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Enhancing EL Success: Nashville Public Schools Support Program

Providing comprehensive support to English Learners (ELs) and their families for academic achievement and cultural integration through innovative curriculum, professional development, and community engagement.

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Enhancing EL Success: Nashville Public Schools Support Program

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  1. Metro Nashville Public Schools ELs Achieving Higher Kevin Stacy Executive Director, Office of English Learners Metro Nashville Public Schools

  2. Vision The vision of the MNPS EL Team is to support English Learners (ELs) and Non-English Language Background (NELB) families with the social, emotional, cultural, linguistic and academic skills necessary to excel in higher education, work and life.

  3. Mission The mission of the EL Team is to engage, empower and value EL/NELB families, students, schools and community through the following: • Build district instructional leadership capacity to ensure ELs have access to evidence-based, rigorous instruction on English Language Development and content standards. • Engage all teachers in professional learning to ensure ELs have access to grade level content and language development with a strong literacy foundation. • Ensure assessment, registration, and translation services are accessible and efficient for NELB families. • Inform and empower NELB families and community stakeholders to partner with schools.

  4. Top 5 Languages Spanish 16,379 students 20% of total enrollment 63% of NELB students Arabic 3,194 students 3% of total enrollment 12% of NELB students Kurdish 1,130 students 1.4% of total enrollment 12% of NELB students Vietnamese 488 students 0.5% of total enrollment 1.8% of NELB students Somali 853 students 1% of total enrollment 3% of NELB students

  5. *Implemented in 2015 with ACCESS to measure language growth **New criteria for exit rate changed to 5 total composite and 5 literacy composite.

  6. ELD Curriculum Support to Schools 2015-16

  7. Translation and Interpretation Services

  8. International Student Registration Center

  9. Content Social Emotional Learning Standards Academic Language Practice/Application Scaffolding Academic Conversations Formative Assessments Strategies Projects, Activities, Tasks Language Domains Background Knowledge Comprehensible Input Thinking

  10. Strategies to improve Instruction leading to Language Growth and Proficiency Gains

  11. Provided Parent Engagement Supports • Parent Ambassadors • School Cultural Exchange Programs • ESL Technology Based Classes for Parents and Families • Free Legal Aid Services from Volunteer Attorneys • Communication with local radio shows and community stakeholders

  12. Implemented PLCs around Standards-Based Language Instruction • SIFE PLC • District Academic Conversation PLC • Close Readings for English Learners PLC

  13. Implemented Trainings • Provided training on best practices for ELs in guided reading, shared reading, interactive read-alouds and writing • Provided training on best practices for ELs in close reading and text complexity • Provided SIOP Training • Provided Academic Conversations

  14. Trainings cont. • Foundations of WIDA (English Language Development Standards) • Developing Classroom Formative Assessments for ELs for monitoring progress • Thinking Maps • Write from the Beginning training • Training on balanced literacy for teachers of secondary ELs

  15. Added Blended Learning • Achieve 3000 literacy program for Secondary 5-12 • Imagine Learning for k-4

  16. Conducted EL Shadowing Rounds Conducted English Learner Shadowing from the protocol created by Ivannia Soto-Hinman from the book EL Shadowing as a Catalyst for Change

  17. School Specific Action Plans • Identify areas of school EL foci based on data related to student achievement and language proficiency • Professional development needs of teachers

  18. Provided ELD Coaches Conduct trainings to build teacher knowledge of EL best practices.

  19. Conducted Grade Level Trainings on specific areas of need determined by the school • SIOP • Thinking Maps • Formative Assessments • ELD standards • EL Literacy strategies • Academic Conversations

  20. Continuous Improvement • Transform EL grade level trainings to professional learning community cycles based on standards, student achievement and formative assessments. • After school professional learning communities centered on teacher identified area of need using formative assessments • Balanced Literacy for Secondary ELs • LEAF – Community Engagement

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