Maggie Essig, Author at Illinois Resource Center (IRC

I Already Miss #MultilingualIL

Maggie Essig2021-12-16T12:03:57-06:00

by Olivia Mulcahy Every bilingual or ESL teacher I know in Illinois looks forward to the winter. Or at least, we all look forward to one special week in early December when it’s usually time to head to Oak Brook for the bilingual conference (as it’s been popularly called), or The Annual Statewide Conference For Teachers Serving Linguistically And Culturally Diverse Students (as it was actually called), or Multilingual Illinois (as it was renamed last year). This chilly week is the one time a year we get to feel the full warmth of our huge community--to enjoy the embrace of [...]

I Already Miss #MultilingualILMaggie Essig2021-12-16T12:03:57-06:00

New to Teaching English Learners? Start here!
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New to Teaching English Learners? Start here!

Maggie Essig2020-06-05T07:09:16-05:00

by Maggie Essig This blog entry was originally published by Maggie Essig on her blog, maggieessig.com/blog. Lately I've been seeing posts on social media from teachers looking for resources for teaching English learners. Some are new teachers, who've just been hired as an EL teacher (I've been there...it's overwhelming but you'll figure it out). Some are veteran teachers who will be teaching ELs for the first time. No matter the situation, seeing this question prompted me to start collecting the resources I would have wanted when I started teaching ELs. I have a longer post in the works for the new EL [...]

New to Teaching English Learners? Start here!Maggie Essig2020-06-05T07:09:16-05:00

Developing Language Skills from a Distance
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Developing Language Skills from a Distance

Maggie Essig2020-05-11T08:36:44-05:00

by Maggie Essig This blog entry was originally published by Maggie Essig on her blog, maggieessig.com/blog. When I was in the classroom, my district went on strike. I didn’t see my students for ten days, and I worried about them every day. I missed their smiling faces and their silly jokes. I missed teaching them so much it made me cry. I don’t want to imagine what it would be like if I were in the classroom during the COVID-19 pandemic. I am in awe of teachers who quickly adjusted to remote crisis teaching while having to wonder if their students [...]

Developing Language Skills from a DistanceMaggie Essig2020-05-11T08:36:44-05:00

Take Care. That is the Curriculum.
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Take Care. That is the Curriculum.

Maggie Essig2020-05-10T15:55:46-05:00

by Olivia Mulcahy This blog entry was originally published by Olivia Mulcahy on her blog, claimed.blog. A while ago I wrote about how we might reimagine homework as the task of taking care. Now, as so many people are hunkering down to do all their living and schooling and working at home, I’m thinking we need to take this idea to another level entirely. It’s an idea I think might help any of us get through the crises catalyzed and exacerbated by the Coronavirus, but right now I’m specifically thinking about how it might help guide schools as they manage an enormous and [...]

Take Care. That is the Curriculum.Maggie Essig2020-05-10T15:55:46-05:00

About Maggie Essig

I Already Miss #MultilingualIL

New to Teaching English Learners? Start here!

Developing Language Skills from a Distance

Take Care. That is the Curriculum.