Introduction
Maria Lee Equity Approach for English Language Learners is a website I have thought about for a long time. I taught English Language Learning for 19 years. I am a contributor for Confianza, a website for English Language Learning. I learned from the founder Sarah B. Ottow for the past year about English Language Learning through writing blogs and reading other blogs about English Language Learning. I feel confident to design an Equity Approach for English Language Learning website.
Equity Approach for English Language Learners Mission
Equity Approach is an idea I found from a book Equitable Access for English Learners. Mary Soto, David E. Freeman and Yvonned S. Freeman, authors of the book, discuss the Equity Access Approach, which is a way of teaching that can help diverse students in language arts classrooms meet the challenge of the standards and become successful readers and writers. Authors present foundational concepts that help teachers support English Learners as they read, write, speak, and listen through language arts curriculum.
I like how the authors demonstrate how these concepts are put into practice by describing in detail through language arts units.
Teachers will learn about the key practices for supporting English Language Learners in their classrooms.
You will find helpful information on my home page.
Conclusion
In the article What Does Equity Really Mean for Multilingual Learners? by Jon Nordmeyer,Tim Boals,Rita MacDonald,Ruslana Westerlund put it this way about Equity for Multilingual Learners:
It is time to stop seeing English proficiency as a prerequisite to success and fully embrace multilingual learners for the journey of learning the “real” content in school in ways that engage and support all learners. Only then will we be able provide a full range of equitable and meaningful opportunities to all.
Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development (2021, March 1). What Does Equity Really Mean for Multilingual Learners? https://www.ascd.org/el/articles/what-does-equity-really-mean-for-multilingual-learners
I hope you can find this website helpful.