Greeneville City Schools K-5 Professional Development October 14, 2009 ESL: 101 Greeneville City Schools K-5 Professional Development October 14, 2009

Questions? Please write down any questions you have about the ESL program, teaching English as a Second Language, topics you would like to address in these sessions.

“Seek first to understand, rather than to be understood.” –Steven Covey

Please complete the ESL: 101 Pre-Test

English is the official language of TN “English is hereby established as the official & legal language of Tennessee. All communications & publications, including ballots, produced by governmental entities in Tennessee shall be in English, & instruction in the public schools & colleges of Tennessee shall be conducted in English unless the nature of the course would require otherwise.”

Identifying ELLs Home Language Survey

GCS ESL Procedures

Funding Title III ESL October 1, 2008—GCS has 76 ESL students Required ratio—1:45 2 of our teacher salaries come from state and local $ GCS has created a supplemental ESL teacher position through Title VI (Rural Education) funds

Accountability TCAP AYP subgroup Gateway/End of Course

What do ESL students need to learn? Social language Daily interactions Academic language More abstract, precise, higher-order thinking Necessary to express the content knowledge they already have & to process new content Content Culture

Let’s play…

We are ALL English Language Learners! Remember… We are ALL English Language Learners!