ML Chat: Conversations with Multilingual Educators

This week on the ML Chat Podcast we continue our “Voices of NABE” series, where we get a chance to hear directly from the ML Community that joined us at the 2023 NABE Conference. On this episode we react to the answers to the question “How are you promoting writing fluency in your program”. Again, the answers are a great insight in the world of multilingual education and the struggles and success...

This week on the ML Chat Podcast we get a chance to hear directly from the ML Community who joined us at the 2023 NABE Conference.  We asked them “how are you promoting oral fluency in your program” and their answers are fascinating and insightful. This is our first in our series of episodes from our interviews at NABE. We’re excited for you to hear directly from your community!

This week on the ML Chat Podcast, we are joined by Anabel Ortiz-Chavolla, the Director of Federal Programs & School Improvement at Ontario School District 8-C   Annabel discusses the importance of embedding language standards in all content areas, or as she puts it, to have “language in the air”.  Annabel dives into the need for intentional lesson planning and collective efficacy among teacher...

This week on the ML Chat Podcast, we are joined by Lisa Auslander, the Senior Project Director for Bridges to Academic Success. Lisa leads the team in professional learning, curriculum development and operations. She is a former teacher, coach and administrator who worked in New York City schools for over 15 years.  Lisa is a fountain of knowledge in Multilingual education. In this episode she goe...

This week on The ML Chat Podcast Tim Blackburn joins us to complete our four-part series on the formative assessment process. In this episode, Tim recaps the importance of clear intended learning, eliciting evidence, and interpreting evidence as he builds to a discussion to the fourth and final part of the formative assessment process: acting on evidence. If you haven’t listened to the first three...

This week on the ML Chat Podcast Tim Blackburn joins us again to continue the conversation around the formative assessment process. Tim walks us through having a clear intended learning destination, designing deliberate invitations for students to apprentice in target skills, and analyzing and interpreting how students are growing in the concepts, skills, and language. Tim also discusses the chall...

This week on the ML Chat podcast we continue our conversation with Tim Blackburn about the formative assessment process. In this episode we unpack the second part, eliciting evidence. Tim shares about the learning journey our students are on and the challenges so many districts face as an increasing number become “long-term language learner.” If you haven’t listened to episode 1, you may gain some...

This week on the ML Chat podcast we sat down with Tim Blackburn to talk about how he ended up in teaching, key practices he uses in his classroom, and what took him across the country from New York to Oregon to teach English language learners.