Social Studies ELL PD 2015-16
Growing Together
Supporting our Emerging Bilingual Students
VOCAB
Word is, this 8th Grade Vocabulary PD will help you IDENTITY, CLARIFY, and AMPLIFY vocabulary in US History.
Social Studies Vocabulary for 8th Grade
September 24th
Times and Location TBD.
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READ
Read all about it! This PD will help you provide reading strategies to your students - tools they can use in class, and in the Social Studies and Reading STAAR.
Accelerating Comprehension of Complex Text
October 27th, 12-4pm
Location TBD.
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PLAY
This PD is no roll of the dice! You will receive resources for learning games you can immediately use to complement your instruction. Rainy Day, after-school, lunch club - we have you covered!
Learning Games for Social Studies
October 29th
Times and Location TBD.
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LANGUAGE
Social Studies teachers are reading teachers! This PD will build up your confidence in seamlessly including language in instruction.
Embedding Language into Social Studies
December 3rd
Times and Location TBD.
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ENGAGE
This PD will provide language and content review materials tailored to support your students.
Engaging STAAR Interventions in Social Studies
JANUARY 2016
HOPE
This PD will provide time for World Geography and World Cultures teachers to brainstorm and create instructional materials around Enrique's Journey by Sonia Nazario.
Enrique's Journey Lesson Workshop
MARCH 2016
2-day Trainings Available Throughout the Year!
The Dept. of ELLs is proud to launch the Sheltered Instruction Model in 2015. The first ever overarching plan for instructing ELLs produced by Austin ISD, we welcome participants to join us in PD and become Trainer-of-Trainers (TOTs) for your home campus.
Choose from:
July 28-29
Aug 4-5
Sept 9-10
Nov 4-5
Jan 6-7
Feb 10-11
Times and Locations TBD.
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Rob Hillhouse
Email: robert.hillhouse@austinisd.org
Website: https://sites.google.com/a/austinisd.org/socialstudies/curriculum-resources
Location: 1111 West 6th Street, Austin, TX, United States
Phone: (512) 809 8610
Twitter: @robaceratops
Suggested Readings
In US Schools, Undocumented Youths Strive to Adjust (Education Week)
Learning English Happens Best when Conversations are Curriculum (Phys.org)
One-way Street for Immigrant Integration in Schools (Indystar)
Teachers Connect with English Language Learners (Chalkbeat)