Shifting the Perception of Multilingual Learners with Josefine Benavides Sherrman

Over the past decade, we’ve seen a shift in schools' perception of multilingual learners. Things like changing our language from “English Language Learner” to “emergent multilingual student” shows how we are moving from a singular focus on English acquisition to a more holistic approach to bilingualism and biliteracy.

In this episode, we dig into that conversation with bilingual educator and specialist Josie Scherrman - in addition to being an amazing educator, she is also my sister! She talked with us about her journey to reclaim her heritage language, Spanish, and how she is now cultivating learning environments that value and encourage students in their home language.