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Ensuring Success in All classrooms

Ensuring Success in All classrooms. From the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Presenter: Cara Lovell. opening . Welcome! My journey with ELLs and ELD…. How did you get interested in ELLs? Overview Handout 1 – Key Terms. Session objectives.

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Ensuring Success in All classrooms

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  1. Ensuring Success in All classrooms From the Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development Presenter: Cara Lovell

  2. opening • Welcome! • My journey with ELLs and ELD…. • How did you get interested in ELLs? • Overview Handout 1 – Key Terms

  3. Session objectives • Understand how to modify assessments for English language learners • Understand the challenges of assessing learning disabilities in English language learners • Suggest ways to utilize the expertise and experience of ELL teachers throughout the school • Understand how to transition ELL students from sheltered immersion classes into mainstream education classes

  4. Video presentation • Intro to ASCD Tape of model schools • Reflect on Handout 19’s questions • Watch video tape

  5. discussion • Break into groups of 3 or 4 • Briefly discuss Handout 19 • Share out observations • Consider Federal/State requirements • Test all students grades 3-8 every year • Tests will determine school “success” • Schools must assess ELL English proficiency • States must set & assess annual objectives • Failing schools will suffer penalties

  6. Responses to Handout 19 • 1 Verbal interaction; WAPT, K-WAPT; ACCESS; observing group work, DIBELS, classroom assignments/assessments that allow for different abilities - assess English • 2 open-ended writing assignments, make language relevant and current on a daily basis, Can-Do descriptors • 3 Teach the standards that give the highest test pay-off, give students every allowable accommodation

  7. Further responses • 4 Focus on the most important standards, practice accommodations, increased academic time, focus on positive purpose, identify critical test vocabulary for high stakes testing prep. • 5 Assessing SpEd- use both native language & Eng. • 6 Expose students to regular content & rigor. Pair students with FELLs. • 7 The strategies we share work!

  8. Closing • Complete 3-2-1 Activity & share with a partner • Share comments with the group • Review SESSION OBJECTIVES • Understand how to modify assessments • Know the challenges of assessing learning disabilities in ELLs • Find ways to use the expertise and experience of ELL teachers • Understand how to transition ELLS from sheltered to mainstream classes • ELL Modifications for TPS teachers Thank you! Keep learning and using these strategies! Your ELLs will learn and succeed!

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