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November 12, 2013 Maya Martinez-Hart Erin Arango -Escalante

Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care EEC & WIDA: Early English Language Development (E-ELD): Massachusetts Guidelines to support Dual Language Learners Project and Partnership. November 12, 2013 Maya Martinez-Hart Erin Arango -Escalante. Agenda. S tatistics and purpose

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November 12, 2013 Maya Martinez-Hart Erin Arango -Escalante

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  1. Massachusetts Department of Early Education & CareEEC & WIDA: Early English Language Development (E-ELD): Massachusetts Guidelines to support Dual Language Learners Project and Partnership November 12, 2013 Maya Martinez-Hart Erin Arango-Escalante

  2. Agenda • Statistics and purpose • Project history • Overview of the final E-ELD: MA Guidelines to serve Dual Language Learners • Alignment to WIDA’s K-12 English Language Development (ELD) Standards • Correspondence with MA Early Learning Guidelines • Partnership activities & sustainability • Questions 2

  3. National Statistics 3

  4. MA EEC Child Demographics: Languages Spoken Massachusetts residents speak over 140 languages at home other than English Source: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (October 2010), Early Education and Care Policies and Guidelines for Children Whose Home Languages are other than or in addition to English; Boston Redevelopment Authority. Office of English Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement MA Public and charter schools- 2006 4

  5. MA EEC Child Demographics: Language Spoken Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30, 2013. 5

  6. MA EEC Child Demographics: Ethnicity Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30, 2013. 6

  7. MA EEC Child Demographics: Race Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30, 2013. 7

  8. E-ELD: Massachusetts Guidelines to serve Dual Language LearnersProject Purpose Provide a developmentally sound framework for assessing and instructing dual language learners, 2.5-5.5 years that aligns with WIDA K-12 Standards and corresponds to states’ Early Learning Standards (ELS). 8

  9. Project History • RTTT-ELC • Activities completed: • Practitioner workshops and webinars • Expert panel • Survey • EEC Planning and Evaluation Board webinar • Deliverables completed: • Correspondence document • Theoretical Framework • E-ELD Abbreviated Resource Guide 9

  10. Overview of WIDA’s E-ELD Framework: MA Guidelines to Serve Dual Language Learners 10

  11. Correspondence of E-ELD Standards and MA Early Learning Guidelines 11

  12. The language of…. The language of… 12

  13. Making the Connection! 13

  14. Alignment of E-ELD to K-12 ELD Standards 14

  15. Adopts all Components of K-12 Standards Framework 15

  16. Adapts each framework component 16

  17. Massachusetts EEC and WIDA Partnership! 17

  18. Partnership Goals • Help guide lesson planning to ensure that the different linguistic needs of dual language learners are being met through their program day; • Support dual language learners to reach their next level of English Language Development; • Make programmatic decisions about class composition, staffing, curriculum, and assessment in programs that serve dual language learners; • Aligned with other EEC’s Key Initiatives;and • Advance within the Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). 18

  19. Multi-Year Process 19

  20. Partners:(Including, but are not limited, to the following) • MA EEC & ESE • EPS Grantees • Readiness Centers • Head Start • Public School Pre-K • IHEs • CFCE Grantees • Early Education and Care Programs • Families/Parents • Other (State Partner Agencies, CCR&Rs, etc.) 20

  21. Partnership Activities: Implementation • Calendar Year 2013 (11/2013-12/2013) • Webinars (three to four) • Planning for statewide conference • Plan for 8 regional family focus groups • Develop informational handouts for families (Translated in multiple languages) 21

  22. Partnership Activities: Sustainability • Calendar Year 2014 (1/2014-12/2014) • Statewide conference • 8 regional family focus groups • Webinars • Recruit Train of Trainers (ToT) (round 1) • 50-75 participants (Birth to Higher Ed.) • 5 regional ToT workshops (round 1) • Ongoing regional Professional Learning Communities PLCs (round 1) • Evaluation 22

  23. Partnership Activities: Sustainability • Calendar Year 2015 (1/2015-12/2015) • Recruit ToTs (round 2 & 3) • 50-75 participants (Birth to Higher Ed.) • Regional ToTworkshops (round 2 & 3) • Ongoing regional PLCs (round 2 & 3) • Evaluation 23

  24. Questions 24

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