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ED291 Bilingual Brilliance

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  • CRN: 15767
  • Credits: 3
  • Locations, days, times, and instructors:
    • Online (no scheduled meetings), Available 24/7
      From January 5 through March 21, 2026, Tanya G Mead
    • Online (scheduled meetings), Monday, from 5 to 6:20pm
      From January 5 through March 16, 2026, Tanya G Mead

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Textbooks

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Details about this class

Greetings!

In this class we will delve into bilingual education in US schools, learning ways to support emergent bilingual students in K-12 classrooms. The course will provide a  historical, political, and social context for  bilingual education so that you can understand how power and policy have shaped bilingual experiences in U.S. schools. You will explore the value of preserving and honoring students' heritage languages as a vital part of their cultural identity, family connections, and community ties. As a daughter of an immigrant, I am passionate about this topic and the role for educators, which is a very important one. Whether you speak another language or not, it is highly likely you will have emergent bilinguals in your classrooms and will consequently benefit from this course!

This is a remote and online class that meets on Mondays from 5- 6:20 PM.

Here is my ED 291 liquid syllabus

A variety of materials will be provided in the course. The required text for the course is available in the PCC bookstore:

Rethinking Bilingual Education, Welcoming Home Languages in our classrooms, Edited by Elizabeth Barbian, Grace Cornell Gonzales and Pilar Mejia (2017)

I look forward to learning with you!

Tanya Mead, ED faculty

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Technology

We will use google docs for most of our shared work.

No show policy

Your instructor can mark you as a "no show" if you do not participate in your class during the first week. This will remove you from the class. It is important to log in as soon as the class starts to see what the participation requirements are.

Online technical requirements

Please be sure to read the quick guide to Online Learning technical requirements.

Students with disabilities

Students with disabilities should notify their instructor if accommodations are needed to take this class. For information about technologies that help people with disabilities taking Online based classes please visit the Disability Services website.

Prerequisite for online classes

Before you take your first online class at PCC, you must complete the start guide. The start guide will help you decide if these classes are right for you. Once you complete the start guide, you will be able to register for these classes.