Language & Cultural Services
LCS Bulletin - October 2018
It's Good to be Back!
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A Warm Welcome for Immigrant Families in the Front Office
Norieah Ahmed, the Child Accounting Secretary at Salina Elementary School in Dearborn, MI, talks about her role in welcoming newcomer immigrant families to the school from the moment they walk in the door.
Colorin Colorado
Indian Education Training - Thursday, November 15 AT 6:00 PM
Teachers and school leaders are invited to learn more about Tulsa Public Schools' Indian Education program and what it can do for students. Watch the movie Te Ata followed by a panel discussion with our Indian Ed team at the Wilson Teaching and Learning Academy beginning at 6:00pm on November 15th. .
Refreshments will be provided by TCTA
For more information call 918-833-8360
12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
You have a new student, and he speaks no English. His family has just moved to your town from Japan, and though he receives English as a Second Language (ESL) support, he will also be sitting in your room every day to give him more exposure to his new language. How can you be a good teacher to someone who barely understands you?
According to the National Center for Education Statistics, an average of 9 percent of students in U.S. public schools are English Language Learners (ELLs); that number is closer to 14 percent in cities. Although many of these students start off in high-intensity, whole-day English programs, most are integrated into mainstream classrooms within a year, well before their English language skills would be considered proficient.
How prepared are you to teach these students? If you’re like most classroom teachers, you have little to no training in the most effective methods for working with English language learners (Walker, Shafer, & Iiams, 2004). So that means we have a problem here: Lots of ELL kids in regular classrooms, and no teacher training to ensure the success of that placement.
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