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Sheltered Instruction Training Session 1 Overview

Sheltered Instruction Training Session 1 Overview. presenters: Presenter names. . Participation Process. Parking Lot Questions at the end of day or next time Questions that have to do with the workshop Breaks Please feel free to work in your own break if you need to take care of yourself.

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Sheltered Instruction Training Session 1 Overview

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  1. Sheltered Instruction TrainingSession 1Overview presenters: Presenter names .

  2. Participation Process Parking Lot Questions at the end of day or next time Questions that have to do with the workshop Breaks Please feel free to work in your own break if you need to take care of yourself

  3. PPSSheltered Instruction Initiative • All Teachers in the district will be trained in SI by 2012 • (School Name: 6 sessions, +/-2 hours each) • All Principals have had a Sheltered Instruction overview • Pre-audit visits by the ELL Department • State Auditors will be auditing the district in month • All are/will be using State S.I. observation tool

  4. Course GoalsIncrease student access to core content by: Sharing effective techniques with colleagues to expand our instructional repertoires. Using the components of Sheltered Instruction to plan, teach, and debrief effective lessons. Developing a common language to discuss best practices.

  5. Components of Sheltered Instruction Overview of SI Preparation Building Background Comprehensible Input Interaction Practice & Application Delivery Strategies Review and Assessment

  6. Today’s Agenda Defining Sheltered Instruction (SI) Comparing and Contrasting ELD and SI Second Language Acquisition Theory Student Profiles Legal Foundations Wrap-up

  7. Teacher TechniquesProcess Chart Throughout these workshops you will have opportunities to reflect on the techniques we have used. Please take out the paper called teacher techniques. Process Chart

  8. We will: Recognize instructional language of sheltered instruction & its importance Identify the stages of second language acquisition Understand our obligation to provide access to content Use key terminology orally and in writing Discuss and summarize issues related to the instruction of ELLs and compliance Respond to prompts orally and in writing Today’s Content and Language Objectives(the what and the how) Non-Volunteers, Choral Reading, & Selective Highlighting

  9. “To Verbalize is to Internalize.” Total Physical Response (TPR)

  10. What is Sheltered Instruction?

  11. Follow these simple instructions.

  12. Turn to your shoulder partner and discuss briefly what was different the second time. Face/Shoulder Partners

  13. What is Sheltered Instruction? Teaching in strategic ways that make grade-level academic content more accessible for English language learners while at the same time promoting their English language development. ~ Echevarria, Vogt and Short

  14. Sheltered Instruction (SI) Versus English Language Development (ELD) Sorting Activity Sheltered Instruction ELD IS IS NOT IS IS NOT

  15. How do you Shelter Instruction? (What strategies do you use to help students understand a concept?) • Think about it silently. (10 seconds) • Write about it. (two minutes) • Share orally with your shoulder partner. (three minutes) Wait Time Shoulder/Face Partners Think (Write) Pair Share

  16. Teacher TechniquesProcess Chart What teacher techniques modeled so far would you like to reflect on? Process Chart TPR Calling on Non-Volunteers Choral Reading Selective Highlighting Face/Shoulder Partners Wait Time Think Pair (Write) Share Information Sort

  17. Language Acquisition

  18. BICS: +/- 3 to 5 Years to Master Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills Informal language used in social settings Familiar topics with use of gestures, clues, content Usually face-to-face communication Opportunities to clarify with questions, facial expressions, etc Playground conversations Giving simple directions Conversing about real experiences

  19. CALP: +/- 5 to 7 Years to Master • Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency • Language used for learning in school • Lecture-style communication • Longer sentences and complex grammar • Abstract topics • Little situational context (Telephone) • Following complex directions • Test-taking

  20. What Language Do We Hear? BICS CALP

  21. Language Acquisition Stages Puzzle • Work with a partner or table group to put together the Language Acquisition Stages Puzzle. • When your team is finished, find the “Snapshot” in your binder to confirm your answers. You have 5 minutes. Information Puzzle

  22. Snapshot: Language Acquisition Write down at least 2 thoughts beginning with these phrases: • I learned… • I discovered… • I was surprised… • I am beginning to wonder… • I now realize… • I agree with… • I disagree with… Sentence Starters

  23. Legal Foundations • 1964 - Civil Rights Act, Title VI • 1974 - Lau vs. Nichols • 1981 - Castañeda vs. Pickard • 1982 - Plyler vs. Doe

  24. Dual Obligation: Everyone’s Job All school districts have a dual obligation in the law to serve English learners by: Developing students’ English proficiency English Language Development (ELD) Providing meaningful access to academic content instruction Sheltered Instruction ODE mandated all PPS teachers and administrators trained in sheltered instruction by 2012. ODE mandated measurement and reporting of sheltered instruction implementation.

  25. Sheltered Instruction for ALL Language Learners

  26. Before our next session choose at least oneTeacher Technique and apply it in your classroom. • Process Chart • TPR • Calling on Non-Volunteers • Choral Reading • Selective Highlighting • Face/Shoulder Partners • Sentence Starters • Information Sort • Puzzle • Wait Time • Think (Write) Share

  27. Course Structure • Each session has: • Content and Language Objectives • Collaborative lesson planning time • A debrief of your lesson with colleagues • Homework (taking what you have learned to application in your classroom) • 6 session course, 2 hour sessions

  28. Session Content • Session 1 SI Overview • Session 2 Lesson Preparation • Session 3 Building Background • Session 4 Comprehensible Input and Strategies • Session 5 Practice & Application and Interaction • Session 6 Review & Assessment

  29. Self Assessment

  30. Did We: Recognize instructional language of sheltered instruction & its importance? Identify the stages of second language acquisition? Understand our obligation to provide access to content? Use key terminology orally and in writing? Discuss and summarize issues related to the instruction of ELLs and compliance? Respond to prompts orally and in writing? Today’s Content and Language Objectives(the what and the how)

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