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“ Surviving in Amityville”

“ Surviving in Amityville”. ELL’s + I-PaDS = SUCCESS. Percentage of ESL Students District-Wide. District-Wide 2,986 Students = approx 14% ESL (not including ungraded & Private) Bilingual Special Education = 14%. Proficiency Percentages Per Building on NYSESLAT 2011. 9.8%. 30%. 16.6%.

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“ Surviving in Amityville”

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  1. “Surviving in Amityville” ELL’s + I-PaDS = SUCCESS

  2. Percentage of ESL Students District-Wide District-Wide 2,986 Students = approx 14% ESL (not including ungraded & Private) Bilingual Special Education = 14%

  3. Proficiency Percentages Per Building on NYSESLAT 2011 9.8% 30% 16.6% District-Wide 406 ELL Students = 15.27% Reached Proficiency

  4. Proficiency Rates of ELL’sAmityville SD 2011

  5. Background – SY 2009/10 • Amityville ELL students had not met AYP for 3 years • ELL students were not succeeding academically in ELA or Math • ELL students were not meeting AMAO advancement percentages

  6. Consultant Recommendation • Curriculum writing for ESL program • Project approach via SIOP methodology • Christmas Carol • Swiss Family Robinson • Infuse with technology from three sources – SmartBoards, iPods, iPads • Batch scheduling ELL students • Coordinate bilingual resources • Focus ELL mainstream teacher training

  7. Development of Project Format

  8. Curriculum Priorities • Include all the key syntax concepts from Visions in a more naturally occurring environment via essential question • Item analysis of NYSESLAT and ELA exams • ESL by deletion

  9. Swiss Family Robinson • iPod • G-Flash questions • Animal flash cards • Video from YouTube • iPad • ToontasticBeginner ESL • eBook • Internet • PortaPortal.com Survival Guide • General resources

  10. Basic Process • Swiss Family is a book about survival – what would be important for you to communicate to other new ELL students to help them survive Amityville? • Students identified topics • Worked in groups or alone based on their choices • Differentiated activities – challenging & interactive; full of sight, sound, movement • Every student had to contribute

  11. What makes this project noteworthy? • Emotional honesty of students – • we asked them to invest in creating a document to help other immigrant students – they decided what was important to survival… • We learned that these students deal maturely with topics far beyond their years • We gave them a voice and told them we would listen; they trusted us to listen with integrity • Medium allowed all students at all levels to contribute

  12. Management Issues • Coordinate the synching, charging, locking • Volume purchase of apps through BOCES • Consistent initial set-up of iPads • District iTunes account • Policy on student names in document • Student file standardization

  13. Mechanics • Mechanics of creating an eBook • Mechanics of acquiring an ISBN# • Mechanics of submitting to iTunes/iBookStore

  14. Next Steps • Roll-out to additional buildings/grades • “Food as Communion of Culture” as a fund raiser • Curriculum written to reflect standardized test item analysis which incorporates technology

  15. Presenters • Elizabeth Reveiz Director of ESL/BE/WL-Amityville UFSD631 565-6044ereveiz@amityvilleufsd.org • Dr. Annette Shideler Consultant – A-Net Consulting Services, Ltd516 702-3284a-netconsulting@optonline.net

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