Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE) (EL-109)

Identification, Programming and Scaffolding in ESL and Content-Area Classrooms

Description

This 15 PDP course focusing on Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education (SLIFE)  provides a hands-on learning experience to unlock your students' potential.  Some of the topics covered include:

• Massachusetts state identification and programming guidelines for SLIFE
• A framework and guiding principles for working with SLIFE in your classroom
• Examination of SLIFE classroom practices using an instructional checklist
• Implementation of effective teaching strategies that enable SLIFE to meet the demands of the Common Core standards
• Designing  assessment activities for SLIFE and using data gathered to inform instruction

What participants are saying...

• This is one of the best courses I have taken. The instructor was so engaging and really understands what it's like to be on the ground teaching with strategies that are actually aligned with what our kids need.

• I learned a great deal about what distinguishes SLIFE from other ELs, as well as some excellent strategies for teaching SLIFE that engages them immediately with necessary academic content.

• I have a much clearer understanding of how SLIFE are defined and how many other educators are struggling with some of the same challenges I face in the classroom, and learned how to scaffold vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing activities to provide maximum student participation.

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Audience

Any school educator or leader who works with or oversees a newcomer/SLIFE population of English learners at the secondary level.

Format

Two six hour sessions plus a 3-hour on-line/assignment component. 

PDPs

15 PDPs - Fulfills Requirement for 15 PDPs in English learner education for recertification.

Contact

For questions contact: Ann Feldman [email protected]