Sentences with phrase «diverse language needs»

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«Oneida County Health Department has ample experience in working with diverse communities in emergency preparedness activities and has received national recognition for implementing strategies that meet the needs of those with limited English proficiency and language barriers» said Phyllis Ellis, Director of Health.

I think it is incredibly important for all New Yorkers, but particularly those in public life, to make very clear that in this city, the most diverse city in the world, the city where the LGBT civil rights movement was born, that that type of language can not be tolerated... I think that all of us need to recommit to making sure that whenever we hear language of any type that is demeaning, derogatory, racist, sexist, homophobic, anything of that nature that we speak out against it.»

«We need to provide the services that the gorgeously diverse residents of this district are expecting — reaching out to every neighborhood, every ethnicity, in every language that we can,» the 33 - year - old former chief of staff for Queens Assemblyman Ron Kim said.

In one of her projects, Luk works with a group of ELL directors to help them understand the diverse needs of their language learners and to find better ways to engage their parents.

«To embrace bilingualism, rather than simply recognizing this phenomenon, we need to consider both the challenges and strengths of children with diverse language backgrounds.

Diverse needs: Diverse needs might include learner variability; language skills; technology and internet access levels outside of school; cultural specificity and challenges at home such as poverty, homelessness or instability.

additional tools, professional development and resources for teachers to address the needs of diverse learners, including students with disabilities and English language learners;

Meeting the diverse needs of English language learners is a key challenge for administrators and classroom teachers.

Functions The teacher leader: a) Uses knowledge and understanding of the different backgrounds, ethnicities, cultures, and languages in the school community to promote effective interactions among colleagues, families, and the larger community; b) Models and teaches effective communication and collaboration skills with families and other stakeholders focused on attaining equitable achievement for students of all backgrounds and circumstances; c) Facilitates colleagues» self - examination of their own understandings of community culture and diversity and how they can develop culturally responsive strategies to enrich the educational experiences of students and achieve high levels of learning for all students; d) Develops a shared understanding among colleagues of the diverse educational needs of families and the community; and e) Collaborates with families, communities, and colleagues to develop comprehensive strategies to address the diverse educational needs of families and the community.

Scaffold direct instruction to increase comprehensible input and meet the literacy and language needs of diverse learners.

I was encouraged this week to learn that ESSA — the new American education law — that replaced NCLB includes language that opens the door beyond academic testing to include «multiple measures of student learning and progress, along with other indicators of student success...» Education Week notes that sprinkled throughout the law are references to an instructional strategy that has enormous potential for reaching learners with diverse needs.

Our new 6 +1 Trait Writing institute addresses one of the greatest challenges teachers face today: how to scaffold instruction for diverse learners — including English language learners, students with special needs and gifted and talented students — so that all students in your classroom become stronger, more confident writers.

Experience working with diverse populations, including English language learners and students with special needs

ASCD invites you to participate in an educator - driven discussion on how school systems and communities can best meet the diverse needs of the modern learner, with a particular emphasis on addressing student equity, race, poverty, gender communities, mental health, language, and technology.

The population of adolescent ELLs is diverse, and their educational needs are affected by differences in immigration status, quality of educational background, native language, cultural distance from U.S. culture, future plans, and economic status.

As classrooms and student needs become more diverse, especially as English language learner (ELL) populations continue to grow, the pressure to provide a personalized learning experience for every student is ramping up.

This time, Alliance Districts are losing direct access to the very experts and services they need to improve academic achievement in districts that are confronting the greatest impact from language barriers, diverse populations and school climate issues.

RDLS features: — Highly - qualified and fully bilingual staff with diverse cultural and language backgrounds — Classroom teachers, specialists and support staff attend to each student's unique learning needs and work together to help every student excel — A warm, welcoming community extends genuine care and support to each student and family

In 2011, we completed an 8 - month contract for the Winnsboro, Louisiana, school system to support math and language arts teachers in using data, tiered interventions, and evidence - based strategies to meet the needs of diverse learners through Response to Intervention.

This program will provide you with the knowledge and classroom skills needed to meet the diverse language and academic needs of these learners.

The third course, coupled with a fourth course on the special needs of linguistically diverse learners, offered in the second semester, formally introduced the teachers to SFL for language education focusing on the functions of language in linguistic resources for meaning through application.

This diverse district with 47 % of its population connected to the military looked to strengthen and support their math curriculum to meet the needs of all students, regardless of language level or confidence in math.

As the number of dual language learners (DLLs) in early care and education (ECE) programs increases, it is critical to examine whether the quality of practices in these settings reflect the needs of the diverse groups of children being served.

Organizations need to train a culturally and linguistically diverse workforce effectively - and translating e-learning courses into the employee's native language is the best way to do this.

«We focus on solutions that help libraries captivate and connect with their diverse communities, and we know Living Language is a great product that will help libraries meet the growing need for language programs.»

Diversity in books is also a strong need among principals and school librarians, as books in other languages, culturally relevant titles and books with diverse characters are high on their list.

This needs to be understood that India is a very diverse country with different people having different backgrounds, language preferences and communication styles.

«As the global gamer population continues to become very richly diverse across geographies, cultures, languages, genders, ethnicities, and so on, those who create games need to accept the fact that this is the world in which we live.

As part of our contribution, CSW commented that the document might carry greater relevance for decision - makers who want to advance a needed adaptation agenda to an unconvinced or climate - skeptic audience (a very real possibility) by including more explicit language on the ways in which climate change issues can be framed to appeal to diverse groups — for example, emphasizing the potential damages to people and property to one community, the negative impacts to industry in another.

IT staff and lawyers don't always speak the same language, and they don't always understand each other's diverse needs and objectives.

A link to foreign language translation support is recognition of diverse customer needs.

The Committee welcomes the adoption of a Charter of Public Service in a Culturally Diverse Society to ensure that government services are provided in a way that is sensitive to the language and cultural needs of all Australians.

Our counsellors come from diverse backgrounds and speak many languages, and they are committed to working with you and meeting your cultural needs in relevant and effective way.

This in part is due to the diverse cultures, languages and aspirations of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples — different structures and forms of engagement will need to be developed for different regions and situations.

Participant race, ethnicity, and language data can help states determine whether their existing portfolios of home visiting programs are meeting the needs of diverse families.