What do schools and teachers need to know when they have students whose home language is not the one spoken at school? We look at ways teachers can guard against loss of heritage languages, ways to support outside the classroom, and how to keep families involved at school. Plus, how these strategies can help English language learners thrive in the classroom. ... Show More
Aug 11
The Lasting Legacy of Rita Pierson’s ‘Every Kid Needs a Champion’
More than a decade after Rita Pierson stepped onto the TED stage and declared, “Every child deserves a champion,” her words still echo through schools, teacher prep programs, and staff meetings across the country. But what does it actually take to live out that message in today’s ... Show More
24m 6s
Jul 14
How Finnish Education Inspires U.S. Schools, Still
Inspired by Finland’s student-first approach, Copper Island Academy in Michigan’s Upper Peninsula prioritizes inclusion, early intervention, and teacher autonomy to create a learning environment where support is built into the classroom rather than siloed in separate rooms. This ... Show More
27m 3s
May 2022
Designing Inclusive Curricula for Multicultural Classrooms
In this episode of the Teachers Podcast, Elaine Ding, Analyst with the Education Global Practice at the World Bank spoke with Dr. Keishia Thorpe, English Teacher at the International High School Langley Park in Maryland, USA and the winner of the prestigious 2021 Global Teacher P ... Show More
20m 39s
Sep 2025
272. Multilingual Learner Support: Practical Strategies for Upper Elementary Teachers with Dr. Jana Echevarría and Dr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez
In this episode of The Stellar Teacher Podcast, I dive into a critical topic for upper elementary classrooms: supporting multilingual learners (MLLs). With the help of experts Dr. Jana Echevarría and Dr. Jeannette Mancilla-Martinez, we explore why the term “multilingual learner” ... Show More
27m 16s
Nov 2023
How to Keep Motivated When Teaching and Learning New Languages!
🎙️ Welcome to ESL Talk! 🎙️A podcast for English Teachers, by English Teachers. Join us this week on ESL Talk with teacher Nina, a polyglot from Moscow. Nina shares her passion for languages and offers tips on staying motivated when teaching and learning languages, including Chi ... Show More
27m 17s
Jul 2022
Building Cultural Awareness
🎙️ Welcome to ESL Talk! 🎙️A podcast for English Teachers, by English Teachers.Today we are taking a slight diversion from the world of ESL teaching specifically, to look at the issue of cultural awareness, and learn a little more about this topic in a professional context.As En ... Show More
38m 41s
Nov 2024
238: How Teacher Language Can Build a More Democratic Classroom
For many this week, the discomfort and pain of living side by side with people who see the world so differently from us has hit hard. But this is where we are right now, and we can either succumb to our current divide and let it get bigger, or keep trying to figure out how to clo ... Show More
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