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Project SPELL

Project SPELL. Western Oregon University with Salem-Keizer School District & Woodburn School District. Sustainable Practices for English Language Learners. Grant funds. National Professional Development Program US Dept of Education/Office of English Language Acquisition

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Project SPELL

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  1. Project SPELL Western Oregon University with Salem-Keizer School District & Woodburn School District Sustainable Practices for English Language Learners

  2. Grant funds • National Professional Development Program • US Dept of Education/Office of English Language Acquisition • Approximately 2 million dollars for 5 years

  3. Project Components • ESOL and ESOL/Bilingual endorsement for in-service teachers • Focus on STEM areas • Coaching • Professional Learning Communities and Action Research • Yearly ESOL/STEM conference in the Spring • Placement of WOU pre-service teachers completing ESOL and ESOL/Bilingual endorsement in participants’ classrooms

  4. Salem-Keizer

  5. Woodburn

  6. ESOL and ESOL/Bilingual Endorsement • Courses offered on site • Courses condensed in an intensive 12-month program • Teachers’ needs, local school realities embedded into course assignments, readings, and discussions • Infusion of STEM content

  7. Coaching • Self-assessment and critical reflection • Practice refinement based on assessment of student learning • Focus on STEM content areas • Strategies: modeling of research-based methods, video studies, lesson/unit planning sessions, effective observations/providing constructive feedback • Emphasis on data-driven decision-making • Pre-service teachers placed in classrooms benefit from coaching

  8. PLCs and Action Research • Focus on STEM content areas • Teachers identify current level of student performance, establish goals to improve current level, work together to reach goals, evaluate results • Emphasis on data-driven decision-making • Teachers conduct action research • Pre-service teachers placed in classrooms benefit from PLCs

  9. Spring ESOL/STEM Conference • Culminating activity each year: conference held on WOU campus • Salem-Keizer and Woodburn participants attend • WOU pre-service teachers also attend • STEM workshops • ESOL topics identified by participants • Poster presentations of action research projects

  10. Impact • 140 in-service teachers • 160 pre-service teachers • Potential to reach almost 20% of ELLs in Oregon

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