Lara Shantz
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Lara Shantz
@larashantz14
Mom, partner, friend, educator, human.
My family, including 2.5 yr old me, arrived to Canada in 1969 and to @CityKitchener in 1977. Our region is now among top 5 big urban areas in Canada for immigration, making us a more diverse & vibrant community as a result! Read more: kitchener.citynews.ca/local-news/reg… via @CityNewsKIT
"Muslim, Arab, & Brown youth have become normalized targets of bullying since 9/11, magnifying the need for adults and educators to actively work to reverse these impacts (Bajaj et al., 2016)." Powerful article by @SJEducate: ncte.org/blog/2022/09/t… #choosethemargins #StreetData
At the beginning of the school yr I always have Ss draw all of the languages in their body and do some reflections. Then they make a #translanguaging plan for our classroom. Ss will draw their bodies again at the end of the school yr as well to compare. #multilingualism
When we start moving antiracist efforts at the pace and in the ways insisted upon by the people who experience racism rather than the pace and ways of the people who benefit from racism: only then have we started our racial justice journey. Everything before that is privilege.
This is why we need qualified ESL teachers doing assessments on students to determine language proficiency and needs. Many students speak an additional language or languages at home and do not actually need ESL programming. Fund qualified professionals. cbc.ca/news/canada/fi…
I was so happy to see @WRDSB multilingual learners at the Education Centre for the Lifting Our Voices event on Wednesday. Inspiring to hear from these awesome students – what a great way to spend my birthday morning! #WeAreWRDSB #WRDSBMLL
Instructional Leadership #edchat
Please check out our chapter (#9) in this new book about teaching #SLIFE. It's an honour to have my research included. This is a valuable resource for all pre/ in-service teachers of MLLs of refugee background, with emerging L1 and English literacy skills. link.springer.com/book/10.1007/9…