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Co-Teaching with a Holistic Bilingual Perspective co-teaching dual language education tandem teachers Mar 21, 2024

Our second Big Idea of Tandem Teaching is that Tandem Teaching aligns with a holistic perspective on bilingualism and biliteracy development. What does that mean, and what does it look like? 

Beliefs about bilingualism and biliteracy in the field in general, and in dual...

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Viewing Dual Language Instruction Through the E3DL Lens co-teaching dual language education tandem teachers Mar 16, 2024

Several years ago, the two of us worked together as English (Shera) and Spanish (Liz) co-teachers in a dual language program, an arrangement that we refer to as Tandem Teaching. Since then, we’ve been working with other teachers, presenting at conferences, and writing about the topic, and...

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Strengthening Our Co-Teaching Relationships by Caring for Ourselves and Each Other co-teaching dual language education tandem teachers Oct 22, 2023

If you’re reading this blog, you know how hard dual language teachers work and how demanding the job can be. During the pandemic, with the shifts to remote and hybrid instruction, it’s gotten even harder - a LOT harder. All teachers are experiencing far more stress this year, but for...

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