Carolyn Harman Elsberry R-II School District Elsberry, Missouri Introduction The purpose of this project is to promote multiliteracy and affirm home language use among Multilingual Learners (MLLs) in a rural K–12 school in Missouri by building teacher capacity and expanding multilingual classroom resources. Our primary goals were: To strengthen instructional practices that integrate students’ home languages. To provide multilingual classroom materials that support biliteracy

Katy Knapp Ozarks Technical Community College, Springfield MO Intro The goal of this project was to allow multilingual learners the opportunity to check out books that represent diverse cultures and languages. The target audience was high school students. High School juniors and seniors attend Ozarks Technical Community College as part of the High School Programs department. The books were in student's home languages of Spanish, Arabic, French and Swahili. This informati

Nicki Foltz Boyd Elementary Springfield, MO Intro The Bridges, Not Barriers: Engaging Multilingual Families Through Inclusive School Events project aims to increase multilingual family engagement by identifying and removing barriers and designing inclusive school events that are accessible to English-language (EL) families. Family engagement is a key factor in supporting the academic success and development of multilingual learners (Ansari & Pianta, 2023; Jeon et al., 2026; M