Empower Multilingual Learners
Empower Multilingual Learners
Transform Learning for Multilingual Learners
Transform Learning for Multilingual Learners
At The Core Collaborative, we are dedicated to advancing equity for multilingual learners (MLs) by fostering learner agency, cultural inclusivity, and academic success.
We empower MLs by equipping educators and leaders with research-based strategies to create learner-centered environments. These spaces celebrate cultural identities, amplify voices, and build confidence—ensuring every ML thrives academically and socially.
The Rising Need to Support Long-Term English Learners (LTELs)
Many MLs face systemic barriers that limit their academic growth and sense of belonging. LTELs, in particular, struggle with:
At The Core Collaborative, we are dedicated to advancing equity for multilingual learners (MLs) by fostering learner agency, cultural inclusivity, and academic success.
We empower MLs by equipping educators and leaders with research-based strategies to create learner-centered environments. These spaces celebrate cultural identities, amplify voices, and build confidence—ensuring every ML thrives academically and socially.
The Rising Need to Support Long-Term English Learners (LTELs)
Many MLs face systemic barriers that limit their academic growth and sense of belonging. LTELs, in particular, struggle with:
- Prolonged language acquisition timelines.
- Lower graduation rates compared to peers.
- Limited access to equitable educational resources.
It’s time for a solution that breaks these cycles of inequity and empowers every ML to reach their fullest potential.
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Transform your school into a place where multilingual learners are seen, heard, and empowered. Together, we can create a future where every student thrives with pride and purpose.
Transform your school into a place where multilingual learners are seen, heard, and empowered. Together, we can create a future where every student thrives with pride and purpose.
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Empowering ML Learners is Competence-Based
Multilingual learning is competency-based, student-owned, personalized, and happens anytime and anywhere!
Empowering ML Learners is Competence-Based
Multilingual learning is competency-based, student-owned, personalized, and happens anytime and anywhere!
Our Holistic Approach
Our Holistic Approach
Asset-Based Comprehensive Needs Assessment
Our approach begins with a strengths-focused assessment that:
- Highlights the unique linguistic and cultural assets MLs bring to the classroom.
- Identifies effective practices already supporting MLs' success.
- Engages educators, families, and students to co-design solutions grounded in equity and inclusion.
This collaborative process ensures every action plan builds on existing strengths and targets opportunities for growth.
Comprehensive Services to Advance Learning
We provide professional learning tailored to empower educators in creating inclusive and impactful learning environments through:
- Designated and Integrated ML Instruction: Align language development with academic content for holistic support.
- Formative Language Assessments: Leverage real-time data to guide instruction and celebrate student progress.
- Goal-Setting Frameworks: Enable MLs to set meaningful, actionable goals that build agency and motivation.
- Translanguaging Strategies: Incorporate students' full linguistic repertoire to deepen understanding and engagement.
Empowering Dispositions for Lifelong Success
Our equity-focused strategies:
- Affirm the cultural identities and lived experiences of MLs.
- Center their linguistic strengths as assets in instruction.
- Create inclusive environments where every student feels seen, valued, and capable of achieving their goals.
Asset-Based Comprehensive Needs Assessment
Our approach begins with a strengths-focused assessment that:
- Highlights the unique linguistic and cultural assets MLs bring to the classroom.
- Identifies effective practices already supporting MLs' success.
- Engages educators, families, and students to co-design solutions grounded in equity and inclusion.
This collaborative process ensures every action plan builds on existing strengths and targets opportunities for growth.
Comprehensive Services to Advance Learning
We provide professional learning tailored to empower educators in creating inclusive and impactful learning environments through:
- Designated and Integrated ML Instruction: Align language development with academic content for holistic support.
- Formative Language Assessments: Leverage real-time data to guide instruction and celebrate student progress.
- Goal-Setting Frameworks: Enable MLs to set meaningful, actionable goals that build agency and motivation.
- Translanguaging Strategies: Incorporate students' full linguistic repertoire to deepen understanding and engagement.
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Practices
Our equity-focused strategies:
- Affirm the cultural identities and lived experiences of MLs.
- Center their linguistic strengths as assets in instruction.
- Create inclusive environments where every student feels seen, valued, and capable of achieving their goals.
Empowering Dispositions for Lifelong Success
By fostering habits of mind such as resilience, adaptability, and critical thinking, we help MLs:
- Build confidence in navigating complex tasks.
- Transfer learning across contexts and disciplines.
- Become empowered, self-directed learners.
Culturally Responsive-Sustaining Practices
Our equity-focused strategies:
- Affirm the cultural identities and lived experiences of MLs.
- Center their linguistic strengths as assets in instruction.
- Create inclusive environments where every student feels seen, valued, and capable of achieving their goals.
Join us at Camp this Summer!
Teaching for Multilingual Learner Success
A “Choose Your Own Adventure” workshop experience, Camp Elevate, are summer 2025 professional learning offerings from The Core Collaborative. Camps are 2-3 days of on-site or virtual workshops. Choose from our ML strands or co-create your camp experience with the team at TCC.
Teaching for Multilingual Learner Success
A “Choose Your Own Adventure” workshop experience, Camp Elevate, are summer 2025 professional learning offerings from The Core Collaborative. Camps are 2-3 days of on-site or virtual workshops. Choose from our ML strands or co-create your camp experience with the team at TCC.
Why Choose Us?
- Proven Expertise: Decades of experience in multilingual education and formative assessment.
- Equity-Driven Solutions: Every service is designed to dismantle barriers and foster inclusivity.
- Collaborative Partnerships: We work alongside schools to co-create impactful solutions.
Multilingual Learning in Action
Multilingual Learners | Self and Peer Assessment in Narrative Writing at PS 16
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