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Multilingual schools need more than multilingual values.

When multilingualism stays in the philosophy, it doesn’t always reach the classroom.

Without clear structures, the gap widens between what a school believes about multilingualism and what students actually experience.

Conex-Us Consulting helps schools close that gap by turning multilingual values into clear, consistent school-wide practice.

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15+ years in international education
M.Ed. + M.B.A. education + school systems
Graduate research translanguaging + school culture
6 languages multilingual lived experience
Multilingual school display featuring the word peace in many languages

Language inclusion is more than a classroom strategy.

Multilingual students experience school across classrooms, leadership decisions, family communication, curriculum, and community. Strong language inclusion means thinking about all of those spaces together.

Conex-Us supports schools in building practical, sustainable approaches that leverage students’ linguistic resources to strengthen participation, academic learning, and belonging.

Ways to Work Together

Practical support for educators, teams, and schools at different stages of their language-inclusion journey.

Small-Group Coaching

Ongoing support for educators applying language-inclusive practice in real classrooms.

Whole-School Professional Learning

Practical workshops that build shared understanding and classroom-ready practice across teams.

School-Wide Language Inclusion Support

Consultation, audits, implementation planning, and systems-level support for sustainable change.

The Translanguaging Mindset

Self-paced professional learning for educators working with multilingual learners.

Patrice Thompson presenting on language, culture, belonging, and multilingual school leadership at the ECIS Leadership Conference 2026

Featured at ECIS Leadership Conference 2026

Language inclusion belongs in leadership conversations.

At the ECIS Leadership Conference in Lisbon, Patrice Thompson presented on language, culture, belonging, and multilingual school leadership.

The work of language inclusion extends beyond classroom strategies. It also shapes how schools lead, communicate, build community, and create the conditions for multilingual students to thrive.

What Educators Are Saying

Reflections from educators participating in professional learning with Conex-Us.

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Thank you for helping us deepen our understanding of how important this learning is, especially as we continue working with such a multilingual student community.

Middle School Science Teacher

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This session was especially relevant to my role as a world language teacher. It reinforced the importance of valuing students’ home languages as part of their learning process.

High School French Teacher

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Thanks for the opportunity to come together and discuss strategies and scenarios and bring translanguaging to the forefront of our minds.

Grade 3 Homeroom Teacher

Cover of the Conex-Us Consulting guide “What Does Translanguaging Actually Look Like?” with 10 classroom examples for multilingual educators

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Ready to strengthen language inclusion in your school?

Whether you are beginning the conversation or looking to move from isolated strategies toward a more coherent school-wide approach, Conex-Us can help you identify practical next steps for your context.

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