Coaching for Multilingual Excellence

Dr. Margarita Espino Calderón, born and raised in Juárez, is a Professor Emerita/Senior Research Scientist at Johns Hopkins University. Her research and development projects have been funded by the US Department of Education, National Institutes of Health, the US Department of Labor, The Carnegie Corporation of New York, and various State Offices of Education.One of her empirical studies “The Bilingual Cooperative Integrated Reading and Composition (BCIRC)” is featured in the What Works Clearinghouse. The Carnegie Corporation of New York funded her five-year study to develop Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL) to train math, science, social studies, language arts, and ESL teachers on integrating language, reading, and content in core content middle and high school classrooms. With a Title III National Professional Development grant, she implemented “A Whole-School Approach to Professional Development with ExC-ELL” in Loudoun County, VA. She replicated this approach in 29 schools in TX and NC. She served on the National Literacy Panel for Language Minority Children and Youth, the Carnegie Corporation of New York Panel on English Language Adolescent Literacy Panel, among other panels and national committees. She has over 100 publications on language, literacy, and professional development.In 2025, Margarita was inducted into the Multilingual Education Hall of Fame.

"Coaches of teachers with multilingual learners are defacto agents of equity, as it is their responsibility to be advocates and nurture the students’ linguistic and cultural assets. As ambassadors for multilingual learners, coaches who are well-versed in the language development process have not had a venue to share their expertise…. until now. Coaching for Multilingual Excellence is an invaluable resource that is dedicated to how coaches can assist classroom teachers with strategies and tools that integrate content, language, and literacy into a viable instructional framework."

• PrefaceAcknowledgmentsAbout the AuthorIntroductionChapter 1. Coaching: What It Is and What Is Yet to BeChapter 2. Why Prepare Instructional Coaches to Coach Teachers with Multilingual Students?Chapter 3. Coaching the Teaching and Learning of ReadingChapter 4. Coaching Language Development: Vocabulary and DiscourseChapter 5. Coaching WritingChapter 6. Creating a Whole School ApproachReferencesIndex