EL Civics Conference January 24, 2014 Jan Forstrom

 We develop all our own curriculum; most objectives are Option 2  Curriculum is designed to meet student needs, program needs and CASAS requirements  All curriculum is specific to levels ◦ 1 booklet per level ◦ Some objectives have 6 booklets ◦ Some objectives only serve one or two levels

 Affords outside examiner for level completion oral assessments  Allows teachers to fulfill two requirements at the same time (EL Civics and level completion)  Aligns two important elements of our program, EL Civics and SLO’s  Elevates the rigor of EL Civics curriculum which promotes transition  Aligns EL Civics instruction with ESL course outlines

 Created to meet needs of level completion assessment  Six levels of booklets/assessment tasks  Includes both oral and written tasks that are appropriate for level completion assessment tools

 The student will: ◦ Answer questions about a cultural event in a country other than one’s own based on pictures provided by the examiner (BL) ◦ OR ◦ Make an oral presentation on a cultural event in a culture other than one’s own (BH- Adv)

 The student will write about a cultural event in another country: ◦ four sentences (BL) ◦ a loosely organized paragraph (BH) ◦ a paragraph with topic/concluding sentences (IL) ◦ a two-paragraph composition (IH) ◦ OR ◦ write an essay (Advanced) about an American cultural value and compare it to a value in another culture in response to articles presented in student booklet

EL Civics examiners score oral and written tasks for EL Civics purposes Score oral task thoroughly Score written task until passing points are reached Teachers score written task for level completion  EL Civics examiners report scores to teacher for oral task for level completion purposes (Passing requirement for level completion = 70%) 