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12 Key Practices Checklist
The 12 Key Practices checklist is aligned with the 12 Key Practices framework that structures Implementing Effective Instruction for ELLs by Suzanne Wagner and Tammy King (2012). Administrators, teachers, and leadership team members can use this Checklist when they are 1) reviewing their current instructional programs for ELLs, 2) assessing program and professional development needs, 3) monitoring implementation, 4) evaluating program effectiveness, and 5) restructuring programs.
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
12 Key Practices Framework
This downloadable pdf file includes the Wagner & King (2010) Key Practice 1 framework that structures their book. The framework is divided into four parts: 1) Shared Practices at the District, School, and Classroom Levels; 2) Common Classroom Practices for All ELL Educators; 3) Core Instructional Practices of Every Program for ELLs; and 4) Organizing the Key Practices into Effective Program Configurations. The 12 Key Practices checklist is aligned with this framework.
Publication: Implementing Effective Instruction for English Language Learners: Twelve Key Practices for Administrators, Teachers, and Leadership Teams
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): framework
1. Creating multilingual professional learning communities
A multilingual professional learning community, or MPLC, is organized and directed by practitioners, with a shared mission, vision, and goals for educating multilingual learners. As you’ll see in the webinar, an MPLC brings a multilingual perspective to professional learning communities.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Professional Development
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A.0.1 Evaluating and Improving Programs for Bilingual and English Learners
Rebecca Field gave this presentation at fall 2016 conferences. Participants learn to 1) conduct an internal and/or external evaluation of their services for bilingual and English learners; 2) collect and analyze program review data; 3) use evidence of student learning (ACCESS for ELLs data) to guide instruction and collaboration among general education, literacy, ELD, and bilingual teachers; and 4) use evaluation findings to strengthen programs and professional development. Examples from diverse districts are provided.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Program Implementation and Evaluation
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Object(s): presentation
Appendix A: A More Comprehensive List of Observable Behaviors that ELLs May Exibit in English
This list includes 23 observable behaviors that ELLs may exhibit in English, and is included as Appendix A of Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners, 2nd Edition by Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, and Jack Damico.
Publication: Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services, Second Edition
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): checklist
Appendix B: Contrasting Possible Explanations for Typical Observable Behaviors That ELLs May Exhibit
This blank template can be used by teachers as they begin to consider possible ELL explanations and possible disability explanations for observable student behavior. It is included as Appendix B of Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners, 2nd Edition by Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, and Jack Damico.
Publication: Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services, Second Edition
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): template
Appendix C: Generating ELL Interventions: Listening, Speaking, Reading, Writing, and Cultural Impact
This blank template can be used by teachers to help them identify ELL interventions in the student's home language and in English. It is included as Appendix C of Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners, 2nd Edition by Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, and Jack Damico.
Publication: Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services, Second Edition
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): template
Appendix D: Generating Special Education Interventions: Listening, Speaking, Reading, and Writing
This blank template can be used by teacher to identify special education interventions to use with students in their home languages and in English. It is included as Appendix D of Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners, 2nd Edition by Else Hamayan, Barbara Marler, Cristina Sanchez-Lopez, and Jack Damico.
Publication: Special Education Considerations for English Language Learners: Delivering a Continuum of Services, Second Edition
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): template