http://www.nea.org/home/63594.htm
Check out this link shared by a peer in my ESL Leadership course. NEA provides five steps to take in order to determine how to better advocate for our language learners and their families.
Category Archives: ESL Programming
ESL Presentation- Programs, Policy, & Instructional Practices
Check out my video presentation! It includes program models for ESL students, instructional ideas/ practices, and recommendations for language policy in relation to various stakeholders (administration, teachers, parents, students).
Multicultural Education Reform
http://edglossary.org/multicultural-education/
“Multicultural education is predicated on the principle of educational equity for all students, regardless of culture, and it strives to remove barriers to educational opportunities and success for students from different cultural backgrounds.”
This is an awesome resource about multicultural education. The article includes definitions, representative examples, and other links to additional cultural resources. There are ideas and examples of how multicultural education looks in a school setting or how it has evolved in order to improve education.
Success for ELLs
These are some ways to support the success of language learners and support them the best we can! As educators, we have to set high expectations and share with all of our students that they can and will succeed in school. We will guide them along the way, but we need them to realize we are on their team!!
Teaching Math as a Social Activity
A master teacher in Anchorage, Alaska, establishes a cooperative-learning environment in an upper-elementary classroom. He uses skills and strategies to engage students in Math, while incorporating social activities as well. Students focus on language skills. They build a foundation in order to build upon it and strive toward explicit teaching and deeper understanding. There is an emphasis on observing, interacting, self-reflecting, giving feedback, giving explanations, and looking at next steps for rigorous learning.
Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP)
Lesson delivery from a 3rd grade classroom on fact vs. opinion using the SIOP model.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lVGbz4EqyGs
The content and language objectives are presented and supported, students are engaged in meaningful learning, and the pacing of the lesson is appropriate for a variety of developmental levels.
Diversity in Schools
This USA Today story addresses the support of diversity in schools. This school district underwent boundary changes in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. Parents are advocating for their children and they want their students to receive the best education.
Mr. Wright a second grade teacher supports and instructs his diverse population of students. The principals are becoming more aware of racial inequities. This is a two year program to train and teach teachers and principals to have a new lens in celebrating diversity in schools. This is an ongoing issue in which families, communities, and schools are debating and struggling to come to a solution to educational equity and student diversity boundaries.
Did the boundary change help or hurt?
Bilingual Education
Study shows bilingual education can positively affect your brain! Check it out!
Models & Strategies for ESL Instruction
In the following article, it provides ways to incorporate assessment and instruction. It provides several multi-level models for learning and shares strategies for managing a ESL class with multiple learning stages. It was interesting because although the article was written for ESL adults, the same skills and strategies will work for Elementary ESL students.
http://www.lasc.edu/students/bridges-to-success/documents/newinstructorcalpro.pdf
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