Exploring Professional Development Utilizing Questioning and Effective Mathematics Instruction for Multilingual Students

Professional development opportunities for mathematics teachers of multilingual students are a rarity. This chapter describes one such experience organized around a framework of questioning and four principles of effective mathematics instruction for multilingual students. Three seventh-grade mathematics teachers participated in semester-long professional development with this framework grounding their work. This chapter provides four illustrations of practice, one for each principle, from the professional development, as the teachers considered how to prepare to implement these principles and questioning in their own practice. This work draws on the teachers’ discussions in the professional development, focusing on their considerations for how to support multilingual students.