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=**Honing Your ESOL Strategies PD Workshop Home Page**=

"Make the most of yourself, for that is all there is of you." Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803-82)

=Welcome, Fellow Educators!=

Your skills to work with English Language Learners across all content areas will be honed to a razor edge after completing this module. If you are a K-12 educator and work with any students with limited English proficiency you have come to the right place.

Our objectives for this course are simple, to improve your skills to reach English Language Learners and improve their comprehension of material by identifying and addressing their specific needs. By the end of this module, you should have a renewed sense of how to teach your ELL population and a host of resources from with to draw to continue your development.

Although most schools in the county do not have a large proportion of ELL, many schools will in the coming years. Currently, schools on the south end of the county have the largest population of ELL and through classroom observations the need to implement better strategies for ELL has been identified. Coupled with the realization that less than 50% of Hispanic ELL complete high school, it is imperative that our district's teachers meet these concerns with the tools necessary to affect positive change.

The intensive five-hour course is intended to refresh your skills and develop your sense of urgency towards meeting the needs of not only your ELL students, but also those who would benefit from multiple modalities in their instruction.

Addressing the needs of English Language Learners Upon successful completion of this 5-hour professional development course, teachers will be able to:
 * Workshop Topic and Outcomes**
 * Create a lesson plan that includes specific strategies to increase comprehension for the ELL.
 * Modify existing structures within the classroom to reduce anxiety for the ELL.
 * Incorporate multimedia through technology with specific ELL strategies

Through classroom observation and walk-throughs the administration has determined that the faculty’s use of English Speakers of Other Languages (ESOL) strategies needs to be refined. Of the 44 licensed teachers in the school, only 10 were explicitly using ESOL strategies in every lesson. The concern is that 385 of the 724 students (53%) are currently in the ESOL program with nearly all students having Spanish as the primary language spoken in the home.
 * Learner Knowledge Gaps **


 * Agenda **

   
 * Handouts **


 * Pre-Training Activity **
 * Rate your use of ESOL strategies (1-5, 5 being a pro)
 * Use a sticky note and post along the continuum line
 * Team Roles
 * Reporter, Recorder, Materials
 * How do you currently address the needs of ELL in your classroom?
 * Where do you need the most help?

  
 * Presentation of Concepts and Skills **


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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Graphic Organizers **

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Create or modify an existing lesson plan that includes specific ESOL strategies. Refer to the rubric for expectations and guidlines.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Authentic Assessment Assignment **

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Rubric for Authentic Assessment **
 * Tutorial for Tools Used in Authentic Assessment**
 * Tutorials**


 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Workshop Evaluation **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Workshop Evaluation **

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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Media **
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Tutorials **
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 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">List of Technology and Other Resources Required for Workshop **

Presenter <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> Participants Text per participant: Harrell. A. L. & Jordan, M. (2008). //50 strategies for teaching English language learners// (3rd ed.). Upper Saddle River, NJ: Pearson Education, Inc.
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Computer with projector, speakers, microphone, and projection screen
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">internet access
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">power strip
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">Card Activity, pre-printed and shuffled
 * Pens, markers, sticky notes, chart paper, handout packets, note paper
 * Breakout sessions: computers for each participant (18), with speakers, microphone, and internet access