Presenters: Dr. Sonya Kiefer Dr. Laurie Lewis Dr. April Strevig Mrs. Alana Vazquez

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1 Presenters: Dr. Sonya Kiefer Dr. Laurie Lewis Dr. April Strevig Mrs. Alana Vazquez KSU ESOL Conference 2014

2 Write down your thoughts about the following questions: What do you think of when you hear that the 21 st century is the Age of Collaboration? What is your definition of collaboration?

3 Approximately 651 students Community (non Title-I) ELs across the SES spectrum Military base/international community

4 PUSH-IN MODEL- students remain in their core academic class (reading, language arts, mathematics, science and social studies) where they receive content instruction from their content area teacher along with targeted language instruction from the ESOL teacher. This delivery model allows the teachers to collaborate in order to facilitate meaningful language support within the content classroom and to appropriately plan differentiated instruction and tasks to meet the various proficiency levels of the ELs.

5 Arabic Chinese Other Indian Other African Gujarati Korean Spanish (largest population) Vietnamese Total 85 Monitored : Vietnamese, Romanian, Gujarati, Spanish, and Korean

6 All English Learner students will succeed, both socially and academically, through instructional approaches that accommodate and embrace the needs of this diverse student population.

7 (Honigsfeld & Dove, 2010, p. 15)

8 Student clustering Considers each child individually in setting classrooms and student placement Seeks input from support teachers in placement

9 Provides training for office staff Flexible and creative in collaborative planning scheduling Super Specials Unit previews Applauds lesson sharing

10 Hosting ESOL is for those who welcome and are up to the challenge willing to learn Ongoing professional development System-wide (all teachers required to attend) School-wide initiatives

11 Teacher must have a desire to have students Understand the challenges Positive attitude Understand the importance of culture and learning (affective factors) Respecting the child s first language Acknowledge ESOL teacher s expertise Seek answers Keep everyone up-to-date Prepare and plan

12 Plan units with language proficiency in mind Plan jointly Use ESOL resources Backpacks/home-school literacy, games, folders, books Bilingual books in the library We are LANGUAGE teachers ALL day

13 Build trust and partnership with host teachers Adhere to schedule agreed upon Clear communication Knowledgeable in both language proficiency and content standards Flexible

14 Share responsibility in lesson writing and development Share expertise with one another Problem solve and take risks together Communicate ESOL student information with all teachers involved Celebrate successes as a team

15 ESOL teachers actively attend all meetings and conferences Culture of our children not yours and mine Have open and honest communication with classroom teacher so students can reach their full academic and social potential

16 Socioeconomic factors Provide assistance to families in need Utilize in-school and community resources Affective factors Consider the whole child Foster the social-emotional development Linguistic factors Implement strategies and practices Enrich linguistic development (Honigsfeld & Dove, 2010)

17 Shared vision and mission Culturally responsive school for ELs Curriculum alignment Coherent curriculum= meeting linguistic and academic needs of ELs Shared instructional practices Differentiated instruction Ongoing shared professional development Teachers of ELs are experts Student-centered approach Needs of the learner are considered based on the individual (Honigsfeld & Dove, 2010)

18 Share the expertise of all teachers and leaders Work together for a common purpose Shared norms, values, and principles Students benefit

19 Before the school year begins Over the summer During the day Administration and faculty should collaborate how to find common planning Start small and experiment with new ways to collaborate (ex. , blogs, wiki, school website, shared documents, etc.) End of the year Reflect upon what worked, what didn t work, and why

20 (Honigsfeld & Dove, p. 100)

21 Become an advocate for collaboration at your school Recruit administrative support Start a grass roots collaboration project with colleagues Suggest a book study Ask for resources Share your passion with others

22 Write one success or positive Write one area for improvement Write one key idea to take back to your school

23 ESOL Program Manual (2013). Houston County Board of Education. Georgia Department of Education (2012). ESOL/Title III Resource Guide Retrieved from and-assessment/curriculum-and-instruction/documents/ %20esol%20title%20iii%20resource%20guide.pdf. Honigsfeld, Andrea, & Dove, Maria G. (2010). Collaboration and Co-Teaching Strategies for English Learners. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.