Empathy as the Bridge: Building Connections with Families in Parent-Teacher Meetings
Empathy is the cornerstone of building strong relationships with families. One-on-one parent-teacher conferences provide invaluable opportunities for empathetic connection. To cultivate these relationships, we must be self-aware and engage in...
Essential Tips for Coordinators to Boost Teacher Success in Parent Meetings
Individual parent-teacher conferences can evoke a range of emotions for early childhood educators. From excitement about sharing children’s progress to apprehension about potential concerns, these meetings can be both rewarding...
Building Bridges with Families for Year-Round Engagement
Building strong partnerships with families is essential for creating a supportive and effective bilingual learning environment. While the concept of a two-way partnership may seem simple, implementing it requires consistent...
From Frustration to Collaboration: The Power of Family Partnerships in Bilingual Education
Let’s be real for a second. As teachers, we know that dealing with parents isn’t always easy. Some days, it feels like families bring more complaints, demands, and frustrations than...
Biliteracy in three phases
The interdisciplinary biliteracy sequence is an innovative approach designed to align daily instruction with the way young children learn in a bilingual setting. The model described by Arreguín, Alanís, and...
Facing Educational Trends: What to Do?
The education world overspills with thrilling sounding initiatives — from ‘flipped classrooms’ to one-on-one tablets; from forest learning to discovery-based learning. Each new innovation is jumped upon eagerly by hoards...
Challenges in Biliteracy: What Every Coordinator Needs to Know
This is one of the most contentious topics in education in general and even more so when we go to bilingual education because not only is there already a cultural...
Oracy Before Biliteracy
The anxiety around implementing reading and writing systems in a new language can sometimes make schools overlook a consistent finding in research: oral proficiency is a predictor of success for...
Unraveling Bilingual Myths: How Bilingual Education Truly Impacts Children
“I often hear people say that mixing languages will confuse a child. I also worry that learning two languages at the same time might delay their children’s development. Some people...
Get Bilingual Children Talking: The Power of Language Acquisition Knowledge
As the world becomes more connected, bilingual education is more important than ever. For bilingual teachers, understanding first and second language acquisition is essential. This knowledge helps us plan our...
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