Translanguaging in Curriculum and Instruction: A CUNY-NYSIEB Guide for Educators Andy Brown’s 5th grade class, CUNY-NYSIEB School Sarah Hesson Kate Seltzer Heather H. Woodley December 2014 THIS GUIDE HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THE NEW YORK STATE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT This guide was developed by CUNY-NYSIEB, a collaborative project of the Research Institute for the Study of Language in Urban Society (RISLUS) and the Ph.D. Program in Urban Education at the Graduate Center, The City University of New York, and funded by the New York State Education Department. The report was written under the direction of CUNY- NYSIEB's Project Director, Maite (María Teresa) Sánchez, and the Principal Investigators of the project: Ricardo Otheguy, Ofelia García, and Kate Menken. For more information about CUNY-NYSIEB, visit www.cuny-nysieb.org. Published in 2014 by CUNY-NYSIEB, The Graduate Center, The City University of New York, 365 Fifth Avenue, New York, NY 10016.
[email protected]. This guide has not been reviewed by the New York State Education Department. ABOUT THE AUTHORS Sarah Hesson Sarah Hesson is a Ph.D. student in Urban Education at the CUNY Graduate Center and a Research Assistant on the CUNY-NYSIEB project, where she works with NY public schools to implement translanguaging pedagogy and improve programming for emergent bilingual students. Sarah is also an adjunct professor in the Bilingual Education department at Hunter College, where she has taught bilingual foundations, literacy, and practicum courses, as well as performed field supervision for new teachers. She has also taught as an adjunct professor of bilingual literacy at City College and given professional development and presentations on translanguaging in various universities, public schools, and conferences.