Alternative Education Department English Learner Professional Development (ELPD) September 15, 2010 Bill Conrad, Ed.D. Yee Wan, Ed.D. Santa Clara County Office of Education

Outcomes 1. Review strategies introduced at the August 11 meeting and discuss their implementation 2. Understand the structure of the ELD standards-based report card 2

Agenda 1.Warm-up: I Am Poem 2.Share EL Strategy Implementation 3.What’s New for the English Learners Program? 4.Review CELDT Proficiency Levels 5.Introduce the ELD Standards-based Report Card 6.Model How to Complete the ELD Standards- based Report Card 3

Warm-Up: I Am Poem 1.Select one team member to read the “I Am” poem 2.Please share one message/idea from this poem that resonates with you 3. How does the use of the “I am” poem or a similar activity support our teaching and student learning? 4

5 Review Strategies 1. Anticipation Guide 2. Pre-assessment 3. Self-rating (Traffic Light) 4. Collaborative groups 5. Graphic organizer 6. Note-taking 7. Language frames 8. Pair share 9. Connection to real-life (classroom) application

Share EL Strategy Implementation 1.Write down one EL strategy that you have implemented since the beginning of the school year 2.In your table teams, share your strategy with colleagues 3.Select a spokesperson 4.Spokesperson reports your group’s discussion to the entire group 6

Share EL Strategy Implementation Name of the StrategyDescribe how it was used SuccessesChallenges 7

What’s New in the EL Program? 1.Master Plan for Services to English Learners was adopted in April ELD Programs: Edge for grades 9-12 Inside for grades 6-8 (pilot) 3. Accountability system for measuring the effectiveness of the EL program 8

What’s New in the EL Program? Content Area CoreAssessmentsPurposes ELDNational Geographic /Hampton Brown Edge and Inside (Pilot) Edge/Inside Placement Test English Language Gains Test Reading Gains Test ELD Standards- based Report Card Identifies students for appropriate instructional level Measures Lexile Level Measures gains in language proficiency over time in vocabulary, grammar, reading comprehension and writing composition Measures gains in reading Lexile level Collects formative assessment (class work) information provided by ELD teachers

Rank Overall CELDT Performance Level Descriptors 1.Read the five CELDT proficiency level descriptors 2.Rank the CELDT levels  Beginning  Early Intermediate  Intermediate  Early Advanced  Advanced 10

ELD Standards-based Report Card 1.Review the ELD Standards-based Report Card 2.Select the intermediate language proficiency levels 3.Highlight the performance indicators that are relevant to your subject area 4.Complete the Go graphic organizer on page 16 5.Share your responses on the Go graphic organizer with an elbow partner 11

Strategies ( ) 1.Connection to prior learning/personal experience - I Am poem 2.Cooperative Groups (CELDT level ranking) 3.Ranking (CELDT level ranking) 4.Graphic Organizers (Strategy Implementation, Go) 5.Elbow partner (3-2-1 Go) 6.Modeling (ELD Report Card by Dorothy Desfosses) 7.Connection to real-life (classroom) application 12

Making Real Life Connections 1.Reflect on the strategies that you experienced in today’s session 2.Select one strategy 3.Share at your table group how you can use/adapt the strategy in your classroom 13

October 20, 2010 EL Meeting 1. Bring student work that illustrates your chosen strategy 2. Mark the standard(s) that indicate mastery on the ELD Report Card 3. Be prepared to share your strategy and the marked standards on the ELD Report Card 14

EL Resources Alternative Education Department Password: aed 15

Thank you for your contributions and commitment to English learners! 16