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"Teacher reading" Posts from Principals around the world

It was the end of term at Kirkkojarvi Comprehensive School in Espoo, a sprawling suburb west of Helsinki, when Kari Louhivuori, a veteran teacher and the school's principal, decided to try something extreme-by Finnish standards. One of his sixth-grade students, a Kosovo-Albanian boy, had drifted far off the learning grid, resisting his teacher's best efforts. The school's team of special educators-including a social worker, a nurse and a psychologist-convinced Louhivuori that laziness was not to blame. So he decided to hold the boy back a year, a measure so rare in Finland it's practically obsolete.

This year as part of my assistant principal duties I have the privilege of overseeing ENL instruction and learning in my school.  This week at my district AP meeting our ENL coordinator shared a great tip that administrators who have ENL/ESL students can share with their teachers.