TESOL Press just released two new publications. Social-Emotional Learning for English Learners [SEL] (Zacarian, 2022) and the Essentials for Engaging Families of English Learners (Zacarian, 2022). These two zip guides are the first of their kind for TESOL Press. Each includes six 8.5×11 laminated folded panels that distill key principles …
This Q&A with editor Dan Alpert and co-authors Debbie Zacarian and Diane Staehr Fenner first appeared in languagemagazine.com on January 22, 2020. That piece is titled From Deficit-Based to Assets-Based: Breaking Down the Wall One Essential Shift at a Time and is based on the first chapter of the best selling …
This piece was commissioned and printed by Colorin Colorado with support from the AFT and NEA and appeared Here:Â https://www.colorincolorado.org/article/using-strengths-based-approach-els-supporting-students-living-trauma-violence-and-chronic by Dr. Debbie Zacarian, Dr. Lourdes Alvarez-Ortiz, & Judie Haynes Using a strengths-based approach allows educators to draw upon students’ internal strengths and capacities, and it can be a particularly …
