ELL Differentiation Tool: A 21st Century Resource for 21st Century Implementation Thomas Robel Grants, Development and Special Projects Manager Anne Scoufalos ESL Technical Assistance Coordinator

Session Goals Participants will: Recognize the important role a statewide intermediary can play in advancing a large scale English Learner (EL) Initiative. Learn how to leverage partner assets when developing educational resources Understand the components of the Pennsylvania ELL Differentiation Tool and how it supports educators of ELs

Funding Sources: State Contracts Public/Private Grants Fee-for-Service

Core Functions: Statewide Intermediary Training Technical Assistance Research and Evaluation Resource Development

Pennsylvania Statistics EL enrollment 52,296 National Statistics EL enrollment 4,745,918 Total enrollment 49,605,534 9.56% EL Pennsylvania Statistics EL enrollment 52,296 Total enrollment 1,731,588 3% EL Source: http://ocrdata.ed.gov/StateNationalEstimations/Estimations_2011_12 Source: http://www.education.pa.gov/Data-and-Statistics/Pages/Enrollment%20Reports%20and%20Projections.aspx#tab-1

Percent Change in EL enrollment in Mid-Atlantic States between mid-1990s and 2007-08 (Approximately 1997-2007) (Source: NCELA http://www.ncela.gwu.edu/t3sis/)

WIDA Consortium 39 U.S. State Education Agencies belong to the WIDA Consortium representing over 1,500,000 English Language Learners

CSIU – PDE Partnership State Contract (2003) Coordinate face-to-face trainings (WIDA and PDE) Produce webinars Facilitate project-based workgroups Develop electronic communications Offer statewide technical assistance

No Child Left Behind (2002-2015) Pennsylvania’s ESEA Flexibility Waiver [Assurance #2] (2013): Adopt English language proficiency standards (ELPS) that correspond to college- and career-ready standards that reflect the academic language skills necessary to access and meet the new college- and career-ready standards… Every Student Succeeds Act (2015) State plan will demonstrate adoption of English language proficiency standards

NCLB – Flexibility Waiver Pennsylvania’s Response (ELs) WIDA Trainings (face-to-face/online) Dissemination of WIDA materials to LEAs Targeted technical assistance to LEAs Revamped PA English Language Development Standards (PA ELDS) Formative Framework

PA English Language Development Standards Workgroup Charged with: Updating the PA ELD Standards Framework to support equitable access to challenging content for Pennsylvania’s ELs.

How can the commonwealth make the new ELD standards functional to all educators of ELs?

Shifting Paradigm Product Process

Operationalizing the Paradigm Shift Differentiation Protocol Pennsylvania English Language Development Standards ELL Overlays Differentiation Tool Moodle Course

Final Product

trobel@csc.csiu.org Anne Scoufalos ascoufalos@csc.csiu.org Thomas Robel trobel@csc.csiu.org Anne Scoufalos ascoufalos@csc.csiu.org www.center-school.org