English Learners (EL) Committee Update

1. English Learners (EL) CommitteeUpdate Academic Oral Language & Peer Assisted Learning SBCEO Special Education EL Committee Presenters: Cathy DeLaurentis Deby Geiger Dr. Jim McKinney 2011

2. EL Committee Action Plan • Title III EL Committee Actions • Trainings • Test-taking strategies • Academic Oral Language & Peer-Assisted Learning • SDAIE - Specially Designed Academic Instruction In English • EL Handbook Update Deby Geiger

3. Oral Language Development Dr. Jim McKinney

4. Academic Oral Language • Types of Listening • Social and Academic (HO ①) • Two-way verses One-way • Power of Pause - good practice to follow: • With general education, teacher pauses for 3 seconds anticipating response. • With English Language learners, teacher pauses for 5-7 seconds anticipating response. • Facts that give you reason to pause: • 70% of waking time is spent communicating…..45% of that time is spent listening. • 10 minutes following a presentation, the average person retains 50% of what they have heard….two days later, 25% is retained. Dr. Jim McKinney

5. Action Plan • EL Fast Facts (HO ②) • Matrix for Assessment Results (HO ③) • EL Terms & Linguistically Appropriate Goals (HO ④) • Effective Lesson Planning (HO ⑤) • Gradual Release of Responsibility (HO ⑥) • I Do It – Direct Instruction • We Do It – Guided Instruction • You Do It Together (Peer Assisted Learning {PAL}) – Collaborative Learning • You Do It Independently – Independent Practice Cathy DeLaurentis

6. Having a SuccessfulLesson Plan • Is the plan purposeful and targeted – reason for the lesson? • Is the environment safe for EL Learners to speak? • Did you collaborate with the EL teacher? • Are you collecting data? • Example of activities • www.wordel.com • Ideas to Promote Students’ AOL Development (HO ⑦) • Previous CELDT Exams Questions (HO ⑧) • Are you assessing? (HO ⑨) Deby Geiger

7. Matrix for Assessment Results (HO ③) Literacy Proficiency and English Language Proficiency For each EL Learner chart in the Matrix: • CELDT and CST levels • Attributes of the students in each quadrant. • Appropriate approaches to consider for each student. • Take into consideration these approaches for Lesson Planning. Dr. Jim McKinney

8. Coordinator Monitoring • IEP check for progress on linguistically appropriate goals • IEP check for accommodations for EL students • IEP check for testing accommodations • IEP check for appropriate translations • Monitoring of translated documents • Rubric review & improvement plans • Systematic ELD - 3 day training available through SBCEO Instructional Services Cathy DeLaurentis

9. Status of Title III Plan - ELD Committee • Revise Special Ed EL handbook to include strategies regarding Academic Oral Language and Peer Assisted Learning. • Develop staff training for providers based on needs assessment results. • Test Taking Strategies training (2/11) • AOL/PAL training (6/11) • October – ELD committee will make recommendations for modification and/or follow-up to Support Team based on quarterly progress reports (Coordinator Monitoring) • SDAIE training – October 2011 • EL Manual – December 2011 • Review curricula needs – October 2011; training by Feb 2012. Deby Geiger