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So… WIDA? So What?

or, Now That You Got WIDA Levels, What Do You Do With Them?. So… WIDA? So What?. John Wolfe Multilingual Program Facilitator john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us 612.668.0407 http://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com June 15, 2012. The WIDA Levels.

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So… WIDA? So What?

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  1. or, Now That You Got WIDA Levels, What Do You Do With Them? So… WIDA? So What? John Wolfe Multilingual Program Facilitator john.wolfe@mpls.k12.mn.us 612.668.0407 http://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com June 15, 2012

  2. The WIDA Levels

  3. One score for each Language Domain … and one score to bind them

  4. Sure, the ESL teacher loves all this WIDA stuff. But what does it mean to you?

  5. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  6. Relax … Everything (and more) is on The Wikihttp://www.mplsesl.wikispaces.com/

  7. The Essence of WIDAWIDA gives you key information about the language that an English Learner can handle for grade-level learning. The Essence of WIDAWIDA gives you key information about the language that an English Learner can handle for grade-level learning. The Essence of WIDAWIDA gives you key information about the language that an English Learner can handle for grade-level learning.

  8. The Essence of WIDAWIDA gives you key information about the language that an English Learner can handle for grade-level learning.How hard – how difficult, how challenging – can that language be?

  9. In other words, Essence of WIDA … Is this too hard? What can the ELs do while the other kids are answering these questions? He should be able to do this, right? How do I know I’m not lowering my expectations?

  10. WIDA Proficiency Levels (Nutshell Perspective) WIDA Levels describe the difficulty of the language we can reasonably expect a student to be able to use for grade-level content learning.

  11. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  12. At its simplest, WIDA = 6 levelsEach Level = describes the language ELs can handle.

  13. … but nothing’s ever that simple… But what might that look like in a particular lesson in a particular unit? Remember! language serves content learning But what does that look like at different grades? With different language domains? (Speak/Listen/ Read/Write) What students can do with language BROADLY

  14. WIDA Criteria = WIDA DNA

  15. WIDA Skeleton: The Can-Do Descriptors For each grade cluster, suggests examples of the Listening, Speaking, Reading & Writing tasks that are appropriate for each WIDA Proficiency Level.

  16. I stress: “with visual, graphic, or interactive support through Level 4”

  17. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  18. WIDA Philosophy in a Nutshell

  19. WIDA: The Bigger Nutshell • Language is the toolfor learning! • LEP’s are in mainstream classrooms. (Easily 80% of the time in MPS.) • LEP’s use their Limited English to learn in 5 basic contexts (Language Arts, Science, Social Studies, Math, Social & Amplification.) • EL’s English -- no matter how limited– is an asset for learning. You work with what you’ve got! • WIDA is designed to help allteachersmodify the language demands of instruction to provide LEP students with meaningful access to content.

  20. Modifying the Language Demands to Match the Learner’s Language Proficiency: The 3 ½-Step Process

  21. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  22. Stoop down for content instruction …. Because you can modify your language to meet your English Learners’ needs – but they can’t modify theirs to meet your demands. Make students stretch for language instruction …

  23. One approach: Ongoing focus on ELD through content instructionhttp://mplsesl.wikispaces.com/MDE-WIDA-ProgressMonitor

  24. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  25. How will ESL teachers develop the expertise to do all this? Natural brilliance … and Ongoing job-embedded professional development

  26. Meeting ELs’ Needs: Take 2 Instruction to support ELs’ language-related learning needsshould be characterized by five features: • Standards-Based / Learning Target Focused • WIDA-Informed • Language Intensive • Formative Assessment • Collaborative • What you’re aiming for • What language the students can handle • How to use the right language • How to know if the students are learning • How to get all this done

  27. The PD Options

  28. Today (What WIDA Means to You) • The Essence of WIDA • The DNA and SKELETON of WIDA • DNA = The WIDA Criteria • Skeleton = The Can-Do Descriptors • WIDA in a Nutshell • 3 ½ Steps • But there’s more … EL’s need TWO things!Support for Content Learning & ELD (English Lang Development) • ELD: • Stoop for Content Instruction; Stretch ‘em for ELD • ELD through Ongoing Progress Monitoring • How to meet the WIDA Challenge? The Multilingual Department’s Five Key Features of Instruction for EL’s

  29. Let the collaboration begin …

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