Two Pint PLC

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Two Pint PLC – Personal & Professional Education Podcast

A podcast to challenge educators across K-12 by considering up-to-date research and current events through the lens of practicing teachers trying to do what’s right for students.

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055 Mental Health & Multilingual Literacy

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Episode Synopsis

Starting another school year with pandemic concerns rising again, it’s important to address student mental wellness as a classroom goal. We read a national survey that asked students how they feel about school, both at the moment and as they remember it. The results give us concrete opportunities to support student wellness this fall.

Later, we read a design-based study that evaluated a culturally sustaining approach to multilingual literacy. This example shows how to help students reach reading AND content goals.

  • First Segment – 01:44 – National Student Mental Health Survey
  • Second Segment – 24:07 – Culturally Sustaining Pedagogy in ESOL Classrooms

Primary Citations

  • Moeller, J., Brackett, M. A., Ivcevic, Z., & White, A. E. (2020). High school students’ feelings: Discoveries from a large national survey and an experience sampling study. Learning and Instruction, 66, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.learninstruc.2019.101301.
  • Cavallaro, C. J., & Sembiante, S. F. (2021). Facilitating culturally sustaining, functional literacy practices in a middle school ESOL reading program: a design-based research study. Language and Education, 35(2), 160-179. https://doi.org/10.1080/09500782.2020.1775244

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Featured Beverage

We drink Troptimistic, a wheat ale with passionfruit & kiwi from Sweet Water Brewing Company in Atlanta, GA.