ELD Practicum
Overview
Local District 6
EL Coordinator’s Academy
April 26, 2006
Background
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No Child Left Behind
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Title III
– Language Instruction for
LEP/Immigrant Students
Title III Initiative Goals
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Improve English Learner Programs
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Provide Quality Professional Development
3.
Strengthen Immigrant Student Programs
4.
Support Accountability for Closing the
Achievement Gap for EL Students
Goal 1:
Improve English Learner Programs
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Structured English Immersion
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Alternative Programs
Basic Bilingual
Dual Language
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Mainstream English
Goal 2:
Provide Quality
Professional Development
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English Language Development
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Access to Grade Level Standards
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Culturally Responsive Pedagogy
Goal 3:
Strengthen Programs for
Immigrant Students
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Newcomer Classes
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Counseling and Health Services
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Intervention Services
Goal 4:
Support Accountability
for Closing the Achievement Gap
for EL Students
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Monitoring Program
Implementation
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Monitoring Student Progress
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Annual Program Evaluation
Title III Initiative
Phases of Professional Development
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ELD Institute (Spring ’04 – Fall ’05)
– 5 day training
– for off-track K-5 teachers
– Into English!, Thinking Maps, ELD Monitoring
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ELD Practicum (beginning Spring ’05)
– 8 day TOT; 3 day school site training
– for 3rd grade teachers, then 4th/5th, 1st/2nd , Kindergarten
– IE! enhanced lessons, Task-Based Language Teaching,
Thinking Maps, Peer Coaching
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ELD Institutes for EL Coordinators
(planned for ‘06-’07)
Local District 6-3rd Grade
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Rollout by Cohorts (I, II, III, IV)
Ranked by number of ELs in 3rd Grade
All 3rd Grade Cohorts have already been trained
Third Grade
Cohort
I
Cohort
II
Cohort
III
Cohort
IV
Fishburn
Middleton
Miles
Bell Span
Lillian
Independence
Corona
Heliotrope
Bryson
Holmes
Nueva Vista
Hughes
Walnut Park
Stanford
Park
San Miguel
Liberty
Montara
Victoria
Maywood #5
Vernon City
Florence
ELC
Pacific
State St. #1
Loma Vista
San Antonio
Tweedy
South Gate #6
San Gabriel
State
Woodlawn
3rd Grade Cohort I Schools
San Miguel
 Fishburn
 Nueva Vista
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Independence
 Vernon City
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Training May 30 to June 9
@ San Miguel
3rd Grade Cohort II Schools
Middleton
 Florence
 Corona
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Loma Vista
 Hughes
 Liberty
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Training August 2 to August 11
@ Middleton
3rd Grade Cohort III Schools
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Miles
Heliotrope
San Gabriel
Walnut Park
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Montara
ELC
San Antonio
Woodlawn
State
Training October 11 to October 20
@ Miles
3rd Grade Cohort IV Schools
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Stanford
Tweedy
Bryson
Lillian
Maywood #5
South Gate #6
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Victoria
Pacific
Bell Span
Holmes
Park
State #1
Training January 17 to January 27
@ Stanford
4th/5th Grade Rollout
4th Grade Cohort I
(3rd Grade Cohorts I & II)
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San Miguel
Fishburn
Nueva Vista
Independence
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Middleton
Corona
Hughes
Liberty
Loma Vista
Already trained February 21 to February 23
@ Hughes
4th/5th Grade Cohort II
(mostly 3 Track Schools)
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Elizabeth LC
Montara
San Gabriel
Bryson
Add 5th from:
 Hughes
 Independence (4 Tr) ??
 San Miguel (4 Tr) ??
Training July 31 to August 4
@ Site TBD
4th/5th Grade Cohort III
(Traditional)
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Holmes
Lillian
Maywood #5
Pacific
Park
Stanford
State #1
South Gate #6
Tweedy
Victoria
Vernon City
Add 5th from:
 Fishburn
 Heliotrope (4th & 5th)
 HP #7 (4th & 5th)
 Liberty
 Loma Vista
Training September 11 to September 22
@ Site TBD
4th/5th Grade Cohort IV
(Four Track Schools)
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Florence
Miles
San Antonio
State
Walnut Park
Woodlawn
Ellen Ochoa LC
Add 5th from:
 Corona
 Middleton
 Nueva Vista
 Independence ??
 San Miguel ??
Training October 16 to October 20
@ Site TBD
ELD Practicum
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Follow-up to ELD Institute
Lit Conn Inc.
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Six Seminars
Four Demo Lessons
3rd Grade IE! Unit 5 ”Operation Conservation”
4th Grade IE! Unit 5 “Around the World in 80 Ways”
5th Grade IE! Unit 5 “Native Land”
Peer Coaching
Task Based Lessons (TBLT)
Research-Based Strategies
Professional Readings
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Rebecca Oxford, Language Learning Strategies:
What Every Teacher Should Know
Richards and Rodgers, Approaches and Methods in
Language Teaching, 2nd Ed.
Marianne Celce-Murcia, Teaching English as a
Second or Foreign Language
Seminars
Seminar
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5
6
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ELD Practicum Design
TBLT Lesson Design
ELD Standards
Direct ELD Strategies
Indirect ELD Strategies
ELD Assessment
Practicum Tasks
(University credit also available)
1.
Attend six seminars and four demo
lessons
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Teach 30 enhanced IE! TBLT lessons
3.
Participate in one round of non-evaluative
peer coaching
4.
Assess ELs progress using IE! SPF and
ELD standards for portfolio monitoring
What to send to Lit Conn:
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Part A Completion Report
Clipboard Assessment Log (Part A)
Student Work Samples from Lesson 2.4
Part B Completion Report
Clipboard Assessment Log (Part B)
Student Work Samples from Lesson 10
Part C Completion Report
Clipboard Assessment Log (Part C)
Student Work Samples from Lesson 16.5
ELD Strategies Review
Levels of Use
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5
4B
4A
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Renewal
Integration
Refinement
Routine
Mechanical
Preparation
Orientation
Nonuse
Corrective Recasting
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Use during ELD block
Backwards Build Up
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Rebuilding
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Repeating
RASP
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Repeat by ALL
Repeat by SOME
Repeat by one PERSON
Read With Expression/
Vocalized Reading
Pull Out & Talk/Write
Think-Pair-Share
Contact Information
Lenore Medina
ELD Expert
(323) 278-3949
lenore.medina@lausd.net