Engaging English Learners Through Access to Standards: A Team-Based Approach to Schoolwide Student Achievement

by Shelley Fairbairn, Stephaney Jones-Vo

Use this six-part strategy for measurable, cross-curricular EL achievement! How can districts and schools successfully promote academic English language development through teaching content knowledge and standards-based skills and abilities? This thoroughly researched book provides concrete answers. You’ll find practical steps and ideas for developing collaborative, cross-curricular programs that address EL-specific needs. Clear tables and templates, essays, expert research, and real-life teacher and parent stories illuminate best practices for appropriate standards-based instruction that gets results.  Using the authors’ six-part ENGAGE Model, you’ll learn

Establish a shared vision for serving ELs Name the expertise to utilize within collaborative teams Gather and analyze EL-specific data Align standards-based assessments and grading to ELs’ linguistic and content development  Ground standards-based instruction in both content and language development Examine results to inform next steps Use this groundbreaking guide to accelerate progress and ensure effective instruction for all ELs! 

"Learning requires attention, engagement, and quality instruction.  This book provides all three necessary components in one place; a model that teachers can use to ensure that their English learners achieve."   -Douglas Fisher San Diego State University "This book should be a mandatory must read for all educators as we continue to serve our diverse student populations and strive to ensure we are honestly reaching academic achievement for each and every student!" -Michele R. Dean Coordinator,Ventura Unified School District

222 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 19, 2015

About the author

Dr. Michele Beth Fairbairn is an ESL/EFL teacher and an associate professor in the Drake University School of Education. Her teaching focuses on training student teachers to design effective lesson plans and assessments and on training teachers to meet the needs of English language learners through linguistically and culturally responsive practice.