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Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL)

Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL). Hosted by VCU School of Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL)

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  1. Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL) Hosted by VCU School of Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education

  2. The ACT-ESL Project at VCU is designed to train Chesterfield content-area teachers in instructional methods which promote ELLs’ academic engagement and success. What is the ACT-ESL Partnership?

  3. 2008-2009: 56 teachers • 2009-2010: 55 teachers • 2010-2011: 63 teachers • 2011-2012: 60 + α ACT-ESL Teacher Participants

  4. The ACT-ESL Training

  5. Whole group sessions

  6. Guest speakers

  7. VCU partnership

  8. Sheltered Instruction (SIOP) • Academic language for students • Cultural understanding • Variables that impact ELLs’ academic success • Content area reading and word study • Assessment Summer Institute Topics

  9. Spring Event: Teaching Demonstration Fair, February 23, 2011

  10. The Teaching Demonstration Fair is divided by content disciplines.

  11. Teachers sharing hands-on math activities

  12. Activities that are helpful to all students, but crucial to ELLs

  13. Using realia to understand the phases of the moon in science

  14. Teachers sharing lessons that work in English.

  15. Instructional strategies and resources to help ALL of your students, but crucial for ELLs. • Professional development points (34 for training). • Training stipend. ($24 x 34 hrs.= $816) • Professional development opportunities such as presentations at local, state, and national levels. (Travel expenses + honorarium) • Scholarships for action research ($300 each) Teacher Benefits:

  16. You are anendorsedteacher in math, science, English/language arts or social studies. • You will be teaching a credit-bearing course in your endorsed area with (an) ELL student (s) where you have responsibility for developing content-area lesson plans. • You are available for the summer institute, follow-up classroom applications, and a post-seminar. Are you eligible for the ACT-ESL project?

  17. “cultural factors influencing learning – how to adapt lessons for ESL students” • “better use of academic language in the classrooms” • “methods and reasons to adapt instruction, activities, and the like in my classrooms” • “to incorporate (deliberately) language instruction into content instruction” • “SIOP lesson planning” • “I learned how to teach more effectively, not just to ELLs but to all students.” Comments from past participants: Most valuable topics for me…

  18. June 20-24, 2011 • at Manchester MS • (9:00 a.m. – 3:45 p.m.) • Lunch will be provided to the participants of summer institute. Are you available for these Summer Institute dates?

  19. The goal of ACT-ESL is to help and support you as you advance your students!Supporting teachers, helping students…because all learners matter! Please contact us at actesl@vcu.edu 804-827-2616 http://www.actesl.vcu.edu

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