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2.  Equips mainstream teachers with strategies and solutions for addressing needs specific to English Learners  Will provide language specific strategies and best practices for accelerating language acquisition within the general education classroom TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow2

3.  On the front of the index card…  Jot 1-2 concerns about supporting language of English Learners  Think about problems you have had  Save it for your ticket out of the door TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow3

4.  WIDA: World-Class Instructional Design Assessment  5 English Language Development Standards  4 domains  5 proficiency levels  3 features of academic language TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow4

5.  Social and Instructional language  The language of Language Arts  The language of Mathematics  The language of Science  The language of Social Studies TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow5

6. 4 DOMAINS 5 LEVELS OF LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY  Listening  Speaking  Reading  Writing  Level 1 - Entering  Level 2 - Emerging  Level 3 - Developing  Level 4 - Expanding  Level 5 - Bridging TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow6

7.  Levels of cognitive demand  Used language of Bloom’s revised taxonomy  Examples: Point to, Categorize, Match, Compare, Evaluate TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow7

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10. LEVELLANGUAGE FUNCTION  1 (1.0 – 1.9)  2 (2.0 – 2.9)  3 (3.0 – 3.9)  4 (4.0 – 4.9) increase academic language  5 (5.0 – 6.0)  (1) Point to, label, match, draw  (2) Match, sort, describe, restate  (3) Describe, categorize, retell, sequence, compare/contrast  (4) Compare/contrast, analyze, summarize, edit/revise  (5) mainstream TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow10

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15.  Leveled for English Proficiency  Organized by Domains  Sequential for Processes and Operations  Scaffolded for Foundational and Complex Issues  Additional Ideas? TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow15

16.  Break into groups ◦ Elementary, Middle, or High ◦ Content Area  Create a flip-book  Decide on your category (unit of study/topic)  Note the domain, level, and appropriate activity  Take approximately 5 minutes  Be creative and prepare to share TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow16

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18.  Take notes… TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow18

19.  Verbal-Linguistic – travel brochure  Logical-Mathematical – visual timeline  Bodily-Kinesthetic – role-play  Intrapersonal – progress chart  Interpersonal – interview  Spatial – scrapbook  Musical – play music to illustrate…  Naturalist – virtual field trip TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow19

20.  Auditory – engage in a debate  Visual – design an advertisment  Tactile-Kinesthetic – gather an artifact box TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow20

21. Collaboration is the most effective way for teachers to learn. Professional development is most effective and teachers learn more in sustained teacher networks and study groups than with individual mentors. http://teachers.net/wong/APR07/ TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow21

22. Gen Y teachers want to be involved in a collaborative way. Induction programs provide that connection, because they are structured around a learning community where new and veteran teachers treat each other with respect and all contributions are valued. http://teachers.net/wong/APR07/ TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow22

23.  Consider “themed” nights – academic and/or cultural  Get letter/flyers/reminders translated into home languages  Request interpreters for events  Post multilingual signs/posters in hallways and classrooms TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow23

24.  Hispanic Heritage celebration (student assembly and evening)  Domain (WIDA) nights  Technology night-vocabulary and websites TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow24

25.  Students are working together in groups and have roles  Social roles lead to higher-order thinking skills and results in higher-order behaviors  The teacher is the facilitator or moderator  The students can become resources of information and problem solvers (task cards defining roles) TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow25

26.  Terrell and Lindsey describe it as “a worldview that carries explicit values, language, and standards for effective personal interactions and professional practices” (2009). TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow26

27.  For an educator to be culturally proficient, transparent personal reflection is required. In turn, the culturally proficient educator has a viable chance to examine the student body and take strategically planned steps to close the academic gaps that exist among their learners (Terrell & Lindsey, 2009). TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow27

28. Cultural Proficiency Continuum (adapted from Terrell & Lindsey, 2009)  Cultural Destructiveness  Cultural Blindness  Cultural Competence  Cultural Incapacity  Cultural Precompetence  Cultural Proficiency TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow28

29.  Cultural Proficiency: Leading as an advocate for life-long learning with the purpose of being increasingly effective in serving the educational needs of cultural groups. Holding the vision that you and the school are instruments for creating a socially just democracy (p. 25). (Terrell & Lindsey, 2009) TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow29

30.  Cohen, E. & Lohan, R. (Eds.) (1997). Working for equity in heterogeneous classrooms: Sociological theory in practice. New York: Teachers College Press.  Diller, D. (2007). Making the most of small groups: differentiation for all. Markham, ON: Pembroke Publishers Limited.  Moyer, A. & Clymer, J. (2009, Nov/Dec). What does it mean to be culturally proficient? Principal, 14-18.  Sousa, D. (2011). How the ell brain learns. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.  Terrell, R. & Lindsey, R. (2009). Culturally proficient leadership. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.  www.uvm.edu/complexinstruction/about_ci.html www.uvm.edu/complexinstruction/about_ci.html  www.wida.us www.wida.us TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow30

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32.  On back of that same index card…  Note at least 1 thing you learned, OR  List solutions you’ve discovered, OR  Jot your “next step” after this session  Place it in my mailbox TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow32

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34.  Kendra M. Castelow, ESOL Teacher in Houston County  kendra.castelow@hcbe.net kendra.castelow@hcbe.net  GATESOL: Regional Liaison (8, 9, & 12); Executive Board Member, GATESOL In Action K-12 Co-Editor  www.gatesol.org www.gatesol.org TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow34

35. THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME, ATTENTION, AND PARTICIPATION TEL Program Houston County Kendra M. Castelow35

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