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Mindset Matters: The impact of an Asset Based Mindset
“In order to effectively educate EL’s, it is important to first recognize the funds of knowledge and skills that they already have.” This...

Paula Polk
Jun 252 min read


Layers of Quality Language Acquisition Instruction
When I first began my work exclusively with multilingual learners I began to ask myself: What are the optimal conditions in a school or...

Paula Polk
Jun 112 min read


Empowering Language Proficiency
As an avid reader all my life, giving students the gift of literacy is one of my passions! Much of my teaching career was spent teaching...

Paula Polk
Apr 11 min read
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