Tag: educational-leadership
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What Tier 2 Push-In Support Should Look Like
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What Tier 2 Push-In Support Should Look Like by Amanda Archbald Tier 2 push-in support is often misunderstood. When it is well planned, it removes language barriers and strengthens classroom learning. When it is unclear, the specialist teacher can easily be seen as an extra pair of hands rather than a language professional. This blog…
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Language Is Not a Subject, It Is the Medium
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Language Is Not a Subject, It Is the Medium by Amanda Archbald When we talk about language in schools, it is often positioned as something that belongs to a particular lesson, department, or group of pupils. English lessons focus on language. EAL or multilingual support addresses language gaps. Subject teachers deliver content. This separation feels…
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Week 1: Starting the academic year with language in mind
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Week 1: Starting the academic year with language in mind by Amanda Archbald The first week of term has been less about visibility in classrooms and more about establishing the conditions for sustainable language development across the school. Much of this week focused on finalising the design of our language support programme, which launches next…
Multilingualism and Language Development 