Professional Development for Teachers of English Language

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Professional Development for Teachers of English
Language Learners (ELL) Integrating
Standards-Based Mathematics and Sheltered
Instruction

• Jenny M. Bay-Williams, jbay_at_ksu.edu
• Melisa J. Hancock, melisa_at_ksu.edu
• David S. Allen, dallen_at_ksu.edu

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Three Views on Teaching Mathematics to English
Language Learners

• View 1. Using symbols that are used across
  cultures, is universal and therefore, easily
  accessible to language learners.
• View 2. The best thing to do for ELL is Just
  Good Teaching, in other words embracing the
  recommendations outlined in Principles and
  Standards (2000).
• View 3. Integrate standards-based practices with
  intentional language instruction.

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ESL Standards for Pre K-12 Students

• Goal 1 To use English to communicate in social
  settings.
• Goal 2 To use English to achieve academically in
  all content areas.
• Goal 3 To use English in socially and culturally
  appropriate ways.

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What is Sheltered Instruction?

• A means for making grade-level academic content
  (e.g., math) more accessible for English language
  learners while at the same time promoting their
  English language development.
• The practice of highlighting key language
  features and incorporating strategies that make
  the content comprehensible to students.
• An approach that can extend the time students
  have for getting language support services while
  giving them a jump start on the content subjects
  they need for graduations.

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SIOP Strategies

• Preparation
• Building Background
• Comprehensible Input
• Learning Strategies
• Interaction
• Practice/Application
• Lesson Delivery
• Review/Assessment

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COMPREHENSIBLE INPUT

• Speech appropriate for students proficiency
  level (e.g., slower rate, careful enunciation,
  and simple sentence structure for beginners)
• Clear explanation of academic tasks
• A variety of techniques used to make content
  concepts clear (e.g., modeling, visuals,
  hands-on-activities, demonstrations, gestures,
  body language)

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What does SIOP look like in a lesson plan?

• Covering a Circle Lesson
• Using the SIOP Strategies Chart and the Recording
  Template, record the evidence and opportunity
  from the Foot Lesson (from Navigating through
  Data, gr. 3-5).

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Workshops with SIOP

• Model a Standards-based lesson
• Debrief about the NCTM Processes
• Debrief about the SIOP Strategies
• Compare the two fields

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ACUMEN Project

• C3 Summer Institute (Content, Curriculum,
  Children)
• Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol
  strategy of the day
• Action Plans that incorporated SIOP strategies

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• What other ways can SIOP be used for Professional
  Development?