English Learner Path to College Readiness

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English Learner Path to College Readiness

• Michelle Mullen

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AVIDs ELL Initiative
AVID Mission
ELL Mission To ensure that English language
learner students, especially long-term ELLs,
have full access to AVID and college-preparatory
coursework.
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Curriculum Instructional Support Support for
teachers to meet the needs of their English
language learners in college preparatory courses
AVID Elective ELL Support ELL support strategies
for AVID elective teachers and tutors.

• Core Content Area ELL Support
• Current ELL Write Path book
• and training for ELD and ELA
• teachers
• Write Path infusion of key ELL
• strategies as books/training
• are revised
• ADD SI strand, Path training,
• and ToT for math, science, and
• social science content teachers
• on ELL support strategies.

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AVIDs ELL Initiative
AVID Mission
ELL Mission To ensure that English language
learner students, especially long-term ELLs,
have full access to AVID and college-preparatory
coursework.
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English Learner Path to College Readiness
(ELCR) Middle school Pre-AVID English language
development courses for intermediate ELLs to
accelerate academic language acquisition and
entrance to AVID and college preparatory high
school course work.
Summer Yearlong Course Sequence Language
development courses with AVID overlay starting
summer between 6th 7th grades and continuing
through summer between 8th 9th, including 7th
grade year-long elective 8th grade year-long
elective
Spanish for Spanish Speakers Courses available
starting in middle school as pathway to AP
Spanish in high school.
ELCR Team Content area and ELCR course teachers
work together to plan instruction and support
students.
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English Learner Path to College Readiness Pilot

• KEY FOCUS
• Academic language building with AVID strategies
  for support

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What Its Not

• An AVID class for ELL students
• Is not part of certification
• Primary focus is LANGUAGE first

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English Learner Path to College Readiness Pilot

• Goal Interrupt the path to long-term ELL status,
  accelerate academic language acquisition, and put
  on path to AVID and college preparatory
  coursework

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English Learner Path to College Readiness Pilot

• Garden Grove Unified School District (CA)
• Called College Success Path (CSP) in GG
• 1st cohort of students 103 students at 4
  intermediate schools (8th grade now)
• 2nd cohort at three of the four schools started
  in August 90 students (7th grade)

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Who are the students?

• US schools 4 years or more (as of 6th grade)
• CELDT Overall intermediate with a couple early
  advanced
• CST ELA Lower band of basic and mid-upper band
  of below basic
• District benchmarks Below proficient
• First language Mostly Spanish
• College When asked, interested in going to
  college some had had prior discussions with
  parents, most had not

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Who are the teachers?

• 2 teachers are science and social studies as well
  as AVID teachers 4 teachers are English and
  social science teachers but not AVID
• Each site has a CSP content team comprised of the
  7th and 8th grade ELA, science, social science,
  and math teachers who have the CSP students

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How are we researching pilot?

• Larry Guthrie (CREATE) developed first year
  research proposal beginning Jan. 2009
• Research questions
• What are outcomes for students?
• How is CSP implemented at each school site?
• What professional development was provided for
  teachers and what was the impact on their
  instruction?
• Quantitative and qualitative data collected

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ELA 2008 Basic 300 Proficient 350 Advanced
394 ELA 2009 Basic 300 Proficient 350
Advanced 401 Math 2008 Basic 300 Proficient
350 Advanced 415 Math 2009 Basic 300
Proficient 350 Advanced 414
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ELA 2008 Basic 300 Proficient 350 Advanced
394 ELA 2009 Basic 300 Proficient 350
Advanced 401 Math 2008 Basic 300 Proficient
350 Advanced 415 Math 2009 Basic 300
Proficient 350 Advanced 414
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CELDT 2007-08 Intermediate 492 Early advanced
552 Advanced 602 CELDT 2008-09 Intermediate
502 Early advanced 556 Advanced 610
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Pilot Expansion

• Getting feedback from critical friends Poway,
  Fresno, Albuquerque, Plano
• Considering 1-2 additional districts in and
  outside of CA.
• Osceola, FL grant application includes ELCR

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What are the ELCR (CSP) courses students are
taking?

• Summer between 6th 7th 2 week CSP summer
  course with 1 week at Tiger Woods Learning Center
  (TWLC)
• 7th grade year-long CSP elective
• 2 week CSP summer course with one full day at
  TWLC starting leadership course (to continue 1
  day per quarter in 8th grade)
• 8th grade year-long CSP elective
• 1 week combined CSP/AVID summer leadership course
  bridging to high school

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What is included in the courses?

• 7 strands
• Reading preview/review text processing for
  content-area texts reading routines CN,
  narrative movie, KWO, socratic hot topic
  readings summer reading
• Writing targeted focus lessons for bugs and
  style language frames academic summary
  infusion of academic languagecontent and AWL
• Oral Language appropriate language register
  academic language scripts elaboration and
  accuracy public speaking skills (speech
  debate)

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What is included in the courses?

• Strands continued
• Academic vocabulary history of English word
  analysis/word parts study AWL word relationship
  chart idioms figurative language
• Study skills tutorials, Cornell notes, Costas
  levels, binders, time management, goal setting,
  test prep
• Self-determination/leadership successful class
  interactions (teambuilding, SLANT, conflict
  resolution, I messages, etc) dealing with
  issues personal responsibility motivation
  college career activities (research, field
  trips, debate, etc.)