Guidebook
Equity-based mindsets + language & literacy practices in all classrooms
Sarah Bernadette Ottow has spent over 20 years supporting schools and organizations with her Language Lens® approach that improves the learning experience every student.
The Language Lens for Content Classrooms: A Guidebook for Teachers, Coaches & Leaders (2nd ed.) is the starting point for any educator, including coaches and leaders, of Academic Language Learners (ALLs) and Multilingual Learners (MLLs) in today’s diverse schools.
Ideas to invest in all students' identities
Strategies to boost the learning of all students through speaking, listening, reading, and writing skills across the curriculum
Tips to support student ownership in their academic success and, ultimately, their career, college, workplace, and life readiness!
This best-selling guidebook, originally published in 2019, has been updated with information for coaches and leaders plus how the Covid-19 pandemic has reshaped our schools.
“This timely book provides a host of highly practical insights for addressing one of our most important challenges faced by educators...cultivating the powerful symbiosis of language development and content learning.”
“I highly recommend this book because it’s so clearly written and absolutely full of useful information. I can sit down for ten minutes and come away with an understanding I can apply right away. When I’m working with a teacher, I can open up The Language Lens and easily find a tool, explanation, or diagram that applies to almost any situation or concern brought to my attention. This is what I need from professional development! ”