Resources
Key Practice 12: Structuring the Language Education Program checklist and templates
This downloadable pdf file includes the Wagner & King (2010) Key Practice 12 checklist and the templates included at the end of the Key Practice 12 chapter.
Publication: Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners: Twelve Key Practices for Administrators, Teachers, and Leadership Teams
Topic: Program Implementation and Evaluation
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Object(s): checklist, template
La Cosecha 2021 Presentations
Transforming Sanchez School: Shared Leadership, Equity and Evidence
Friday, November 12, 11:10 AM-12:30 PM EST
This workshop describes the innovative structures of shared leadership, community engagement, and biliteracy instruction at both preschool and elementary school levels that transformed Sanchez Elementary School in San Francisco’s Mission District from a failing dysfunctional school to one that significantly outperformed a large majority of schools with similar demographic characteristics.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Professional Development
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Language Demands and Opportunities in Relation to Next Generation Science Standards for ELLs
This link leads to a short video by Okhee Lee of the Understanding Language group. Here she talks about a paper that highlights challenges and opportunities as English Language Learners engage with the Next Generation Science Standards. These new standards represent a major shift in science instruction, toward an explicit focus on scientific sense-making, language use, and scientific practices. These practices also place significance on developing explanations and argumentation from evidence as well as on language learning opportunities. The authors discuss in detail how four core science and engineering practices provide opportunities for ELLs:
1. Developing and using models.
2. Developing explanations (for science) and designing solutions (for engineering).
3. Engaging in argument from evidence.
4. Obtaining, evaluating, and communicating information.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): video
Language Plan Checklist
Administrators, teachers, and leadership teams can utilize this language planning tool in conjunction with the text to guide the development of a coherent language plan for their school’s dual language learners.
Publication: Young Dual Language Learners
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): checklist
Lily Wong Fillmore: Text Complexity, Common Core, and ELLs
Lily Wong Fillmore says the new Common Core State Standards require students to read complex texts. This is a challenge—teachers and administrators have little training in language instruction. What kind of professional development will they need? This YouTube video features Lily Wong Fillmore and can be found on the Understanding Language website of Stanford University.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): video
Literacy Club Planning and Evaluation Protocol
The Literacy Club protocol can be used to determine the degree to which each component of the foundational plan has been incorporated into a design for your school/district.
Publication: The Literacy Club
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): framework
Literacy Squared Lesson Plan Template
This lesson plan template was developed by the Literacy Squared team. Teachers can use this template to plan and align the side-by-side Lectura en español and Literacy-based ELD components of the language arts block. Coaches and administrators can use the Literacy Squared Observation Protocol to observe, monitor, and evaluate biliteracy lessons in Spanish and English, and support the professional development of biliteracy teachers. The Literacy Squared Lesson Plan Template is explained and exemplified in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action (Escamilla et al, 2013).
Publication: Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): template
Literacy Squared Observation Protocol
The Literacy Squared team developed this observation protocol. Coaches, administrators, and teachers can use this protocol to observe, monitor, and evaluate teachers' implementation of the Literacy Squared lesson plans. The evidence of teacher implementation can then be used to support the professional development of biliteracy teachers. The Literacy Squared Observation Protocol is explained and exemplified in Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action (Escamilla et al, 2013).
Publication: Biliteracy from the Start: Literacy Squared in Action
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): reference