Language & Cultural Services
LCS Bulletin - January 23, 2017
The Obvious Benefits of Co-Teaching for English Learners
by Jamie Ponce
Co-teaching has recently become a hot new buzzword in education; something at which veteran teachers might normally roll their eyes as they wait for the pendulum of best practices to swing back the other way.
After spending more than a decade serving English Language Learners, it’s a bandwagon that I’ve wholeheartedly jumped on. I’ve spent the last six years co-teaching my ELL students in a variety of settings — from self-contained and sheltered classrooms with push-in support, to a resource role where I pushed into several K-2 grade level classrooms.
My push-in support typically was scheduled during a balanced literacy block for an hour each day. As a resource teacher, I collaborated with my K-2 classroom teachers to provide literacy and language support during guided reading and Writer’s Workshop. As we became more comfortable as co-teaching partners, we expanded our work to include Problem Based Learning units in science and social studies, and technology integration with in-flipping and Google Tools.
Find out more here about the obvious benefits of co-teaching for English Learners here.
Registration Due January 25, 2017: Multicultural Education Institute 2017
If you are interested in attending, please submit a completed registration form, hotel confirmation email, and PS10 to Laura Grisso by Wednesday, January 25th. On the PS10, please indicate cost of registration, mileage (if driving), and hotel. The per diem on the PS10 should be listed as $102. Hotel information is listed on the MEI registration form. Make sure to indicate MEI when making reservations to receive the conference discount.
Check out the MEI website for more resources including the call for presentations, teacher incentive grant application, and nomination forms for bilingual of the year awards.
Introducing Ellevation Academy
Ellevation Academy courses provide guided exploration and practice with Ellevation to help administrators, ELL specialists and teachers better support English Language Learners. The courses can be used to build background before training and planning sessions, as a refresher for existing users, and as a resource for staff charged with training Ellevation users at their campuses.
Platform users can access the module from their Ellevation homepage simply by clicking Resources at top right and choosing Ellevation Academy. Classroom teachers can access Ellevation Academy by simply clicking “Ellevation” on the main menu bar.
These learning modules provide guided exploration of and practice with Ellevation tools, and then assess understanding. Learn more about Ellevation Academy today!
Education Connections Webinar Archive
In Case You Missed It...
Check out the archives to catch up on any webinars you missed in 2016
- New! We All Teach ELLs: Practical Applications of Language Acquisition Theory for Special Area Teachers (PE, Health, Music, & Art)
- Twenty Years of Promoting Academic Language and Literacy with the SIOP Model: Past, Present, and Future
- Effective Strategies for Integrating English Learner Students' Funds of Knowledge into Classroom Practices
- Creating a Safe and Reflective Space in the Classroom: Facing History's Approach to Constructive Dialogue and Critical Thinking
- A Language-Based Approach to Content Instruction: Six Cs of Scaffolding
- Multicultural Literature for Latino Bilingual Children: Their Words, Their Worlds
- Demystifying Co-Teaching Practices for English Learners
- Formative Language Assessment for English Learners
- Teachers as Advocates: Principles for Effective Practices for ELLs
10 Common Phrases and What You Can Use Instead
ACCESS Tests Have Arrived!!! (Ready for Pick-up January 30 & 31)
ACCESS 2017 Planning Resources
Test window: February 6, 2017 to March 31, 2017
Materials pick up at Enrollment Center: January 30 and 31, 2017
ACCESS 2.0 & Alternate ACCESS
- Roles and Responsibilities
- Test Administrator Form
- Training Schedule
- Accessibility and Accommodations Supplement
- ACCESS Training Folder
- ACCESS 2017 Roster (saved template in Ellevation's Export Wizard)
ACCESS 2.0
- ACCESS 2.0 Headphone Specifications
- ACCESS 2.0 Sample Items (open using Chrome browser)
Alternate ACCESS
Missed a Department Meeting?
Elementary ELD Department Meetings
Language & Cultural Services Events
Week of January 23:
January 24, 8:30am - New Kindergarten ACCESS Test Administrator Training
January 24, 8:30am - Veteran ACCESS Test Administrator Training (Secondary)
January 24, 12:30pm - New ACCESS Paper-based Test Administrator Training
January 24, 12:30pm - New Kindergarten ACCESS Test Administrator Training
January 24, 3:30pm - ReadyRosie Share Training
January 25, 8:30am - Veteran ACCESS Test Coordinator Training
January 25, 12:30pm - Veteran ACCESS Test Administrator Training (Elementary)
January 25, 1:00pm - Interpreter and Translator Skill Building Training
January 28, 9:00am - SIOP Saturday: Interaction
Week of January 30:
January 30 & 31, 8:00am to 4:30pm - ACCESS 2.0 Test Materials Pick-up at the office of Language and Cultural Services (Enrollment Center, room 127)
January 31, 8:30am - New ACCESS Test Coordinator Training (Part 1)
January 31, 8:30am - New Alternate ACCESS Test Administrator Training
January 31, 12:30pm - New ACCESS Test Coordinator Training (Part 2)
January 31, 12:30pm - Veteran Alternate ACCESS Test Administrator Training
February 1, 8:30am - New ACCESS Kindergarten Test Administrator Training
February 1, 12:30pm - Veteran ACCESS Test Coordinator Training
February 2, 2:30pm - Interpreter and Translator Skill Building Training
February 3, 8:00am - Teacher Institute for ELD Teachers (Thoreau Demonstration)
February 3, 8:00am - Teacher Institute for Dual Language and Language Immersion Teachers (Zarrow International)
All events are listed in MyLearningPlan unless otherwise noted. Please pre-register and verify session location in MLP.
Check out the Language & Cultural Services events calendar for future events.