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Engaging English learners through access to standards : a team-based approach to schoolwide student achievement / Shelley Fairbairn, Stephaney Jones-Vo ; foreword by Jeff Zwiers.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Fairbairn, Shelley, author.
- Jones-Vo, Stephaney, author.
- Series:
- Gale eBooks
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- English language--Study and teaching--Foreign speakers.
- English language.
- Education--Standards--United States.
- Education.
- Language policy--United States.
- Language policy.
- Educational tests and measurements--Government policy--United States.
- Educational tests and measurements.
- Language and education--United States.
- Language and education.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (xvi, 203 pages) : illustrations
- Place of Publication:
- Thousand Oaks, California : Corwin, [2016]
- Summary:
- Use this six-part strategy for measurable, cross-curricular EL achievement! How can districts and schools successfully promote academic English language development through teaching content knowledge and standards-based skills and abilities? This thoroughly researched book provides concrete answers. You'll find practical steps and ideas for developing collaborative, cross-curricular programs that address EL-specific needs. Clear tables and templates, essays, expert research, and real-life teacher and parent stories illuminate best practices for appropriate standards-based instruction that gets results. Using the authors' six-part ENGAGE Model, you'll learn to: • Establish a shared vision for serving ELs • Name the expertise to utilize within collaborative teams • Gather and analyze EL-specific data • Align standards-based assessments and grading to ELs' linguistic and content development • Ground standards-based instruction in both content and language development • Examine results to inform next steps Use this groundbreaking guide to accelerate progress and ensure effective instruction for all ELs! "Learning requires attention, engagement, and quality instruction. This book provides all three necessary components in one place; a model that teachers can use to ensure that their English learners achieve." -Douglas Fisher San Diego State University "This book should be a mandatory must read for all educators as we continue to serve our diverse student populations and strive to ensure we are honestly reaching academic achievement for each and every student!" -Michele R. Dean Coordinator,Ventura Unified School District.
- Contents:
- The ENGAGE model
- Establish a shared vision for serving ELs
- Name and capitalize upon relevant expertise within collaborative teams
- Gather and analyze EL-specific data
- Align standards-based asessments and grading with ELs' current levels of linguistic and content development
- Ground standards-based instruction in content and language development
- Examine results to inform and drive next steps.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages [189]-195) and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9781506300900
- 1506300901
- 9781483394411
- 1483394417
- 9781506314587
- 1506314589
- OCLC:
- 953851901
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