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Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL)

Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL). Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Secondary Content Teachers . Hosted by VCU School of Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education.

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Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL)

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  1. Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Content Teachers (ACT-ESL) Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Secondary Content Teachers Hosted by VCU School of Education and funded by the U.S. Department of Education

  2. The ACT-ESL Project at VCU is designed to train content-area teachers in methods which promote ELLs’ academic engagement and success. What is the ACT-ESL project?

  3. How can I engage my ELLs in academic lessons?

  4. Topics of the Summer Institute • Variables which affect ELLs’ academic success • Cultural understanding of teaching and learning • Language analysis of content and adjustment • Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) • Content area reading • Assessment

  5. The ACT-ESL training cycle

  6. Benefits to you as teachers: • Instructional strategies and resources to help your students, particularly ELLs and low-achieving students. • Professional development points and a stipend ($24 x 34 hrs.= $816). • Professional development opportunities such as presentations at local, state, and national levels. • Opportunity for academic credit.

  7. You are an endorsed teacher in math, science, social studies, or English/language arts. • You will be teaching a credit-bearing course in your endorsed area with (an) ELL student (s). • You are available for the summer institute, follow-up classroom applications, and a post-seminar. Are you eligible for the ACT-ESL project?

  8. Are you available for these Summer Institute dates? • June 21-25, 2010 at VCU • All teachers (Math, Science, English/Language Arts, Social Studies) • **Lunch will be provided to the participants of summer institute.

  9. “cultural factors influencing learning – how to adapt lessons for ESL students” • “better use of academic language in the classrooms- ways this can be accomplished” • “methods and reasons to adapt instruction, activities, and the like in my classrooms” • “to incorporate (deliberately) language instruction into content instruction” • “SIOP lesson planning” • “I learned how to teach more effectively, not just to ELLs but to all students.” Comments from past participants: Most valuable topics for me…

  10. The goal of ACT-ESL is to help and support you as you advance your students! Assisting, Collaborating, and Training ESL Secondary Content Teachers Please contact us at actesl@vcu.edu 804-827-2616 http://www.actesl.vcu.edu

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