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2016 Multilingual Educator - 1 2 - Multilingual Educator 2016 LETTER FROM THE EDITORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS Karling Aguilera-Fort ~ President Francisca Sánchez ~ Immediate Past President Ramón Zavala ~ Vice President Elodia Lampkin ~ Director of Legislative Affairs Laurie Nesrala Jan Gustafson Corea Lettie Ramírez ~ Director of Secondary & IHE Affairs Raul Maldonado ~ Director of Financial Affairs Rosa Armstrong ~ Director of Para-Professional Affairs Welcome to the 2016 conference edition of the Barbara Flores ~ Director of Community Affairs Multilingual Educator! The theme of CABE’s 41st Annual Marissa Lazo-Necco ~ Director of Parent Relations Conference is “Bridging Multiple Worlds for 21st Century Regina Piper ~ Region I Representative Esabel Cervantes ~ Region II Representative Success,” which exemplifies CABE’s Vision and Mission, Olivia Yahya ~ Region III Representative and reflects the beautiful, diverse and vibrant city of San Sally Fox ~ Region IV Representative Francisco. In that spirit, we’ve included topics that move Ana Donovan ~ Region V Representative us forward, bridging us towards the CABE vision of Mary T. Hernández ~ Legal Counsel biliteracy, educational equity and 21st century success. This issue includes articles in five key categories: CABE HEADQUARTERS STAFF I. Legislation and Policy provides comments about the COORDINATING COUNCIL MEMBERS Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) from the Working Group Jan Gustafson Corea ~ CABE Chief Executive Officer on ELL Policy. Delma Chwilinski ~ Director of Programs & Events Elizabeth Jiménez ~ Administrative Services Manager II. Dual Language and Bilingual Teacher Preparation Kris Nicholls ~ Director of Professional Development Services Norma Rocha ~ Information Technology Coordinator explores the importance of dual language immersion María Villa ~ Director of Parent and Family Engagement programs in building a high level of biliteracy, the role of Spanish language arts, and the challenges of ensuring TEAM MEMBERS sufficient numbers of highly qualified bilingual teachers to Jesse L. Acosta, Website and Multimedia Designer meet the growing demand statewide. Yvette Chong-Coontz ~ Accounting Consultant Laura Díaz ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE III. Voices from the Classroom is a new feature that Roxanna Espinoza ~ Membership Specialist honors engaging stories from the field that remind us all Adriana Franco ~ Conference Assistant of why and for whom we have taken up the call of advocacy Irma Gallegos ~ Accountant Assistant/Membership for multilingual excellence. These voices range from raw to Enrique González ~ Strategic Partnerships Consultant tender to analytical, but all are authentic and inspiring. Antoinette Hernández ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE Elizabeth Jiménez-Salinas ~ CABE PDS Consultant Claudia Lockwood ~ Multilingual Excellence Consultant IV. Parents as Leaders celebrates the special roles that Stanley Lucero, Membership Consultant parents play at home, in schools and in their communities Yolanda Lucero ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE regarding the education of their children, and highlights Aida Madison ~ Executive Assistant CABE’s contribution to parent leadership and capacity Imelda Martin ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE building. Ruth Navarrete ~ General Office Support Laurie Nesrala ~ Education Consultant V. Focus on Long-Term English Learners (LTELs) María S. Quezada ~ Project Director, i3 Grant, Project 2INSPIRE highlights strategies to promote 21st century success for Karmina Ramírez ~ PDS Administrative and Marketing Assistant Brenda Romero ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE students who have been in U.S. Schools for 5 or more years Vanessa Ruíz ~ Conference Specialist and have yet to achieve full proficiency in English. Elizabeth Samaniego ~ Accountant Assistant Toni Saucedo ~ Graphic Design Consultant Our thanks go to the contributing authors for their Karen Umeres ~ Project 2INSPIRE thoughtful and meaningful writing. We hope everyone David Valencia ~ Digital Media Technician enjoys the CABE 2016 conference and finds this issue of María Valencia ~ Parent Specialist, Project 2INSPIRE Marcia Vargas ~ Education Consultant the Multilingual Educator both inspiring and informative. Martha Zaragoza-Díaz ~ Legislative Lobbyist Multilingual Educator Editors: CABE MULTILINGUAL EDUCATOR EDITORS Laurie Nesrala, Education Consultant Laurie Nesrala, CABE Education Consultant Jan Gustafson Corea, CABE Chief Executive Officer Jan Gustafson Corea, CABE CEO Graphic Design ~ Toni Saucedo © CABE 2016 www.bilingualeducation.org 2016 Multilingual Educator - 3 4 - Multilingual Educator 2016 TABLE OF CONTENTS Section I: Policy and Legislation 6 Statement From the Working Group on ELL Policy RE: Every Student Succeeds Act 2015 (ESSA) Section II: Dual Language and Bilingual Teacher Preparation 8 Ideology, Pedagogy, Access and Equity (IPAE): A Critical Examination for Dual Language Educators 12 Perfil del maestro bilingüe en el siglo XXI: Compromiso, sensibilidad y preparación en el aula global 16 El surgimiento lógico del desarrollo del idioma español 20 Developing Language in Both Spanish and English: Explicit Instructional Conversations about Language 24 Sudanese Children of Immigrants: A Tapestry Unravels Section III: Voices from the Classroom 28 Cross-Cultural Experiences of Mexican Immigrant Students in California Schools 31 Let’s Give Them Something to Talk About 32 Leonardo and Lucy 34 Multicultural: Much more than a club for students who arrive here from other countries Section IV: Parents as Leaders 36 CABE Parent Leadership Initiatives: Promoting Engagement and Equity 40 ¿Qué deseamos para nuestros hijos? Vence el temor! Participa en la escuela! Section V: A Focus on LTELs 42 Let’s Use Data to Prevent Long-term English Learners, Not Just Identify Them 44 Creating a College-Going Culture for Long-Term English Learners: 48 Eradicating Learned Passivity: Preventing English Learners from Becoming Long-term English Learners All articles, including any footnotes and references, are available online: cabe2016.org/media/ME.php 2016 Multilingual Educator - 5 Statement from the Working Group on ELL Policy Re: Every Student Succeeds Act of 2015 (ESSA) With the reauthorization of the 1965 • Establishing meaningful accountabil- core academic subjects2 as well as of Elementary and Secondary Education Act ity. Federal and state policy plays an English language proficiency for ELs. (ESEA) as the Every Student Succeeds Act important role in developing the capac- That is, ELP assessment is now fully (ESSA) of 2015, the Working Group on ity of educators and systems to ensure integrated in Title I. English Language Learner (ELL) Policy1 language development and academic • States must determine their own recognizes the continuing evolution of this success for all ELLs, and in fostering the accountability systems by establish- landmark federal legislation to more fully will to do so. Accountability in this con- ing “long‐term goals” for student include English Learners. This evolution text becomes meaningful when it sup- achievement that include measuring began with the 1994 Improving America’s ports capacities, policies, and behaviors interim progress. For the first time, Schools Act that introduced state aca- that enable and meaningfully measure this includes accountability for ELs’ demic standards into federal requirements this success and recognizes the develop- English language proficiency under and added provisions for the inclusion of mental nature of language learning. Title I. English Learners in state assessment sys- • States must have a method for tems. The 2001 No Child Left Behind Act • Valuing bilingualism and biliteracy. identifying schools that are in need added important requirements for English Proficiency in two or more languages of comprehensive or targeted assis- language proficiency standards, assess- should be encouraged and promoted tance and a system of assistance that ment, and accountability through both for all students in the U.S., and account- is evidence‐based as determined by Title I and Title III. Building on lessons ability provisions should not undermine the state. from state ESEA flexibility waivers and the this goal. Multilingualism enhances cog- • Two options are offered for assess- introduction of college‐ and career‐ready nitive and social growth, development ing, reporting, and including in standards, the new ESSA continues to ad- of literacy in English, competitiveness in accountability recently‐arrived ELs. vance the inclusion of English Learners in a global marketplace, national security, States may exclude recently‐arrived Federal legislation affecting state and local and understanding of diverse peoples ELs from one administration of the education agencies. and cultures. reading/language arts assessment and assess and incorporate these The Working Group holds to a num- The following highlights key features ELs’ test results after they have been ber of important guiding principles that of the new law for ELL educators related to enrolled in a U.S. school for one year, are reflected to varying degrees in the new the first three principles. The law is silent as was the case under No Child Left law. These principles include: on the fourth. Behind. The second option requires states to test recently‐arrived ELs • Fostering academic achievement and Title I: and report results for the first two language development. ELLs must be • Decision‐making authority for years, but allows states to exclude provided with equal