Andrea Honigsfeld

Books

Multilingual Justice in Schools

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Multilingual Justice in Schools

Despite the growing number of multilingual learners in schools, there is bias surrounding the students and families, and false assumptions that language differences mean a difference in academic ability.

In this important book, bestselling author Andrea Honigsfeld applies five essential abilities of equity literacy to multilingual justice, showing how to effectively work with multilingual learners while recognizing their strengths and identifying and addressing inequities and injustices they experience. The book provides educators with a concise, research-backed, and evidence-based analysis of multilingual justice and offers practical and actionable recommendations to sustain equity for multilingual learners. It is a call to action to dismantle language-based inequities and injustices in our classrooms, schools, and larger educational communities.

Key features include poetry and art, authentic voices from the field; notable current research findings; ready-to-use tools and protocols; and time to pause and reflect. With this helpful resource, teachers, leaders, and teacher educators alike will feel equipped to bring about multilingual justice so their students can truly thrive.

Wait, Don’t Just Translate

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Wait, Don't Just Translate

Empower emergent multilingual learners to thrive with multidimensional strategies that go beyond simple translation

When emergent multilingual learners enter a new classroom, educators often grapple with a complex question: to translate or not to translate? Wait, Don’t Just Translate offers a nuanced approach, moving beyond simple translation as a go-to strategy. Addressing the urgent need to foster true belonging, this book provides K-12 educators with a comprehensive, empathetic … approach to honoring students’ rich linguistic and cultural heritages without overreliance on translation.

Key features include:

  • Authentic vignettes that let you walk in the shoes of emergent multilingual learners and better understand their unique experiences.
  • Sample teacher-created materials and ready-to-use instructional tools that effectively move beyond translation.
  • Self-assessment tools and reflection probes to continuously affirm and challenge your asset-based practices.

By embracing these inclusive practices, you’ll discover how to create affirming spaces where newcomer and emergent multilingual learners feel safe, valued, and empowered to thrive academically, linguistically, and socially.

A Leader′s Guide to Collaboration and Co-Teaching for Multilingual Learners – Second Edition

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Build collaborative leadership practices that transform outcomes for multilingual learners

The landscape of education is shifting, and multilingual learners now make up a growing portion of classrooms nationwide. Yet too many of these bright, capable students struggle to reach their potential because the adults around them aren′t working together effectively. This updated guide shows exactly how to create the collaborative culture multilingual learners need to thrive.

Drawing from extensive research and real-world success stories, bestselling authors Andrea Honigsfeld and Maria Dove present a comprehensive roadmap for transforming your school′s approach to supporting multilingual learners. This practical resource meets you where you are and guides you toward where you need to be. The authors understand that creating lasting change requires more than good intentions―it demands strategic leadership, shared vision, and sustained collaboration among all members of the learning community.

This essential guide provides:

  • A clear framework for collaborative leadership that moves beyond individual teacher efforts to create school-wide systems of support
  • Research-based program models that integrate language development with academic content across all subject areas
  • Practical tools and templates for coordinating services, developing shared curricula, and implementing effective assessment practices
  • Professional learning strategies that build capacity among all staff members to work effectively with multilingual learners
  • Real voices from the field featuring authentic examples and reflections from successful educational leaders

The time for isolated approaches to multilingual learner education has passed. This guide empowers educational leaders to create collaborative, inclusive environments where multilingual learners don′t just survive―they flourish alongside their peers while developing language and literacy skills.

Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall: Essential Shifts for Multilingual Learners′ Success

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Your guide to culturally and linguistically sustaining practices in your dual language classroom and school.

It’s time to set the record straight: Multilingualism is a tremendous asset that must be nurtured and valued and the most effective pathway to multilingualism is dual language education. Despite significant evidence attesting to the cognitive, social/emotional, and economic benefits of multilingualism, the majority of our classrooms and schools are monolingual.

Encouragingly, recent shifts in state policies have increased the demand for dual language programming in our schools. This increased momentum brings new challenges, including the need for more bilingually authorized teachers, high-quality instructional resources, and accurate assessment and accountability in the target languages of instruction. With contributions from ten experts in multilingual education, Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall outlines the systemic and pedagogical approaches necessary for successful multilingual and dual language programs. The book supports educators to: 

  • Shift the paradigm from one that is subtractive and deficit-based to one that is additive and assets-based
  • Embed culturally and linguistically sustaining practices in their instruction
  • Understand how to promote multilingualism in the context of teaching academic content
  • Develop assessments as, for, and of learning in multiple languages.
  • Lead high-quality dual language schools and programs
  • Recruit and retain highly qualified bilingual educators

Offering a comprehensive overview of bilingual policies and historical context all educators should understand, Breaking Down the Monolingual Wall is an invaluable guide to creating dual language learning environments that build on the precious assets of our multilingual students and families.

Collaboration and Co-Teaching for Dual Language Learners

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Teaching dual-language learners? You’re not alone!

Leveraging the power of teacher collaboration is the key to leading all your students to multilingual identity development and language, literacy, and academic success. This practical book adapts a widely used, evidence-based collaboration and co-teaching framework specifically for educators in dual-language contexts. Features include:

  • Special consideration to social justice and promoting critical consciousness
  • Viable options for schools, districts, and state education agencies to effectively support and expand dual-language education
  • Seven proven co-teaching models, newly applied to elementary and secondary dual-language environments
  • Templates and tools for collaborative curriculum alignment and implementation of dual-language instruction

Portraits of Collaboration: Educators Working Together to Support Multilingual Learners

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Portraits of Collaboration: Educators Working Together to Support Multilingual Learners explores the topics of teacher collaboration and coteaching within ESL, ELD, and bilingual classrooms. The overarching theme that runs through this edited volume is the importance of educators working together for the sake of their multilingual learners. Such collaborations may take many different shapes and forms and each chapter showcases a unique dimension of teacher collaboration. Each contributing author offers highly practical strategies and authentic, successful examples of how to engage in collaborative practices successfully. The chapters draw the readers in through some recurring features such as a narrative introduction, a blueprint for successful implementation, high-impact strategies and student success stories. The collaborative practices come alive through photographs, vignettes, teacher-created tools, student artifacts, and video clips and other resources in this richly illustrated volume.

Digital-Age Teaching for English Learners: A Guide to Equitable Learning for All Students

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Bridge the Digital Divide with Research-Informed Technology Models

Building from significant developments in education policy, research, and remote learning innovations, this newly revised edition offers unique ways to bridge the digital divide that disproportionally affects culturally and linguistically diverse learners. Designed to support equitable access to engaging and enriching digital-age education opportunities for English learners, this book includes

  • Research-informed and evidence-based technology integration models and instructional strategies
  • Sample lesson ideas, including learning targets for activating students’ prior knowledge while promoting engagement and collaboration
  • Tips for fostering collaborative practices with colleagues
  • Vignettes from educators incorporating technology in creative ways
  • Targeted questions to facilitate discussions about English language development methodology

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Co-Teaching for English Learners: Evidence-based Practices and Research-Informed Outcomes

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This edited volume examines co-teaching and integrated service delivery for English learners (ELs). Through research and documentary accounts, it explores the collaborative instructional cycle—co-planning, co-instruction, co-assessment, and reflection practices—of co-taught programs for ELs. This volume presents current, classroom-based, practitioner-oriented research related to all aspects of co-taught programs for ELs and offers authentic evidence and practical recommendations that yield positive outcomes for this student population.

Team Up, Speak Up, Fire Up!: Educators, Students, and the Community Working Together to Support English Learners

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Cohan, Honigsfeld, and Dove bring together current research, authentic examples of best practices, and voices from the field to champion the power of purposeful collaboration and provide educators with resources that will empower them to support English learners (ELs) and their families. Guided by four core principles (common purpose, shared mindset, diverse team membership, supportive environment), the authors explain how to meet the challenges of collaborating with ELs and help all stakeholders—administrators, teachers, students, parents, community leaders—develop new and effective ways of working together for the success of each learner.

Serving English Language Learners

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SERVING ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS introduces students to the challenges and opportunities in educating English learners across the content areas. The text examines English learners’ unique needs as they not only learn to speak, listen, read, and write in a new language but also aim for academic success. Numerous examples of instructional strategies, videos, and case studies will help aspiring K–12 teachers connect theory with classroom practice.