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ESL: 101

ESL: 101. Greeneville City Schools K-5 Professional Development October 14, 2009. Questions?. Please write down any questions you have about the ESL program, teaching English as a Second Language, topics you would like to address in these sessions.

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ESL: 101

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  1. ESL: 101 Greeneville City Schools K-5 Professional Development October 14, 2009

  2. Questions? • Please write down any questions you have about the ESL program, teaching English as a Second Language, topics you would like to address in these sessions.

  3. “Seek first to understand, rather than to be understood.” –Steven Covey

  4. Please complete the ESL: 101 Pre-Test

  5. English is the official language of TN • “English is hereby established as the official & legal language of Tennessee. All communications & publications, including ballots, produced by governmental entities in Tennessee shall be in English, & instruction in the public schools & colleges of Tennessee shall be conducted in English unless the nature of the course would require otherwise.”

  6. Identifying ELLsHome Language Survey

  7. GCS ESL Procedures

  8. Funding • Title III ESL • October 1, 2008—GCS has 76 ESL students • Required ratio—1:45 • 2 of our teacher salaries come from state and local $ • GCS has created a supplemental ESL teacher position through Title VI (Rural Education) funds

  9. Accountability • TCAP • AYP subgroup • Gateway/End of Course

  10. What do ESL students need to learn? • Social language • Daily interactions • Academic language • More abstract, precise, higher-order thinking • Necessary to express the content knowledge they alreadyhave&to process new content • Content • Culture

  11. Let’s play…

  12. Remember… We are ALLEnglish Language Learners!

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