September Roundup: Readings & Resources For Educators

Welcome to the September 2022 edition of the Resource Roundup, a monthly newsletter from the IRC, packed with readings, recommendations and resources you can use in your classroom or school community. If you have a resource you think would be valuable to share for this round-up, please email Lindsay Eanet at leanet@cntrmail.org with a link.

Our friends at the Palatine Public Library recently added Ukrainian language children’s books to their collection! They also offer a host of books in Chinese, French, German, Gujarati, Hindi, Japanese, Korean, Polish, Russian, Spanish and Tamil! It’s so cool to see our local libraries serving multilingual learners. Make sure you’re following your local library & letting them know that these books & services are important to you and your students!

From Our IRC Specialists & Staff

• Bilingual Parents Video Library
• Multilingual Virtual Job Board
• Free Write Sessions to Nourish Our Teaching Practice [Olivia Mulcahy]
• List of Bilingual Parent Resources Distributed at Bilingual Parents Summit [IRC]
• “My Name is Carly and I Like Candy – My Own Oops” [Carly Spina]
• Some Students Really Don’t Want Their Names Read On Their Birthdays [Carly Spina]
• Sample Strategies for Teaching Long-Term English Learners [Maggie Essig]

More Great Readings & Resources

• Resources to Promote and Locate Free Food Distribution [No Kid Hungry]
• 6 Emergency Lessons About Teamwork [ELL 2.0]
• 20 ways to build classroom community & relationships [Ditch That Textbook]
• Books UnBanned [Brooklyn Public Library]
• Boundaries in Schools [Sarah Said for TeachBetter]
• Chicago educators create new lessons on Asian American history, nuclear power [Chalkbeat]
• Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie: The Danger of a Single Story [TED]
• Curriculum as Window & Mirror [Emily Style]
• Daring to Speak Up About Race in a Divided School District [NYT Magazine]
• English Learners Who Speak Spanish as a Home Language [U.S. Department of Education]
• Example of class Community Vision Statement [Jess Lifshitz]
• How to Address Misinformation and Book Challenges [BookRiot]
• Hyperdoc with Latinx poetry lesson plans [#TheBookChat]
• The Miseducation of Americans on Arab and Muslim Identities [NCTE]
• Position statement on writing instruction in school [NCTE]
• Public Libraries Are Under Attack. Here’s How You Can Help. [Harper’s Bazaar]
• Resources for undocumented and DACA-recipient students [Immigrant Learning Center]
• The Best Resources on Co-Teaching With ELLs [Larry Ferlazzo]
• This teacher survived the Uvalde shooting. Here’s why she’s returning to the job. [NPR’s All Things Considered]
• To Fight Book Banning, Support Librarians. [NYT]

The Illinois Resource Center is here to support you and your students throughout the school year. Visit our website for an ever-growing library of resources, including resources for supporting newcomer and refugee students.

Ask the Specialists: We’re launching a new monthly video series in which our amazing IRC specialists will answer YOUR frequently-asked questions! If you want to submit a question for our team, email leanet@cntrmail.org!

Workshops & Webinars: The IRC offers a robust calendar of free virtual workshops and webinars sponsored by ISBE. No matter your teaching experience or subject, all educators can benefit from these workshops to support multilingual and multicultural learners.

Whether you’re looking to reinvigorate your classroom reading and writing workshops, develop a better understanding of our diverse cultural and linguistic perspectives, or incorporate best practices for building a multilingual learning environment, our knowledgeable presenters will provide you with valuable tools to help you and your students thrive. Visit our website to sign up and learn more.