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Here is an informative but easy-to-process infographic about English learners, including different types of learners, legal and ethical rights, and descriptions of different program types and questions to ask in choosing and designing programs: https://ies.ed.gov/ncee/edlabs/regions/northwest/pdf/relnw-072518.pdf

Here is a shorter infographic in English and Spanish about the rights of immigrant students in United States schools: http://www.idra.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/03/IDRA-Infographic-Welcoming-Immigrant-Students-in-School-2018-Bilingual.pdf

In this post, Jana Echevarria interviews two experts, Katie Toppel and Valentina Gonzalez, about how to support English learners in developing reading proficiency: http://www.janaechevarria.com/?p=1107

From https://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com

Valentina Gonzalez has written a convincing short essay about why we should avoid "English only" rules in ESL classes. Allowing students to speak their native languages facilitates literacy, effective thinking, and affirmation of personal identity.

Read the full post at https://elementaryenglishlanguagelearners.weebly.com/blog/the-english-only-rule

Your Next Read is a website where users can type in a book title, a favorite author, or a genre, and the online app will return books that you are likely to enjoy reading. If your English students are doing independent reading, this is a nice resource to help them find books that they will enjoy reading.

Your Next Read is available at http://www.yournextread.com/us/

From http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com

Here is a helpful curriculum design resource: essential questions for a world language class. Some are specific to language, while others have cross-disciplinary connections. Some are generally about language, while others are appropriate for specific thematic units.

Access the article with the questions at http://teachinginthetargetlanguage.com/32-essential-questions-for-the-world-language-class/

From http://pomegranatebeginnings.blogspot.com

Here is a quick formative assessment for your students: they place post-its with their new vocabulary over one of three labeled areas in the classroom: "I really know this," "I sort of know this," and "I don't know this." The blog post also links to an explanation of how to print on post-it notes, but this could also be done with students writing the words on the post-its.

Read the blog post at http://pomegranatebeginnings.blogspot.com/2018/09/post-its-and-classroom-community-quick.html

Global Collaboration Week will take place September 17-21 this year. During this week, experienced global educators and other professionals will host connective projects and events; GlobalEd Events will invite public participation by posting events to their website and sending promotional emails to our community. The goals of this week are to demonstrate the power of global connectivity in classrooms, schools, institutions of informal learning and universities around the world, and to introduce others to the tools, resources, and projects that are available to global educators today.

Learn how you can participate on the GlobelEd Events website: https://www.globalcollaborationweek.org/home.html

Read one teacher's experience with global problem solving: https://www.eschoolnews.com/2018/08/29/inspiring-students-to-become-global-problem-solvers/

From https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51967/can-inviting-teachers-over-to-your-home-improve-how-kids-learn

Can Inviting Teachers Over to Your Home Improve How Kids Learn?
by Katrina Schwartz
August 28, 2018

One of Yesenia Ramirez’s six daughters was reading at a second-grade level when she was in the seventh grade. The girl was having difficulty accessing the material so she acted out in class.

Then her reading teacher, Mr. Ford, visited the family at home. He listened to Yesenia Ramirez's concerns about her daughter and helped her develop an action plan; and everything turned around.

“It was the best gift I’ve ever received when it comes to my children’s education because he taught me how I needed to be an advocate for my children,” Ramirez said.

This experience inspired Ramirez to start the Parent Teacher Home Visits project training teachers around the country in the model. She passionately believes that home visits go a long way to build trust between teachers and families. Ramirez says the teachers she trains (in 20 states) are almost always hesitant at first, but she works hard to help them see the value in home visits.

Read the full article at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/51967/can-inviting-teachers-over-to-your-home-improve-how-kids-learn, and listen to the 22-minute podcast at https://www.kqed.org/mindshift/category/mindshiftpodcast/