Effective Schooling for English Language Learners

What Elementary Principals Should Know and Do

Organized around a series of "Critical Questions" and "Leadership Challenges," this book offers knowledge and expertise about the elementary principal's leadership role in- -effective instructional strategies -student assessment -school climate -parent involvement -and other ways to improve the academic achievement of English Language learners.

What Elementary Principals Should Know and Do Patricia Smiley, Trudy
Salsberry ... Research shows a strong relationship between vocabulary
knowledge in English and academic achievement ... Nagy, Garcia, Durgunoglu,
and Hancin-Bhatt (1993) found that instruction in how to use cognate knowledge
was highly ...