Making Progress Coaching Teachers of English Language Learners

1. Making Progress Coaching Teachers of English Language Learners Nancy Frey & Douglas Fisher www.fisherandfrey.com

2. District Demographics • 27,000 students in 44 schools • 65% of the students are Latino/Hispanic, 16% are Asian/Pacific Islander, 14% are white, and 5% are African-American • 72% English learners • 1999, 37% of students were proficient in reading • One school > 800 Academic Performance Index

3. Instructional Model Gradual Release of Responsibility Model • Focus - purpose and modeling • Guided - strategic use of cues, prompts, and questions • Collaborative - productive group work • Independent - both in-class and out-of-class application

4. TEACHER RESPONSIBILITY “I do it” Focus Lesson Guided Instruction “We do it” “You do it together” Collaborative “You do it alone” Independent STUDENT RESPONSIBILITY A Structure for Instruction that Works

5. Interaction Involves Talk

6. Self-Assessment • Using page 68, consider the ways in which you use talk • When you share your results with your partner, use the following frames • I am best at ____. • What are you best at? • When I ask questions, I _____. • My favorite way to facilitate academic language is ______. • The way I will improve ____ is by _____.

7. Instructional Routines • Beginning on page 147, there are a number of instructional routines useful in facilitating student interaction • Which have you used? • Which would you like to try? • Notice the language frames associated with each routine.

8. Outcomes • District API > 800 (811 in 2008) • 26 schools with API > 800 (of 44) • Only three schools remain in PI, two of which made AYP in 2008 • 73% of the schools made growth targets for English learners (up from 21% in 2004) • 53% of the students reached proficiency