Teachers, coaches, and administrators can use this survey from the end of Chapter 5 (Valdés et al) to explore the context of teaching and learning surrounding CCSS and ELLs/emergent bilinguals at their school/district/organization. The survey asks educators to focus on a) language demands of the content areas, b) literacy and multiliteracies across content areas, c) and languages and literacies for disciplinary purposes.

After individuals complete their surveys, leadership teams are encouraged to discuss survey responses, and identify one to three issues that stand out as challenges in their context. Then team members are asked to identify one to three action steps they can take to address the challenges they identify. As questions arise, educators are encouraged to turn to expert responses in the chapter for guidance.