S13/E2: Engaging families in early education with Dr. Rebecca Palacios

Welcome to Highest Aspirations, an education podcast focused on providing educators with inspiration and strategies to help multilingual learners achieve their highest aspirations. We have a very special guest with us today, Dr. Rebecca Palacios. This episode is dedicated to all of our educators who are in back-to-school mode and I could think of no one better to get us talking about parent engagement and early childhood education than Dr. Rebecca Palacios.  Dr. Palacios is a National Board Certified Teacher, and leading expert in early childhood education. With over five decades of experience, she is a pioneer in the field of dual language learning and specializes in curriculum planning and instructional design. In addition to being a founding director of The National Board for Professional Teaching Standards and formerly serving as its vice-chairperson, she is also a co-founder of the Texas National Board Coalition for Teaching and serves as its Treasurer. And she also serves as a Curriculum Board Member for Age of Learning, the leading education technology company that created ABCmouse.com Early Learning Academy. For full episode resources and links, find the episode recap post on our podcast page. To download the full episode transcript click here To find more podcast episodes and show notes/key takeaways, ⁠visit our podcast resource page.⁠ For additional free resources geared toward supporting English learners, ⁠visit our blog. To expand your connection within the Ellevation community by join our⁠ ⁠Ellevation Educator Facebook Group.⁠