Guided Language Acquisition Design (GLAD) A Promising Practice EL Coordinator Meeting 2016 Simone Wertenberger EL and MEP Director Henderson County Public Schools Certified GLAD Trainer

OCDE Project GLAD® is: A rigorous professional development model A collection of research-based, effective classroom strategies An integrated approach aimed at supporting language acquisition and proficiency in grade level content standards

SIOP and GLAD Balancing between instruction that intentionally supports sheltered instruction and ELD is vital when supporting English Learners. GLAD provides multiple strategies within 5 component areas that support the delivery of Sheltered English Instruction in content areas.

5 Component Areas of GLAD Focus and Motivation Input Guided Oral Practice Reading and Writing Feedback and Assessment

Focus and Motivation Objective: Focus students’ attention on content while engaging interest Rationale: Activate, focus or build background information Spark interest, excitement and engagement Set purposes for learning (student-driven) Identify and assess prior knowledge

Teacher Made Big Book

Input Objective: To promote direct content instruction Rationale: Allow universal access to the core curriculum Provide direct instruction of concepts, skills and academic vocabulary Engage students in active participation Pattern concepts auditorily, visually, kinesthetically and linguistically Scaffold instruction with gestures, visual and real items for comprehensibility

Comparative Input Chart

Guided Oral Practice Objective: Improve oral language production Promote collaboration through academic discourse Promote meaningful interactions with academic language support negotiating for meaning and metacognition Guide opportunities to interact with text Ensure ample time for processing and metacognition Build self-esteem Foster primary language support Develop phonemic awareness Promote 21st century skills

Sentence Patterning Chart

Reading & Writing Objective: To develop competency in grade-level reading and writing skills Provide print rich, language functional environment Use variety of texts and media Model and teach text patterns Use interactively with oral activities Balance cooperative and individual groupings Stress the joy and purposes Scaffold through whole class modeling, small group practice, individual use

Cooperative Strip Paragraph

Language Functional Environment Leanna Traill’s Theory Depicts a classroom dripping with accessible language Learning is relevant to students’ learning The charts are referenced and processed continuously Students take ownership of the learning

Inquiry Chart (From Focus and Motivation)

Feedback From the Field Project GLAD is a game changer in the classroom. I have never been this excited about a new way to teach before. It's logical, well organized, and really gets the students engaged and excited about learning. The strategies are great research based strategies that work with all students, not just language learners. I feel like this is the first training I have attended that I came away with strategies and know how to implement in my classroom.. This is the best literacy professional development I've been to ( and I've been teaching for 25+ years). It is the logical , intentional progression of great strategies that have been out there for decades but disconnected from each other and a unifying rationale. GLAD is great! My school is growing more and more diverse. These strategies support the 2nd language learner as well as increasing vocabulary for all learners. I also like how the strategies build independence and community in a world where we need to work together.I hope other teachers at my school will see the value in these strategies. I have been teaching 6 years and this was the best workshop I have ever been to! I wish I had it my first year of teaching. I learned a lot. I am going to start small and hopefully implement more as I grow with the strategies. You all have made an imprint on my brain with your classroom implementation. I

OCDE GLAD National Training Center Nicole Chavez nchavez@ocde.us Diana Hernandez dhernandez@ocde.us http://www.ocde.us/projectglad http://www.ahisd.net/common/pages/UserFile.aspx?fileId=5 074816 (or just google GLAD Resource book)

Questions? Simone Wertenberger Henderson County Public Schools. (828) 697-4733 sgwertenberger@hcpsnc.org