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The BranchED portal is designed to support both teacher educators and PK-12 partners in their professional development. Whether you’re seeking information on a particular topic, looking to take an online course, or to stay current with our evolving library of resources, we’ve got something for you.
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Data ToolKit: Data Visualization Guide
The Data Visualization Guide is designed to help you create data visualizations to identify gaps, trends and outliers in the data. The accompanying video series is designed to help utilize an Excel Workbook to create data visualizations from data sets.
Crafting Translanguaging Spaces
Translanguaging describes how bilinguals engage in flexible and fluid language practices to make meaning in different social contexts and an instructional approach. In this 20-slide presentation, Dr. Tian gives examples of how to use translanguaging in dual language learning programs.
Becoming Mathlingual with the MALITLA Model: Improving Multilingual Learners’ Academic Math Vocabulary Knowledge for Solving Word Problems
Research literature suggesting a relationship between English language proficiency and mathematical meaning making informed an intervention we refer to as the MALITLA model (an acronym for math, literacy and language based approaches) for becoming math-lingual.
Culturally and Linguistic Sustaining Writing Pedagogy
This toolkit introduces a framework for culturally and linguistically sustaining pedagogy in writing and strategies for which address cultural and languaging practices.
Visceral Realism in Art: Promoting Bilingual Communities
How can educators’ personal art practices facilitate understanding of issues affecting immigrant bilingual learners? Using original paintings Professor Christian Faltis tells his own story and characterizes the Mexican experience in the U.S.
Exploring Implicit Linguistic Bias: A Self-Reflection Guide
The purpose of this toolkit is to explore and reflect on implicit linguistic biases in order to create linguistically inclusive spaces for teaching and learning, especially within the context of writing instruction.
BranchED seeks to support individual educator preparation programs (EPPs) and the field at large in reimagining and redefining “quality” preparation programs such that attention to issues of diversity and equity are explicit, embedded, and inextricably linked to high-quality performance.
The Resource Portal was created to support our community by providing resources such as instructional materials, online modules, podcasts, practice-based learning opportunities, research briefs, teaching video library, tool/toolkit, and webinars.