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Language learning with a side of art to go
Language Magazine
With the international threat of COVID-19, educators and families face the problem of keeping students separated while still providing language enrichment programs when faced with shuttered schools and reduced capacities. These are challenging times for language learners who cannot attend classes or meet face to face with tutors and need inspiring, convenient spaces to practice language and grow vocabulary.
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MULTIBRIEFS EXCLUSIVE
Ensuring progress and knowledge retention among ESL students
By Douglas Magrath
 As they prepare for and move on to college life, students undergo many transitions. The most important are the social and academic changes that new students will face in addition to dealing with a new language if English is their second language. Students need to make connections that will help them adjust to this new life. International students especially may feel isolated as they are far away from home, and the initial excitement may wear off quickly.
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Little Sponges® interactive language program makes language learning fun and accessible from anywhere! The program offers a research-based curriculum and courses in English, Spanish, Chinese, French, German, and Russian for students in PK-2nd grade. Students can use the program in school & at home on any device. Educators and parents can track progress via assessments and robust analytics. Watch a demo video at little-sponges.com.
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.NABE NEWS
Important Dates for NABE 2021
Conference Registration is now open!
Click here for more information.
The following Competitions are now open!
NABE "Being Bilingual" Student Essay Competition
NABE Bilingual Teacher of the Year Competition
NABE Outstanding Dissertation Competition
NABE Bilingual Teacher Scholarship Competition
Submission Deadline: November 11, 2020
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NABE 2021 Call for Proposals-Proposal Submission is now open!
Due to COVID-19 disruptions, the deadline to submit your proposals has been extended to December 15, 2020
Click here for more information.
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"Perfect for critical and bilingual learning in a digital first world!” Recently updated to include 40 new levels, the Canticos Bilingual Preschool App starts young children on their bilingual journey with play-based experiences that teach phonics, reading, math and more. 100% ad-free, download and subscribe to the Canticos App on  IOS and  Android .
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Reflections on the NABE Voices from the Field series
By Sandra Medrano-Arroyo, SHRM-CP, PHR
It has been an incredible experience to moderate NABE's Voices from the Field events! The audience participation during each of the events has confirmed the need for us as educators to network, and most importantly, to share information and best practices. Just to recap, in May a group of school administrators reminded us early on in this challenge that, with perseverance and collaboration, distance learning was possible. Then, teachers around the country shared their best practices with us in June, providing us with websites, books, and strategies that they had leaned on to encourage and engage their students.
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.INDUSTRY NEWS
Language immersion teachers work to replicate bilingual experience online for Minnesota students
Star Tribune
Lesley De Paz would normally be giving instructions and having conversations with her third-grade students in Spanish, able to offer praise or a gentle grammar correction in real time. That changed when the pandemic hit and her classroom went virtual. Gone was the easy back-and-forth chatter. In the first week of distance learning, her students were quiet and hesitant. "They really didn't want to speak, and it was very fragmented," said De Paz, who teaches at Robbinsdale Spanish Immersion School.
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Bill to support distance and blended learning for children in need
Language Magazine
U.S. Sens. Mazie K. Hirono, D-Hawaii, and Cory Booker, D-N.J., have announced their plan to introduce the Learning Opportunity and Achievement Act, which would "improve distance and blended learning in U.S. public schools during the coronavirus pandemic." LOAA is intended to combat instructional loss, particularly for at-risk and marginalized students, by providing support for professional development and training programs for teachers, tutoring and academic services, research and best practices, and other initiatives to enhance equity and access for all students.
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Choosing culturally responsive images to connect with students
Edutopia (commentary)
Lidia Aguirre, a contributor for Edutopia, writes: "If you've heard the term culturally responsive teaching, you know the importance of creating a culturally rich classroom environment. However, if you're an educator who is new to CRT (also known as culturally relevant teaching), it can seem overwhelming. When I attended my first AVID Summer Institute and received in-depth training on how to become a more culturally relevant educator, I came away completely inspired and ready for the school year ahead."
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English as second language students in Pittsburgh Public Schools 'left out of the equation' for online learning
Pittsburgh Current
In a Beechview living room-turned-classroom, a Spanish-speaking first grader sits at his district-issued computer from 8 a.m. to 2:40 p.m. each day and tries to make his way through the online lessons provided by the Pittsburgh Public Schools. In normal times, he would attend Beechwood PreK-5. But the first nine weeks of school in Pittsburgh has been fully online. The district is expected to move to a hybrid model — that will offer students two days of in-classroom learning each week — on Nov. 9.
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9 mistakes educators make when teaching English language learners
Education Week
What are some of the most common mistakes teachers make when working with ELLs, and what should they do, instead? Many of us who teach English language learners make lots of mistakes in our classroom practice. This six-part series will explore what the most common mistakes teachers make with this vulnerable population and what should be done in their place.
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More than 70% of CPS bilingual programs fall short
WBEZ
Christopher Perea Ortega, an eighth grader at John Spry elementary on Chicago's Southwest Side, loves to play guitar and the bass, especially when he is anxious. Lately, that's been happening a lot to deal with the stress of sitting at his computer for remote school and trying to understand his teachers in English. Christopher's parents only speak in Spanish to their children at home. The shy 14-year-old with a quirky sense of humor was in his school's transitional bilingual program from kindergarten to fourth grade. He received language support to help transition from learning in Spanish to learning fully in English.
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How to design a culturally responsive Bitmoji classroom
Edutopia
You finally finished your Bitmoji classroom, taking part in what might be one of the biggest K–12 teaching trends in 2020. You color-coordinated your digital bulletin board, office chair, and pencil cup, and your ABC garland is perfectly hung. The process may or may not have taken five hours longer than you expected, but your final product might help students navigate your online class a little better, it may actually look like your brick-and-mortar classroom (impressive!) or it might simply have given you joy to create.
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5 simple ways to manage stress this year
Edutopia
Educators this year are faced with a multitude of decisions and reflexive reactions as schools and communities try to create the safest plans for the return to school, and the chronic unpredictability of this situation wears on our nervous systems. Why is this? Our brains and bodies are being flooded with millions of bits of sensory information every day, but with an increase of anxiety and worry, these sensations can trigger our stress response systems, causing our bodies and brains to move into a survival state where we find ourselves feeling chronically unsafe, dysregulated and stressed.
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How will the 2020 Biden-Trump election impact K-12?
District Administration Magazine
The homework gap and connecting all students to the internet will remain one of the key K-12 challenges facing either Don Trump's or Joe Biden's administration after the 2020 election. The second HEROES Act provides $12 billion for Internet access, hotspots and computing devices. This would cover the current emergency, but a more permanent solution is needed to close the homework gap, says Jon Bernstein, an education, technology and communications lobbyist who is president of the Bernstein Strategy Group.
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A shortage of teachers and COVID-19 create a perfect storm for the education system
CNBC
The debate over how and where to educate students, from preschool to university, has been among the fiercest fought throughout the pandemic. Nearly every solution presents challenges for parents, students and teachers alike. The COVID-19 crisis and an ongoing nationwide shortage of qualified teachers have created a perfect storm in the education system that may only worsen in the months to come.
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5 lessons learned after PD paid for by CARES Act funds
District Administration Magazine
Professional development courses on how to implement distance learning are in high demand. School districts across the country are looking for ways to meet that need. Many are supporting professional development with federal funds and improving practices along the way.
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Please stop expecting normal from kids (and teachers) right now
We Are Teachers (commentary)
Julie Mason, a contributor for We Are Teachers, writes: "We are trying to keep things as normal as possible for our kids. But why? There's nothing normal about this school year. I'm going to make the case to please stop expecting normal from kids and teachers right now and to start questioning why we thought normal was so great in the first place. Sure, there’s a lot of comfort in routine and the structure of school, but we are so used to things that we stop questioning why we do them in the first place."
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With most US students still learning online, parents say they want better virtual instruction
Chalkbeat
The majority of America's public school students are learning exclusively online, according to a new national poll of their parents — and most of those parents want school officials to focus on improving that experience. The poll, released by the National Parents Union, a group that backs school choice and a comprehensive educational response to the pandemic, paints one of the most complete pictures to date of parents' feelings about this school year. It also offers hints to school officials about what parents want as debates about when to open school buildings continue.
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