Empowering Multilingual Learners Facing Adversity

Outline

This three session will include:
I. Understanding Strengths-Based Empowerment Practices
II. Collaboratively examining the urgency and essential elements of responsive strengths-based empowerment approaches in educational settings.
III. Exploring evidence-based instructional strategies to create strengths-based, empowering classroom and school environments that empower multilingual learners with adverse childhood experiences.

Outcomes

Identify evidence-informed instructional and school-wide strategies that support multilingual learners experiencing adverse childhood experiences (ACEs).

Apply strengths-based and empowering approaches to foster inclusive, supportive classroom and school environments.

Cultivate practices that promote multilingual learners’ agency, resilience, and sense of belonging.

Supporting research

Zacarian, D. and Honigsfeld, A. (in press). Empowering Current and Former Multilingual Learners Facing Adversity. Teachers College Press.

Zacarian, D., Calderón, M.E.. & Gottlieb. M. (2021). Beyond Crises: Overcoming Linguistic and Cultural Inequities in Communities, Schools, and Classrooms. Corwin Press.

Zacarian, D. & Silverstone, M.S., (2020). Teaching to Empower: Taking Action to Foster Student Agency, Self-Confidence, and Collaboration. ASCD.