Multilingual learners in Grades K-12 are often overidentified or underidentified for special education. The third edition of this groundbreaking text offers a better way to meet the needs of multilingual learners: by creating a culturally and linguistically responsive multi-tiered system of support (MTSS) and implementing a continuum of services that meets the needs of the whole child. Shifting away from traditional ways that schools address the needs of students who experience challenges, the new edition of this text takes a strengths-based approach to supporting multilingual students and focuses on the complex issues that affect a multilingual learner's development. Chapters have been fully updated to reflect the latest best practices and reorganized to better align with MTSS. Educators and other school-based professionals will be fully prepared to: Form collaborative MTSS teams that blend the diverse expertise of staff members Evaluate and enhance the learning environment for multilingual learners Gather extensive data about six critical factors in students' home and school life, from previous schooling experiences to cross-cultural factors Authentically assess the strengths of multilingual learners Create a continuum of services that addresses the individual needs of each student Plan effective instruction and intervention using a multilingual lens Monitor the effectiveness of support strategies and programming for multilingual learners PRACTICAL FEATURES: MTSS team activities to support professional learning Templates, a rating scale, and other reproducible tools Real-world examples from the field Discussion questions to help teams apply the concepts to their own student population

In this comprehensive guide to developing, implementing, and improving dual-language programs, internationally recognized experts Else Hamayan, Fred Genesee and Nancy Cloud address every aspect of a successful dual-language program, including: specific strategies for building community support for the program guidance for choosing a program model and planning curriculum across grade levels best-practice teaching strategies that promote content learning and language development guidelines for assessment and linking assessment to standards commentary from teachers, administrators, and instructional supervisors currently working within vibrant and successful dual-language programs helpful discussions of current research in the realm of dual-language instruction.

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CLIL in Context is a comprehensive, practical guide to CLIL in different educational contexts. The authors provide tips on how to implement CLIL for majority language students in dual language programs, for minority and indigenous language students who are learning through a second language and for students learning an additional language in foreign language contexts. They provide plenty of real life examples and useful tools for working with the community, planning instruction, selecting materials and assessing student learning. All of this is supported by commentaries from educators and students around the world who have adopted a CLIL approach.