Beyond core expectations : a schoolwide framework for serving the not-so-common learner / Maria G. Dove, Andrea Honigsfeld, Audrey Cohan.

Create a schoolwide foundation to ensure academic success for ALL students This useful guide supports the needs of culturally, linguistically, and academically diverse learners and demonstrates how a shared vision can increase student engagement and ensure that not-so-common learners benefit from academic rigor. Taking a system-wide approach, the authors offer educators a model arranged in six distinct yet complementary pathways to improve programs, policies, and practices for diverse learners. This innovative framework includes: Mapping and aligning an integrated curriculum--making the mainstream curricula accessible for all learners Collaborative planning and assessment--pooling intelligence so the whole is greater than the sum of its parts Teaching students explicit learning strategies--empowering students by increasing student-led learning Promoting disciplinary literacy--providing all students with access to pertinent academic language learning Featuring ...