Catch up on reading Dear Dr. Mooney articles this summer! What do you do when a student new to the English language arrives in your classroom? Read this week’s catch up article for a few suggestions.
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Schools sometimes look for outside resources to help them address the problems they face. However, developing healthy partnerships with the community surrounding the school may be a more effective route to the solutions they need.
Families have the right to be included in significant decisions about their child’s education. The key to embracing this principle is for educators to be willing to give up a measure of their control.
As educators, we cannot expect families to be engaged with their child’s learning if we have not first considered whether they believe they should be. Empowering families with the knowledge and belief that their engagement matters is a vital task f...
Communication and Relationship. Educators know they need both of these when interacting with families. Constantino’s Principle 2 provides some insight into developing effective communication with families so that strong, lasting relationships can b...
Family engagement begins at the school. Educators must analyze their core assumptions and beliefs about families in order to build a relationship with them that will encourage effective engagement.
The current pandemic has affected all of life, including education. Although there are many negative results of this situation, some positive outcomes are also coming to light, including breaking down barriers between schools and families.
The Dear Dr. Mooney community is one year old! How will you be involved in it this next year?
Sometimes school districts unintentionally discriminate against immigrant-background students by requiring paperwork they do not possess. Thankfully, there are ways to change these procedures so all students can enroll and begin their U.S. educationa...
It’s not too hard to find bilingual books in Spanish, but finding them in the less-common languages that some of our ELs speak can be more of a challenge. Dr. Mooney points you to several online resources for this hard-to-find multicultural/bilingu...
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