Erica Birkenholz, Samantha Cronin, Michelle DePauw, Katie Dippold, Scott Williams

Growing School Wide Collaboration: Using Academic Standards and Language Objectives to Cultivate Peer Partnerships K-12

Now is the time to maximize language learning opportunities through peer partnerships across grade levels. In this panel, a team of English language development teachers and mainstream classroom teachers demonstrate a school-wide collaboration process through authentic artifacts and discussion. This process is guided by Minnesota academic standards and WIDA language standards to support partnerships between primary and intermediate classrooms.

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