Abstract Todays schools are increasingly multicultural and multilingual, with students from diverse social and ecnomomic backgrounds. Educators serve students with different motivations for engaging in learning, behaving positively, and performing academically (Weisberg, 2016). Raising knowledgeable, responsible, and caring children can be enhanced by thoughtful, sustained, and systematic attetion to children's social and emootional learning (SEL). The purpose of this program evaluation was to...

Abstract Emergent bilingual students, also known as English as a second language (ESL) students, are the fastest-growing population of students in the United States. The growth in the emergent bilingual student population has created a need for greater ESL teacher preparation and professional development. The demand for ESL teachers remains high, but many teachers are unprepared to support emergent bilingual students. The goal of this study is to examine effective ESL practices in order to...

Abstract As the percentage of immigrants in the United States continues to grow, many immigrant students deal with different types of difficulties, and struggles. The challenges an Emergent Multilingual (ESL/ELL) student experiences when they arrive in the US, and when they walk in for the first time in an American school [sic]. The purpose of this qualitative study is to answer the question: What is the impact of peer-mentoring among Emergent Multilingual...