Multilingual learners are more prevalent than ever in today's diverse classrooms, and within that population, students with limited or interrupted formal education (SLIFE) face a particularly complex set of challenges.
Learning Unlimited provides teachers with practical strategies and an instructional model tailored to meet the needs of these students--along with other struggling multilingual learners (MLs)--ensuring their academic success and personal growth.
Nicoleta Filimon and Christi Cartwright-Lacerda, seasoned educators with extensive experience working with SLIFE and MLs, share their insights and proven techniques to create an inclusive and supportive learning environment.
In this book, Filimon and Cartwright-Lacerda offer
- Effective strategies and step-by-step guidance to foster academic conversations, enhance reading comprehension, and achieve success in academic writing.- A spiraling approach to revisit and reinforce key concepts, ensuring students grasp and retain essential knowledge.- Real-world application in the form of practical examples, instructional materials, and templates that teachers can implement in or adapt to fit various classroom settings.- Tools and resources that empower teachers to address the unique needs of their students and help them thrive academically and socially.
Whether you are a new teacher or an experienced educator, Learning Unlimited equips you with the knowledge and confidence to make a lasting impact on the lives of SLIFE and other struggling MLs. Join Filimon and Cartwright-Lacerda on this journey to unlock the full potential of every student in your classroom.
Nicoleta Filimon has been a teacher, dean of curricuulum and instruction, assistant principal, education consultant, and teacher educator. She has taught ESL/ELD to MLs and SLIFE for more than 12 years in Massachusetts. Since 2006, she has presented on the subject of educating MLs and SLIFE locally, regionally, and internationally. Nicoleta is the recipient of several awards, including the University of Massachusetts Lowell (UMASS Lowell) Outstanding Dissertation in Practice Award (2023), MATSOL Teacher of the Year Award (2018), Sontag Prize in Urban Education (2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017), and Haverty Scholar in Education Award (2007). She recently received her doctorate in leadership in schooling from UMASS Lowell. A multilingual learner herself, Nicoleta is originally from Romania.
Christi Cartwright-Lacerda has been an ESL/ELD teacher of MLs and SLIFE for the past 10 years. She is the recipient of several awards, including the Rising Star Teacher of the Year Award from her school district (2018), NoVo Foundation SEL Innovation Fund Award (2018), Sontag Prize in Urban Education (2017, 2021, 2022, 2023), and MATSOL Linda Schulman Innovation Fund Award (2018, 2020). She has presented on the subject of social-emotional learning for MLs and strategies for educating MLs and SLIFE locally, regionally, and internationally since 2015. Christi also works as an education consultant, sharing instructional strategies for newcomer MLs and SLIFE.