ML Chat: Conversations with Multilingual Educators
by Flashlight Learning
Latest episode
AJ Crook: Building Bilingual Programs That Last
AJ Crook: Building Bilingual Programs That Last
About this podcast
ML Chat explores everything to do with Multilingual student instruction. Do you oversee students that are learning English? ML Chat is the place to learn more and continue to refine your craft. In each episode co-hosts Mandi Morris and Andrew Brandt talk with experts, researchers, and district administrators to explore how to best serve our language learners.
Episodes
The newest 20 of 83 episodes
- AJ Crook: Building Bilingual Programs That Last · 50 min · Episode 85With students' entire K–12 journey in mind, AJ Crook shares how DeKalb School District is building and expanding bilingual and dual language programs. She discusses creative…
- Putting Policy to Work with Dr. Megan Alubicki-Flick · 44 min · Episode 84Drawing on decades of experience from the classroom to research and state-level policy, Dr. Megan Alubicki-Flick shares what it takes to turn policy into action that supports…
- The Lens Behind the Data with Dr. Doris Chavez-Linville · 49 min · Episode 83Dr. Doris Chavez-Linville challenges educators and leaders to question the framework they use to interpret data. Drawing on more than 25 years in EdTech and research on…
- Patrice Thompson: Making Room for Every Language · 42 min · Episode 82From her own journey as a language learner to teaching in South Korea, China, and Morocco, multilingual educator and consultant Patrice Thompson has seen firsthand how language…
- Dr. Simone Wilkinson: Leading Through Listening · 53 min · Episode 81Dr. Simone Wilkinson shares how her experience as a secondary administrator and current elementary principal has shaped a leadership approach grounded in listening. From student…
- Belonging Before Achievement with Dr. Marie Heath · 50 min · Episode 80Drawing from her own journey, Dr. Marie Heath explains why creating a sense of belonging helps multilingual learners thrive both academically and personally. She shares why…
- The Power of Teacher Agency with Sally Baer, NBCT · 50 min · Episode 79Sally Baer, NBCT, shares how teacher agency can transform professional growth by encouraging educators to take ownership of their learning. She explains why focusing on one area…
- Dr. Jennifer Lovellette: Seeing School Through Students' Eyes · 53 min · Episode 78Dr. Jennifer Lovellette shares how her district used student shadowing to better understand multilingual learners’ school experience. The process revealed that well-intentioned…
- From Feedback to Curriculum with Dr. Lisa Auslander · 54 min · Episode 77Drawing on teacher feedback and classroom observations, Dr. Lisa Auslander shares how her team continually refines curriculum and resources for newcomers and SLIFE students. She…
- Language, Culture, & Community with Ndey Tida Kejera · 51 min · Episode 76Ndey Tida Kejera shares how growing up multilingual in Senegal and The Gambia shaped her belief that language, culture, and community are inseparable. Drawing from her…
- Dr. Carol Salva: Mindset, Motivation, & Student Potential · 1 h 0 min · Episode 75After struggling in school herself and entering education later in life, Dr. Carol Salva became passionate about helping multilingual learners recognize how smart they are. She…
- Turning Intention Into Impact for MLs with Carlene Thomas · 1 h 5 min · Episode 74Carlene Thomas, an educational consultant supporting districts nationwide, shares how to move from intention to impact by simplifying implementation and aligning systems. She…
- Dr. Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa: Supporting Neurodivergent MLs · 1 h 6 min · Episode 73Dr. Dorina Sackman-Ebuwa shares how to support neurodivergent, dually identified multilingual learners through empathy and research-based practices. She reframes diagnoses like…
- Dr. Kate Seltzer: Translanguaging in Theory and Practice · 58 min · Episode 72Dr. Kate Seltzer, former South Bronx high school ELA teacher and co-author of The Translanguaging Classroom, introduces translanguaging as both a theory and practice. She…
- Yip, Hunsberger & de Oliveira: Breaking Systemwide ELD Silos · 53 min · Episode 71In a district serving more than 156,000 students, including 30,000 multilingual learners speaking 162 languages, Daniel Yip, Michelle Hunsberger, and Dr. Luciana de Oliveira…
- Kate Morin: From Pullout to Integrated ELD · 36 min · Episode 69Curious what it takes to lead a districtwide shift from a pullout program to an in-class, integrated ELD model? Kate Morin, Director of Multilingual Education for Mount Vernon…
- Small Districts, Big Voices with Desiree Kiesel · 56 min · Episode 68Drawing from her work in small, rural districts, Desiree Kiesel explores how relationship-building, asset-based approaches, and adaptability play a key role in multilingual…
- Jeff Zwiers: Talk That Transforms Learning · 1 h 0 min · Episode 67What happens when student talk takes center stage? On the ML Chat Podcast, educator and Stanford researcher Jeff Zwiers discusses how academic discourse, teaching big ideas with…
- Supporting Newcomers & Educators with Christen Graham · 48 min · Episode 66President of Arkansas TESOL and Director of ESL, Christen Graham, shares how her district turned mission into action during a sudden influx of Afghan refugee students. She…
- Carly Spina: A Holistic Approach to Multilingual Teaching · 55 min · Episode 65
