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Promises fulfilled : a leaders guide for supporting English learners / Margarita Espino Calderón, Shawn Slakk ; with Hector Montenegro.
Van Pelt Library PE1128.A2 C235 2017
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Calderón, Margarita, author.
- Slakk, Shawn, author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching (Elementary)--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- English language--Study and teaching (Secondary)--Foreign speakers.
- Second language acquisition.
- Physical Description:
- xi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, IN : Solution Tree Press, [2017]
- Summary:
- English learners (ELs) arrive at school with unique language proficiency levels and content competencies, cultural and educational backgrounds, and instructional needs. In Promises Fulfilled: A Leader's Guide for Supporting English Learners, authors Margarita Espino Calderón and Shawn Slakk with contributor Hector Montenegro share research-based strategies preK-12 administrators, school leaders, and teachers can implement across subject areas to effectively identify and instruct ELs. With this book, preK-12 administrators, school leaders, and teachers will: Learn how to take a whole-school approach to EL success, Adopt strategies for increasing vocabulary, literacy, and writing for ELs and all classroom students, Understand the social and emotional learning challenges ELs face upon entering the classroom, Discover how to organize and execute professional development and coaching strategies that improve teacher-to-student instruction, Discuss key questions with their staff or team for supporting school wide success for ELs Book jacket.
- Contents:
- Chapter 1 What We Are Required to Do for ELs 13
- Every Student Succeeds Act 14
- Key Federal Guidelines and Requirements 15
- Where to Obtain Funding 26
- Conclusion 27
- Discussion Questions 27
- Chapter 2 Instructional Components and Strategies for teaching ELs 29
- The Development of ExC-ELL 30
- What Research Recommends for the Content of Schoolwide Professional Development 32
- Features of Effective Instruction for ELs in Content Classrooms 33
- How to Teach Vocabulary to English Learners and All Readers 38
- How to Teach Reading to English Learners and All Readers 39
- How to Teach Writing to Anchor Language, Literacy, and Content 41
- How to Organize a Professional Development Program for the Twelve Instructional Components 43
- Expected Outcomes With Each Focus of Professional Development 43
- Conclusion 48
- Discussion Questions 49
- Chapter 3 English Language Development and Social and Emotional Skills 51
- Social and Emotional Learning 52
- Cooperative Learning Activities 59
- Cultivation of Helping Behaviors 60
- Instructional Practices That Promote Cultural Responsiveness 61
- Conclusion 62
- Discussion Questions 63
- Chapter 4 Professional Development Components 65
- What Research Says About English Learner Instruction 66
- A Comprehensive Professional Development Model 69
- Funds Required to Plan for Comprehensive Professional Development 74
- Immediate and Intentional Follow-Up to Training 77
- Professional Development for Co-Teaching 79
- How to Monitor and Measure Implementation for Positive Transfer From the Training Into the Classroom 81
- How Administrators Support Coaches and Teachers 81
- Conclusion 82
- Discussion Questions 82
- Chapter 5 Professional Coaching in the Classroom 85
- What Research Says About the Benefits of Peer Coaching 86
- Professional Development for Coaches 86
- Differentiated Coaching by Expert and School Coaches 91
- Peer Observations or Coaching 95
- Conclusion 96
- Discussion Questions 97
- Chapter 6 Sustaining a Quality Implementation 99
- Shared Leadership 100
- Message Expectations for the Transfer to Classroom Instruction 101
- Higher Expectation Levels 107
- An ExC-ELLent Classroom in Action 110
- Conclusion 111
- Discussion Questions 112
- Chapter 7 Whole-School Approach to Success for ELs (and All Other Students)
- Benefits of the Whole-School Approach 114
- Myths Regarding Whole-School Implementation 115
- A Call to Action 118
- Conclusion 123
- Discussion Questions 123.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 133-141) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9781943874927
- 1943874921
- OCLC:
- 958782149
- Publisher Number:
- 99971415167
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