What are your resources as a teacher, or which professionals can you contact or collaborate with to support the mental health of ELLs?

What are your resources as a teacher, or which professionals can you contact or collaborate with to support the mental health of ELLs?

To support the mental health of ELLs, teachers need to work with other professionals in the learning institutions. ELL educators are essential during the developmental and early learning stages (King & Echevarria, 2020). These educators offer the need motivation and professional development to teachers working with ELLs. Speech language pathologists are also essential in addressing the mental health of ELLs and help them communicate effectively. Thus, I as a teacher need to collaborate with ESL teachers and other school staff to determine how cultural backgrounds can support the development of custom learning approaches. Also, I need to share the cultural information of different ELLs under my care, research the cultural backgrounds of different students to understand their language and educational backgrounds.

References

King, J., & Echevarria, J. (2020). ESL (ELL) literacy instruction: A guidebook to theory and practice. ESL (ELL) Literacy Instruction: A Guidebook to Theory and Practice (Second ed.).

Maske, J. (2021). Creating a middle school culture of autonomy (Doctoral dissertation, University of Montana). https://scholarw