📣 I’m presenting alongside the amazing @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social at the Annual WIDA Conference! Our presentation title is, “Multidimensional Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners”. Meet me in St. Louis!

Thank you @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social for your work with #bctesol today. You talked about my passion for collaboration.

Exciting news! Tomorrow is our one-year book anniversary and today we have reached best-seller status! Thank you to everyone who has been interested in this Corwin book coauthored with Margo Gottlieb! Happy collaboration!

How do you create learning environments where multilingual students feel safe? Join @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social, @debbiezacarian.bsky.social, @dstaehrfenner.bsky.social, & Becki Cohn-Vargas in this panel discussion moderated by @langmag.bsky.social editor Dan Ward. Register: www.corwin.com/free-...

Hey, teacher collaboration friends! Margo Gottlieb and I are excited to count down to the 1st anniversary of our publication. www.corwin.com/books/collab... Here is our gift to you: Buy 50 copies for your school or district by September 15th and we’ll do a personalized webinar!

Thank you to @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social for giving me the opportunity to contribute meaningful scaffolded resources to this book! If I had a magic wand 🪄, the PWIM Template on page 79 would be it! The book is fabulous!

Plot mapping is one type of graphic scaffold that helps students identify the key elements of narrative texts while building reading comprehension and analytical skills. Discover more scaffolding strategies for content area teachers: www.corwin.com/books... @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social‬

Multisensory scaffolds help #multilinguallearners access grade-level curriculum while they're still developing English fluency, using students' senses to make learning more engaging and accessible. Learn more in the new book: www.corwin.com/books... @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social‬

Scaffolding instruction isn't just another teaching approach to learning—it's a critical non-negotiable for #multilinguallearners. Download the first chapter of Nine Dimensions of Scaffolding for Multilingual Learners: www.corwin.com/books... @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social‬ ‪@claribel716.bsky.social‬

What determines a quality curriculum for multilingual learners? In their book Co-Planning, @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social and Maria Dove expand on the work of Bunch and Walqui (2019) to answer this question. Download the free checklist: ow.ly/oLJZ50VgvVc #MultilingualLearners #AssetBased

Hi educator community! 👋Thinking about ways school administrators can create space for meaningful literacy collaboration amongst teachers with @pbertana.bsky.social and the @theedcollab.bsky.social community! Comment what you want administrators to know/do to support collaborative planning!

Teaching dual language learners? You’re not alone! In this free resource from Collaboration and Co-Teaching for Dual Language Learners by @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social & @joanlachance.bsky.social, explore the collaborative instructional cycle: ow.ly/ZTMO50VgvkX Illustration by Claribel González.

Been reflecting on @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social’s thought in our @theedcollab.bsky.social think tank last week: “in my view, the work does not stop. We keeping going. We keeping doing what matters.” I so appreciate that boost. Now is not the time to dim our light or give up. We need to keep pushing.

NABE2025! If you’re in Atlanta-come see us at the DLeNM booth! If you couldn’t make it to the conference, still take advantage of the pre-order price! Spoiler alert. @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social @claribel716.bsky.social are featured in this book along with many other DLBE superstars.

Incredibly talented teachers, collaborating more than ever with each other and all their students, including MLs and DLLs. Thank you District 126 for your shared teacher leadership. @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social

I’m so grateful to the people who listened to my podcast this year! I know my focus for 2025 is going to be on working smarter, not harder, especially around stand alone ENL routines. Congratulations to @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social for being my guest for the most listened episode of 2024! #EduSky

THANK YOU! This was 🥹 to be in community again, together 🥹 🧡 🌟 Please FOLLOW people who inspired you! Thank you @ichrislehman.bsky.social and @drtharris.bsky.social for hosting!

A6: Cook and bake somethings I don't usually have time for #TheEdCollab

Want to join in? We still have 2 questions left tonight. All educators welcome. Be sure to include the hashtag #theedcollab

Q5: How do you plan to use winter break to recharge-will it be rest, adventure, or catching up on hobbies? Type "A5" before your answer and include #theedcollab

Q4: Sometimes, the smallest victories mean the most. Share a personal or professional win that made an impact this semester! Type "A4" before your answer and include #theedcollab

A3: I had a most creative group on Long Island, NY teachers in an SLA graduate course: as they worked in small groups they created fusion models based on well established theories of language acquisition -- they were just brilliant! #theedcollab

The Educator Collaborative@theedcollab.bsky.social · 2y ago

Q3: As the semester wraps up, what's one student success or classroom moment that brought you joy? Type "A3" before your answer and include #theedcollab

Q3: As the semester wraps up, what's one student success or classroom moment that brought you joy? Type "A3" before your answer and include #theedcollab

A2: My burn out signs: I need to eat icecream... and a lot of it! #theedcollab

A1: Sitting by a fireplace and watching Netflix. Also doing yoga (not at the same time...) #theedcollab

We appreciate you engaging and being with us! You put the development in PD

Spending the morning with @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social ‘s keynote at Region 4. Y’all-we’re in this together

Coteachers in Ossining are super committed to the hard work of exploring the challenges and opportunities of collaborative planning—it was my honor to begin a series of professional learning sessions with such an engaged group!

Collaboration for Multilingualism is the way to success! SO much fun with @ahonigsfeld.bsky.social and Margo Gottlieb #LaCosecha2024.