Engaging the Families of ELLs: Ideas, Resources, and Activities
Michelle H. Abrego is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville in the educational leadership program where she currently prepares principals and superintendents. Her passion for working with families of ELLs began with her doctoral dissertation and has continued throughout her university career where she works to prepare school leaders to engage ELL families. Most recently she has developed and implemented a course on family engagement of ELLs for school leaders and is working with aspiring and practicing school principals to increase the level of meaningful ELL family engagement at their respective campuses.John A. Sutterby is an associate professor at the University of Texas at Brownsville in the area of early childhood education. Dr. Sutterby has twice served as President of The Association for the Study of Play (TASP) as well as program chair for the Early Childhood Education/Child Development SIG for American Educational Research Association (AERA). He is currently serving as series editor for the Advances in Early Education and Day Care published by Emerald Publications. He is also a co-author of The Developmental Benefits of Playgrounds published by Association for Childhood Education International (ACEI).