Social Emotional Learning for Multilingual Learners

Dedication
Foreword by Margarita Calderón
Acknowledgments
About the Authors
Who Should Read This Book
Chapter Overview
Chapter 1: Why SEL for MLs Matters
Chapter 2: The SEL Framework for MLs
Chapter 3: Fostering MLs' Access to Self-Awareness
Chapter 4: Fostering MLs' Access to Self-Management
Chapter 5: Foster MLs' Access to Social Awareness
Chapter 6: Fostering MLs' Access to Relationship Skills
Chapter 7: Fostering MLs' Access to Responsible Decision-Making
Chapter 8: Taking the Next Steps to Implement SEL with MLs
References

Diane Staehr Fenner, PhD, is the president of SupportEd (SupportEd.com), a woman-owned small business located in the Washington, DC, metro area that she founded in 2011. SupportEd is dedicated to empowering multilingual learners and their educators. Dr. Staehr Fenner leads her team to provide ML professional development, coaching, technical assistance, and curriculum and assessment support to school districts, states, organizations, and the U.S. Department of Education. Prior to forming SupportEd, Dr. Staehr Fenner was an English language development (ELD) teacher, dual language assessment teacher, and ELD assessment specialist in Fairfax County Public Schools, VA. She speaks German and Spanish and has taught in Berlin, Germany, and Veracruz, Mexico. Dr. Staehr Fenner grew up on a dairy farm in central New York and is a proud first- generation college graduate. She has written eight books on ML education (and counting), including coauthoring Culturally Responsive Teaching for Multilingual Learners: Tools for Equity and authoring Advocating for English Learners: A Guide for Educators. She is a frequent keynote speaker on ML education at conferences across North America. She earned her PhD in Multilingual/Multicultural Education at George Mason University
and her MAT in TESOL at the School for International Training. You can connect with her by email at Diane@SupportEd.com or on Twitter at @DStaehrFenner.