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...
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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.
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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.
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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.
EL-109-SP19-001
Saturday May 4 and May 11, 2019 (Somerville, MA) 8:30 AM - 3:30 PM Two 6-hour sessions face-to-face with a 1 hour lunch break plus 3 hours online.
* Course fee includes the required text Breaking New Ground: Teaching Students with Limited or Interrupted Formal Education in U.S. Secondary Schools by Andrea DeCapua and Helaine W. Marshall.
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$320
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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]
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