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SIOP Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol. Sheltered Instruction - SIOP. Demographic Changes Over 5.5 million elementary and secondary students were identified as English Learner’s (OESA, 2005) English Learner’s now comprise 10.5% of the nation’s student population
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Sheltered Instruction - SIOP Demographic Changes • Over 5.5 million elementary and secondary students were identified as English Learner’s (OESA, 2005) • English Learner’s now comprise 10.5% of the nation’s student population • 60 percent of the English Learners are native born
Sheltered Instruction - SIOP • The US Census Bureau determined: • 1990 1 in 20 • 2005 1 in 9 • Anticipate in 2025 1 in 4 (25%) • www.ncela.gov
Sheltered Instruction - SIOP • Faribault Demographics • 2001 • 10% LEP • 32% Free and Reduced Price Lunch • 88% White • 2006 • 17% LEP • 37% Free and Reduced Price Lunch • 81% White
Why SIOP? School Board Strategic Direction: • Improve curriculum, programs and services to provide increased academic rigor for all students • AYP Plan: Provide SIOP Training Changing demographics of Faribault
Sheltered Instruction - SIOP AYP GOAL 1: • The Faribault Public School District is committed to increasing the reading skills in all strands so that 40% of the district’s black students will demonstrate proficiency in reading as measured by the 2008 MCAII.
Sheltered Instruction - SIOP AYP Goal 2: • The Faribault Public School District will increase skills in Data Analysis, Statistics, & Probability; and Spatial Sense, Geometry, and Measurement of LEP students in K-12 so that 45% of LEP students will demonstrate proficiency in mathematics as measured by the 2008 MCAII.
What is SIOP? Sheltered Instruction Observational Protocol • Is an approach for teaching grade level content to English Learners in strategic ways that make the subject matter concepts comprehensible while promoting the students’ English language development
What is SIOP? • Supporting Research: Seven year research project (1996-2003) for the Center for Research on Education, Diversity of Education • All of the research has demonstrated an increase in EL student achievement when compared with similar groups of EL students who were not exposed to SIOP
Components of the SIOP Model • 8 areas • Lesson Preparation • Building Background • Comprehensible Input • Strategies • Interaction • Practice and Application • Lesson Delivery • Review and Assessment
SIOP • Overview Video
Stages of Implementation • 2 year project of on-going staff development • 3 day training August: 5 teachers from each school and Principal • Early release • Meet with the cohort of staff and review the • Reintroduce a new strategies each quarter • Completing all 8 strategies over a two year process