OUR FIRST POST...FINALLY!
Thanks for being here! You’re at ELLementary Exchange— a blog created by two English as a New Language (ENL) teachers who work in the beautiful Hudson Valley. We've benefited from the insight, ideas, and tricks of the trade that bloggers and their readers have shared about education, and we're excited to join the family!
WE WEAR MANY HATS
ENL teachers have a unique job. We are co-teachers, literacy teachers, math teachers, advisors, advocates, cheerleaders, and mentors...often all on the same day. Between carting materials from classroom to classroom and trying to co-teach without common planning times, every day can be a challenge. Over the years, we’ve learned a few things that work for us and our students. We’re excited to share these ideas with you to (hopefully) make your teaching life feel a little lighter.
OUR STUDENTS ROCK
Our students give us a view into a world beyond our own and remind us that there’s always something more to learn. We want them to become passionate leaders, deep thinkers, and global citizens that will someday change the world. Our work is aimed at providing our amazing multi language learners with the best foundation for success. This is what drives us as professionals and motivates us to keep creating. In our posts, you’ll find strategies and scaffolds that are predicated on what our students CAN DO. And, of course, ones that benefit ALL students, regardless of language level or ability (or the setting in which you teach).
WE ARE NERDS (but really cool ones)
We geek out on theory and research. Expect to read often about our love affair with the Sydney School in Australia, the University of New Zealand—research home of Marie Clay— and the Systemic Functional Linguistic (SFL) folks and curriculum developers Halliday, Rothery, Martin and Rose. We draw much of our inspiration and ideas from them and hope to do their work justice.
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