Beyond Core Expectations: A Schoolwide Framework for Serving the Not-So-Common Learner (Product Unavailable for Purchase)

Maria G. Dove, Andrea Honigsfeld & Audrey Cohan

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.

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
• 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