Professional Development for Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners ExC-ELL

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2. 2 1. The Expediting Comprehension for English-Language Learners(ExC-ELL) Instructional Model The Staff Development Model

3. 3 Expediting Comprehension for English Language Learners (ExC-ELL) Carnegie Foundation Goal Collaboratively develop, implement, and refine a staff development program for middle and high school teachers of English, science, and social studies who have English-language learners (ELLs) in their classrooms.

4. 4 Target Population Teachers with diverse groups of students: Relatively recent newcomers in middle and high schools with or without schooling ELLs who have been in US schools for longer periods of time but are not making progress toward meeting high academic standards, reading below 4th grade level English-only students in these classrooms

5. 5 Focus Helping teachers develop students� word knowledge and comprehension of classroom texts across the content areas. Helping teachers use content materials to build grammatical knowledge and improve students� basic reading and writing skills.

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7. 7 Teacher & Student Participants Science, social studies, language arts teachers from 6th - 12th grades ESL teachers, and one site coordinator /coach from each site Approximately 200 ELLs at the middle schools including 30 control ELLs [600 total] Approximately 400 ELLs at the high schools including 30 control ELLs [1200 total] Principals and central office administrators and curriculum specialists

8. 8 Data Collection Student pre- and post-tests on vocabulary and comprehension (Gates-MacGinitie); district and state tests, teacher tests, and student products. Teacher observations through ExC-ELL instrument: Part 1 for classroom instruction and Part 2 for collegial interaction in Teachers Learning Communities (TLCs). Interviews with teachers, principals, students, and coaches. Teacher narratives (perceptions, workshop work, autobiography). Contextual descriptions of TLCs, schools, classrooms, districts.

9. 9 Products Trainers� manual and CDs on teaching reading comprehension to ELLs in the content areas for conducting workshops. Teachers� manual and CDs with instructional sequence, strategies, research, ancillary materials, and sample lessons for science, social studies, and literature (math in progress).

10. 10 Products Training manual for coaches and administrators on sustaining and enhancing teachers� professional growth through Teachers Learning Communities (TLCs). ExC-ELL Observation Protocol & software for PalmPilot/computer for teacher reflection on new teaching strategies and learning practices. ExC-ELL OP to facilitate coaching by administrators and coaches.

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16. 16 10-Day Institute

17. 17 Institute Follow-up Two-day refresher workshops, ongoing follow-up expert coaching and collegial activities in Teachers Learning Communities (TLCs). Trainers observe each teacher three times a year to collect implementation data and coach/help teachers. Site coordinators, coaches, and administrators are trained to support, observe/coach each teacher.

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