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Mind Map by Ana Quintero, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Ana Quintero
almost 9 years ago
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LEARNING TRHOUGH
TEACHING
- IDRA: Intercultural Development Research
Association is an independent, non-profit
organization that is dedicated to assuring
educational opportunity for every child
- PROYECT: ExCELS (Educators x Communities =
English Language learners’ Success), funded by
the U.S. Department of Education
- focused on improving teachers’ capacity to address
curriculum, instruction, assessment and parent
involvement issues that impact the achievement of
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students.
- Five components: • Training for Capacity Building • Technical
Assistance for Classroom Support • Teacher Mentoring •
Teacher-Parent Partnership • ESL Learning Communities
- IDRA´s teachers were intrigued by the reflexive
and critical process of learning through real
teaching.
- ExCELS has five major elements
- Training for Capacity Building: Workshops on
developing a knowledge base for English language
acquisition; the role of language in content
learning; and diversified forms of assessment
- Teacher Mentoring: modeling,
coaching and material sharing.
- ESL Learning Communities: electronic
communication with ESL experts and
higher education resources
- Teacher-Parent Partnership: parent meetings;
student/teacher/parent conversations
- Technical Assistance for Classroom Support: Model lessons,
designing instruction, planning meetings, guiding
conversations; team problemsolving and success sharing
- Training for Capacity Building: Workshops on
developing a knowledge base for English language
acquisition; the role of language in content
learning; and diversified forms of assessment
- focused on improving teachers’ capacity to address
curriculum, instruction, assessment and parent
involvement issues that impact the achievement of
limited-English-proficient (LEP) students.
- PROYECT: ExCELS (Educators x Communities =
English Language learners’ Success), funded by
the U.S. Department of Education
- NEW PATTERNS FOR TEACHERS OF ENGLISH LANGUAGE
- strategy:
- “using practice as a medium for
professional development”
- The practice of teaching
as a medium for teacher
development requires:
- A context of hihg quality
model teaching
- A process of deep
noticing
- A critical result sought is application
appropriate to the observer’s skill level that
leads to self-critique and self-improvement.
- A context of hihg quality
model teaching
- The practice of teaching
as a medium for teacher
development requires:
- “using practice as a medium for
professional development”
- strategy:
- An effective lesson for English
language learners includes:
- Recognizing and drawing on student
experiences (prior knowledge)
- Allowing for multiple opportunities to
demonstrate learning and mastery
- Aligning with state standards
- Demonstrating the use of
language to develop content
- Connecting to real-life application
- Connecting to real-life application
- Demonstrating the use of
language to develop content
- Aligning with state standards
- Allowing for multiple opportunities to
demonstrate learning and mastery
- Recognizing and drawing on student
experiences (prior knowledge)
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