arlington, VA with her husband and daughter.

https://www.colorincolorado.org/teaching-mls-podcast-behind-scenes-colorin-colorado-w-lydia-breiseth

Dr. Michelle Benegas shares how having a multilingual learner instructional coach is one way to a school-wide focus on supporting MLs. 

@SarahOttow shares updates to her wildly influential book: The Language Lens. https://amzn.to/44Ntt5f

@LnzyBird shares her suggestions for creating newcomer programs and approaches to boosting their English literacy. 

@AndreaHonigsfel and Dr. @joan_lachance’s new book show us how to bring collaboration to dual language instruction. I

@megan_vosk & @ShafaliShafali share how they turned their narrative unit into a multi-grade digital storytelling unit and its benefits to MLs. 

Jessica Lander (@jessica_lander) shares her research from innovative schools around the US who have created safe places for newcomers to thrive. amzn.to/3Vk5Dsu

Pamela Broussard (@LeadingELLs) shares from her decades of experience practical ways to welcome and instruct newcomers.

@JoannaAlcruz & Dr, Blair share their approaches to more responsive, affirming classroom management for MLs in this podcast.  https://amzn.to/3TLntnR

Dr. Carla España (@ProfesoraEspana) and Dr. Luz Yadira Herrera (@Dra_LuzYadira) talk about how we can center the voices of marginalized students, especially Latinx students. amzn.to/3LGJt0m

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