TCTELA: Sustaining Resilience in Multilingual Learners and the Educators Who Serve Them

Written By Aisha Christa Atkinson

Presentation forthcoming for the Texas Council of Teachers of English Language Arts’ 57th Annual Conference on February 18-20, 2022.

Proposal Excerpt: Using the practices of Culturally Sustaining Pedagogies and Social-Emotional Learning, one can establish an instructional environment conducive to the academic and social excellence of Multilingual Learners. Through the implementation of high-yield interventions, this blending of two rising pedagogies can help Bilingual and ESL Educators bridge the equity gaps that exist for their students as well as themselves.

Updated on January 18, 2022 to reveal the aesthetic and proposal abstract.

Aisha Christa Atkinson

Aisha Christa Atkinson is an award-winning instructional leader, education scholar, and writer whose work centers on inclusive leadership, literacy development, and the design of supportive school communities. She serves as Assistant Principal at Stafford Early Childhood Center in Texas and was named Stafford MSD District Professional of the Year (2025) and the 71st Texas Mother of the Year by American Mothers, Inc. (2023). Her writing has appeared in Education Week, Edutopia, Texas Voices, Teacher2Teacher, and Advocate for Me Magazine, where she examines instructional leadership, differentiated instruction, and systems that cultivate belonging. Aisha holds advanced degrees in Educational Administration and English Education and writes at the intersection of practice, policy, and purpose.

https://www.aishacatkinson.com
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