Education 300. Leadership Seminar on English Language Learners: Aligning Theory, Policy, and Practice.
Overview: English Language Learners (ELLs) constitute a large and growing population in US public schools -- with 5.1 million ELs nationwide, several states and school districts now have double-digit percentages or have experienced triple-digit growth in these students. Whether ELLs have long been present or are a recent development, educators, educational leaders, and policymakers often act with partial or unfocused understandings of these students’ strengths and challenges, and operate without the latest knowledge of how to most effectively serve them educationally. This online webinar lecture series is intended to strengthen participants’ understanding and knowledge base with an eye toward practical application for improving local and state ELL educational policies, systems and practices.
Purposes: Participants in this online webinar lecture series will have the opportunity to:
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strengthen their understanding of foundational issues in the effective education of ELLs
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explore established and emerging research evidence and practices on the most challenging areas facing educators and policymakers -- ELLs’ linguistic development; academic growth and achievement; and assessment/accountability aimed at improving educator capacity and performance
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engage with some of the country's leading ELL applied researchers, policy consultants, technical assistance providers and professional developers to discuss cutting-edge approaches to addressing key challenges
Core Instructors: Kenji Hakuta, Robert Linquanti, and Guadalupe Valdés
- March 25 – Orientation
- April 1 – Overview / Trends
- April 8 – Language – theory and policy
- April 15 – Language – practice – Linquanti and guest: Susana Dutro
- April 22 – Content – theory and policy – Hakuta and guest: Santos
- April 29 – Content – practice – Valdes and guest: Walqui
- May 6 – Assessment/Accountabilty – theory and policy – Linquanti and guest: Cook
- May 13 – Assessment/Accountability – practice – Hakuta and guests: Miranda and Padilla
- May 20 – Wrap-up
Click here for webinar registration information.
A Focused Approach: Instruction for English Learners
Leadership Overview and Implementation Planning Sessions (one day)
For district leadership teams interested in learning more about professional development for explicit language instruction via A Focused Approach: Instruction for English Learners, including Systematic ELD and Constructing Meaning for Content Instruction, and to begin developing a district Implementation Plan (prerequisite for offering A Focused Approach Institutes).
Download a flyer to register for the following events: Flyer
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Los Angeles, CA - October 22, 2010
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San Jose, CA - December 14, 2010
- Additional dates and locations will be announced as soon as possible
District hosted Leadership Overview and Implementation Planning sessions:
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Eureka City Schools, CA - August 25, 2010
Recent Events -
Tenth Annual Accountability Leadership Institute for English Learner, Immigrant, and Migrant Students, CA
The 2009 focus is Coordinating Improvement Efforts, Building Synergies.
Presentation - Susana Dutro and Kate Kinsella's presentation will include a discussion on challenges faced by English Language Learners (ELL) and practices that fail to address their instructional needs. Effective instructional elements impacting ELL achievement include:
- Knowing students' instructional needs.
- Backward mapping a cognitive task in order to identify and teach the language required to comprehend and express meaning.
- Explicitly building of receptive and expressive language though reading, writing, listening, and speaking.
ELL Accountability Leadership Institute Burlingame, CA - December 7 - 9, 2009. Click here for details and registration information.
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