Dr. Tierno’s Blog
21st Century Barriers to ELL Success
My research exposed the following 21st-century barriers for parents when it involves their children, school, and home. The results were the following: Cognitive impact, socio-emotional impact, and social capital-building impact. In this blog post we will look at...
Let Us Help Your School or District
YOUR DISTRICT can be trained to develop this model as one of the solutions to thinking and learning! In Dr.Tierno’s first book: Andamio! Engaging Hispanic Families for ELL Success, she notes that: “The rapidly changing world of teaching and learning...
A Scaffold Approach to Brain Based Learning
Over the years as an educator, the researcher has studied much about the brain and its machinations. The study of the brain as it relates to thinking and learning is one of the established axioms in working with children, parents, and teachers, especially for Hispanic...
The Guardians–the Key to Education
I was honored to be asked to present the keynote talk at the Laredo Independent School District's Parent and Family Engagement Conference on November 9, 2019. Drawing from my recent book, Andamio! Engaging Hispanic Families for ESL Success Through Brain-Based...
My Book Launch
I was delighted at the turn-out of so friends, family and colleagues at my book launch on August 10th. We gathered at La Posada Hotel for refreshments, then I read a short sections from my new book, ¡ANDAMIO! ENGAGING HISPANIC PARENTS FOR ELL SUCCESS THROUGH...
Learning with Games
“Play is the highest form of research” - Albert Einstein Today’s children love games. The history of games goes back thousands of years. Board games, and dice games go back almost 5,000 years. In the 21st Century, games still remains a form of socialization. Games...