"Innovate to Elevate: Teaching Multilingual Learners at Grade Level"

Abstract: In this session, we share our experience as two New York City public educators navigating rapidly increasing linguistic diversity and our asset-based framework that is designed to guide lesson planning for multilingual learners (MLLs) in the secondary classroom. This framework begins with honoring multiple literacies, leveraging student knowledge, and valuing student identities and cultures. From this foundation, educators consider the academic, linguistic, and socio-emotional skills of their students for teaching and learning. This framework can also guide educators to consider the levels of scaffolding that are necessary to support their students at both unit and lesson planning levels.