ESL SCALES

1. ESL SCALES Donna McFadzean Grace Brunetta Antonietta Mamone St Therese Sadleir 2010

2. Thanks • Thank you to Lyn Sweetnam from St John’s Auburn for her ideas that were used in designing this presentation • Other slides have been adapted from the ESL Modules Day Two presented by CEO Sydney March 2010.

3. NATIONAL PARTNERSHIP AGREEMENT Dr. Kate O’Brien

4. Data collected so far... • NPA schools 97% students have English as a second language • In the first NPA CEO Survey 5% of principals and 34.1% of teachers believed that the ESL scales were used to identify, monitor and assess language development of LBOTE students • 30% of principals and 45% of teachers believed that tracking procedures are in place to monitor language development of LBOTE students

5. Curriculum Implementation Instrumental Action Practical Action Doing curriculum implementation is installing an ESL focussed curriculum, faithfully and efficiency Within the framework is for teachers to come to a deep understanding of the vision, beliefs and assumptions of ESL pedagogy and curriculum and to transform this based on the school context

6. How Students Learn Self Others Application Process through communication (metalanguage)

7. Authentic Educators The authentic educator cultivates and sustains an environment that promotes the work of authentic teaching and learning (Starratt, 2004; Stoll and Fink, 1996).

8. AuthenticLearning Authentic teaching and learning are moral activities because “they engage both teachers and students in a deeper understanding of the nature and purpose of their lives and in determining how they can best contribute to the greater good of society” (Duignan, 2006, p. 129).

9. Practices that Promote Authentic Learning

10. Why ESL Scales for NPA ? • Federal Government Requirement • Required to be used by all schools involved in the project • ESL scales is a National document • Great opportunity to increase teacher quality and student outcomes

11. Benefits

12. Benefits

13. Developing Understandings What is an appropriate assessment task for ESL students? Assessing Young Language Learners Penny McKay, 2006 Cambridge University Press Bridge Bookshop 10 Grafton Street, Chippendale 9211 1660 $67.00

14. Professional Reading • Selecting writing tasks for young language learners

15. Remember.... ‘’English mother tongue benchmarks are invalid for ESL learners ... as they fail to acknowledge the distinctiveness of ESL development.’’ ‘’ESL students should not be excluded from testing and reporting, but their progress should be reported against ESL standards that accurately describe second language development.” Penny McKay TESOL in ContextVolume 19 Number 2 December 2009

16. Rationale

17. Language Progression

18. Using the ESL Scales

19. Level and Strand Strand Organisers Pointers Outcomes Previous Level’s Outcomes Next Level’s Outcomes Source: ESL Scales

20. ESL Scales Glossary Pages 124-8

21. Process for Using the ESL Scales

22. Don’t forget……

23. Table Buzz…….

24. ESL Scales Workshop: Writing Sample texts + school writing sample.

25. Sample Matrix

26. Documenting ESL Scales

27. ESL Scales Workshop: Reflection

28. How Are You Feeling … How are the ESL Scales making you feel?

29. Linked to Teaching /Learning Cycle

30. Types of Assessment

31. NPA EXPECTATIONS - WEEK 4 TERM TWO • Assessment of all ESL students K-6 using the ESL Scales (We will test all students) • Two pieces of data for each strand of the ESL Scales : Oral Interaction, Reading and Responding and Writing

32. Backward Mapping • Grade Assessment Planning

33. Support For Teachers: Release for...

34. Useful Resources

35. Parking Lot

36. References ESL in Action Catholic Education Office, Sydney ESL K-12 Position Paper Catholic Education Office, Sydney Language Features of Text Types for ESL Learners LFTT Catholic Education Office, Sydney Teaching English Language Learners TELL Department of Education, Sydney

37. Thank you