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Acceleration, Tutoring and Contextualization in an Urban ESL Program

Acceleration, Tutoring and Contextualization in an Urban ESL Program. Lisa Cook, Sonja Franeta , and Suzan Tiemroth -Zavala Laney College Oakland, CA. Peralta ESL Curriculum (until Fall 2012). Change: 6 Levels to 4. Peralta ESL Curriculum (beginning Fall 2012).

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Acceleration, Tutoring and Contextualization in an Urban ESL Program

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  1. Acceleration, Tutoring and Contextualization in an Urban ESL Program Lisa Cook, Sonja Franeta, and Suzan Tiemroth-Zavala Laney College Oakland, CA

  2. Peralta ESL Curriculum (until Fall 2012)

  3. Change: 6 Levels to 4

  4. Peralta ESL Curriculum (beginning Fall 2012)

  5. Visualization #1 of the A/B plan: Accordion HIGH INT A ADV A INT A High Beg A HIGH INT B ADV B INT B High Beg B STUDENT ADVANCING SLOWER

  6. Visualization #1 of the A/B plan: Accordion HIGH INT A ADV A INT A High Beg A HIGH INT B ADV B INT B High Beg B STUDENT ADJUSTING TO PROGRESS

  7. Visualization #1 of the A/B plan: Accordion HIGH INT A ADV A INT A High Beg A HIGH INT B ADV B INT B High Beg B STUDENT ADVANCING FAST

  8. Strategies for Acceleration • Collaborate as a faculty continually to maintain a collective vision and make it work • Integrate reading and writing to foster critical thinking • Maximize opportunities to develop higher order thinking skills • Teach Transferable skills in ALL courses at ALL levels • Design lessons strategically to meet multiple objectives (No wasted moments!) • Continually assess and give feedback on mastery of skills required for next level • Teach with an eye towards acceleration

  9. Ideas Central to ESL Writing Workshop at Laney College

  10. Writing Workshop StrategiesTrained Tutors • Require Tutor Training Relevant to Population Intro to Tutoring Course (1 unit) • Provide On-going Training, Support and Time for Reflection Weekly “Brown Bag” Meetings • Include Tutors in a Community of "Experts” Team of Faculty across Disciplines 

  11. Writing Workshop StrategiesOutcomes for Students • Tutoring is flexible and relevant Students move across sections as needed “Just in time” help with course assignments • Greater understanding of academic standards Tutoring focused on meeting assignment requirements • Greater awareness of learning process Tutoring creates cycle of: check, strategize, revise • Increased independence & self-advocacy skills Learning is student-driven Tutors coach rather than tell

  12. Career Advancement Academies at Laney College, Oakland CA Programa en CarpinteriaFina, Solar Energy/Green Jobs and Biotech, and other support opportunities October 3, 2012

  13. What is Contextualized Learning? Students learn English, Math, computer skills, and soft skills using the class context—e.g. cabinetmaking or photovoltaics. Students are motivated by the integrated Career Advancement Academies model because it is relevant to the skills they are learning and the jobs they are preparing for.

  14. CARPINTERIA CURRICULUM

  15. Strategies The result is ACCELERATION • Use content text for reading/writing skills (mind maps) • Check in with students about skills and needs • Collaborate with faculty to work with student needs

  16. Peralta ESL Program Design Priorities • Respond strategically to program cuts by changing unit values to prioritize our core classes while still offering a variety of electives • Offer a flexible, accelerated progression to better meet individual student needs: allow for acceleration whenever possible and more time and instruction to meet objectives when needed • Streamline pathways to student goals by consolidating course offerings and integrating reading and writing • Scaffold U.S. college/career skills more consistently at all levels

  17. Previous Tutoring Challenges • 3, 900+ English learners needing support  • Lack of lab space • Lack of faculty in Writing Center • Lack of supplemental instruction • Lack of tutors trained in ESL

  18. Strategies for Acceleration5 Strands of Transferable Skills run through all core courses at all levels: • US College, Classroom, and Study Skills • Information Literacy:  Computer Skills/Research • Intercultural Communication and U.S. Culture • Sentence-Level Accuracy • Comprehension (Reading/Listening) and Production (Writing/Speaking) Processes • Critical Thinking

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