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College Prep Elementary’s Process to Guide Students to Monitor Their Own Language
Development
It Up!
Overview
❖ Our Journey
❖ Our Beliefs
❖ Our Implementation
❖ Our Next Steps
❖ Wrap Up
Spencer Neitzel
Grades 3 - 4
Jen Andrews van Horne
Grades 5 - 6
Pang Bee Xiong
Grades K - 2
Annie PetersonEx-Oficio Member
73% EL
Total Enrollment : 350Grades K-6
Primary home languages are Hmong
and Karen
73% EL
As a school, we believe...
EL students need to be engaged in their own language development starting in Kindergarten
all key players in a student’s learning experience should be engaged in their language development
in a culture of feedback
If we believe...
...that all key players in a student’s
learning experience should be engaged
in their language development
❖ teachers on board
Then...where do we start?
WIDA Can Dos
Performance Definitions
If we believe...
...that all key players in a student’s
learning experience should be engaged
in their language development
❖ teachers on board
Then...where do we start?
❖ students engaged
3rd Grade
6th Grade
1st Grade
If we believe...
...that all key players in a student’s
learning experience should be engaged
in their language development
❖ teachers on board
Then...where do we start?
❖ students engaged❖ partner with
parents
So we...
Progress Report
Hmong
Karen
ELD Parent Team
Analysis of ACCESS Data
● noticed:productive domains are area of growth
● asked: “How do we get students more deeply engaged
in Speaking and Writing?”
● acted?
Evolution of Step Charts
If we believe...
that EL students need to be engaged in their
own language development starting
in Kindergarten
Then...how do we engage them more authentically and
meaningfully?
❖ performance at each domain
If we believe...
that EL students need to be engaged in their
own language development starting
in Kindergarten
Then...how do we engage them more authentically and
meaningfully?
❖ performance at each domain
❖ step charts & exemplars
Exemplars
Primary
Intermediate
Intermediate Example
If we believe...
in a culture of feedback
Then...how do develop that culture?
❖ teachers provide feedback to students
If we believe...
in a culture of feedback
Then...how do develop that culture?
❖ teachers provide feedback to students
❖ students self-assess
“self-assessment...invites students to take responsibility for their own learning....”
(Gottlieb, 2006)
If we believe...
in a culture of feedback
Then...how do develop that culture?
❖ teachers provide feedback to students
❖ students self-assess
❖ students provide meaningful feedback to each other
feedback is one of the most influential factors in learning...as powerful as the quality and quantity of instruction.
(Hattie, 2006)
We believe....
in a culture of feedback
EL students need to be engaged in their own
language development starting in Kindergarten
all key players in a student’s learning
experience should be engaged in their
language development
Next Steps
peer feedback
receptive domains
goal-setting (receptive)
home use for native language development
student directed learning
“Something I’ll take away is _________”
“One question I still have is _________”
“Something I’ll take away is _________”
“One question I still have is _________”
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