English Learners (EL) Committee UpdateAcademic Oral Language

&Peer Assisted Learning

SBCEO Special EducationEL CommitteePresenters:

Cathy DeLaurentisDeby Geiger

Dr. Jim McKinney2011

EL Committee Action Plan

O Title III EL Committee Actions

O TrainingsO Test-taking strategiesAcademic Oral Language

& Peer-Assisted LearningO SDAIE - Specially Designed Academic

Instruction In English

O EL Handbook Update

Deby Geiger

Oral Language Development

Thinking

Listening

Speaking

Dr. Jim McKinney

Academic Oral LanguageO Types of Listening

Social and Academic (HO ①) Two-way verses One-way

O Power of Pause - good practice to follow: With general education, teacher pauses for 3 seconds anticipating response. With English Language learners, teacher pauses for 5-7 seconds anticipating

response.

O Facts that give you reason to pause: 70% of waking time is spent communicating…..45% of

that time is spent listening. 10 minutes following a presentation, the average person

retains 50% of what they have heard….two days later, 25% is retained.

Dr. Jim McKinney

Action PlanOEL Fast Facts (HO ②)

OMatrix for Assessment Results (HO ③)

OEL Terms & Linguistically Appropriate Goals (HO ④)

OEffective Lesson Planning (HO ⑤)O Gradual Release of Responsibility (HO ⑥)

O I Do It – Direct InstructionO We Do It – Guided InstructionO You Do It Together (Peer Assisted Learning {PAL}) –

Collaborative LearningO You Do It Independently – Independent Practice

Cathy DeLaurentis

Having a SuccessfulLesson Plan

O Is the plan purposeful and targeted – reason for the lesson?

O Is the environment safe for EL Learners to speak?

O Did you collaborate with the EL teacher?O Are you collecting data?O Example of activities

O www.wordel.comO Ideas to Promote Students’ AOL Development

(HO ⑦)O Previous CELDT Exams Questions (HO ⑧)

O Are you assessing? (HO ⑨)

Deby Geiger

Matrix for Assessment Results (HO ③)

Literacy Proficiency and English Language Proficiency

For each EL Learner chart in the Matrix:1. CELDT and CST levels2. Attributes of the students in each

quadrant.3. Appropriate approaches to consider

for each student. Take into consideration these

approaches for Lesson Planning.Dr. Jim McKinney

Coordinator MonitoringO IEP check for progress on linguistically

appropriate goalsO IEP check for accommodations for EL

studentsO IEP check for testing accommodationsO IEP check for appropriate translationsO Monitoring of translated documentsO Rubric review & improvement plansO Systematic ELD - 3 day training

available through SBCEO Instructional Services

Cathy DeLaurentis

Status of Title III Plan - ELD Committee O Revise Special Ed EL handbook to include strategies

regarding Academic Oral Language and Peer Assisted Learning.

O Develop staff training for providers based on needs assessment results. Test Taking Strategies training (2/11) AOL/PAL training (6/11)

O October – ELD committee will make recommendations for modification and/or follow-up to Support Team based on quarterly progress reports (Coordinator Monitoring)

O SDAIE training – October 2011O EL Manual – December 2011O Review curricula needs – October 2011; training by

Feb 2012.Deby Geiger