Transcript Improving Education for English Learners Research-

Improving Education for English
Learners:
Research-Based Approaches
11th Annual Accountability
Leadership Institute, 2010
Veronica Aguila, Ed. D.
Administrator,
Standards, Curriculum Frameworks &
Instructional Resources Division
(SCFIRD)
CALIFORNIA DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION
Jack O’Connell, State Superintendent of Public Instruction
Purpose of Today’s Session
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Introduce a new research-based
book about education for English
learners recently published by the
California Department of Education
• Provide an overview of selected
chapter highlights
• Give ideas of how this volume may
be used for professional
development
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A New Book
Published by CDE in 2010
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of Public Instruction
• Title: Improving Education for
English Learners: ResearchBased Approaches
• Purpose: to meet a need for
practical guidance on
research-supported best
practices for ensuring
language, academic, and
socio-cultural proficiency for
English learners.
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Your Reflections
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• If you were designing a
book to help guide
instruction for English
learners, what would
you include in the book?
• What three questions
about education for
English learners would
you like to have
answered in a book
such as this one?
Share your thoughts with someone sitting
near you.
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A New Book
Published by CDE in 2010
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State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
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Strengthening Instruction
for English Learners
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of Public Instruction
• Ensuring Acquisition of English
• Enhancing Academic
Performance
• Closing the Achievement Gap
• Connecting to RTI
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California’s Interest in English
Learners
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of Public Instruction
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California’s English Learners
Language Groups over 1% of Total
2007-08
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Language
Spanish
Vietnamese
Pilipino
Cantonese
Hmong
Korean
Total
Source: 2008 R-30
Language Census
Number
1,320,981
34,712
22,389
21,551
19,715
16,799
Percent
85.1%
2.2%
1.4%
1.4%
1.3%
1.1%
92.5%
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Value of Volume
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of Public Instruction
• Most up to date information research on
English Learners
• Research-Based Scholarly Papers each
written by teams of two well-known and
respected experts in the field
• Practical – Response to Common Questions
from the Field
• Content and Presentation Mediated by Group
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Contents of Volume
• Foreword by Kenji Hakuta
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of Public Instruction
• Introduction - Schooling English Learners:
Contexts and Challenges, Veronica Aguila
• Chapter 1: Research to Guide English
Language Development Instruction, William
Saunders and Claude Goldenberg
• Chapter 2: English Language Development:
Foundations and Implementation in
Kindergarten through Grade 5, Ann Snow and
Anne Katz
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Contents of Volume
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of Public Instruction
• Chapter 3: English Language Development:
Issues and Implementation at Grades Six
Through Twelve, Susana Dutro and Kate
Kinsella
• Chapter 4: Effective Literacy Instruction for
English Learners, Diane August and Timothy
Shanahan
• Chapter 5: Programs and Practices for
Effective Sheltered Content Instruction,
Jana Echevarria and Deborah Short
• Chapter 6: Alternative Educational
Programs for English Learners, Kathryn
Lindholm-Leary and Fred Genesee
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Developing
a Comprehensive Program
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of Public Instruction
• State and Federal Legal
framework
• Research
• Key Components: ELD,
Sheltered Content, L1, and
Mainstream
• Program Enhancements
• Nested in Effective Schools
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Legal Framework
Federal
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United States Constitution
Federal Statutes
Federal Regulations
Federal Court Decisions
State
Federal Administrative
• California
Actions: Policy Memoranda, letters
Constitution
to the field, etc.
• California Statutes:
Ed. Code
• California
Regulations
• California Court
Decisions
• CDE Administrative
Actions/ LEA Policies
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Program Differentiation
• Language Proficiency
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• English Learner Distribution
• Language Groups
• Student Characteristics
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Attributes of Professional
Learning Communities
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supportive and shared leadership,
collective creativity,
shared values and vision,
supportive conditions, and
shared personal practice.
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Introduction -Schooling English
Learners: Contexts and Challenges
Veronica Aguila
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• California’s Superintendent of Public
Instruction, Jack O’Connell has suggested
that the academic achievement gap between
ethno-linguistic minority students and other
students, as represented by test scores, drop
out rates, and college admissions and
completions, is the most persistent and
pressing challenge facing public schools…
(O’Connell, 2008).
• This volume represents an anchor publication
to assist school districts in the design,
implementation, and evaluation of programs
for English learners over the coming years.
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Chapter 1: Research to Guide
English Language Development Instruction
Saunders and Goldenberg
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of Public Instruction
• The purpose is to synthesize existing research
that provides direction for English language
development (ELD) instruction.
• The complex research led to categories based
on the nature of the evidence we currently
have:
– Guidelines for which there is a relatively
strong supporting evidence directly
applicable to ELD instruction (1-2)
– Guidelines that are hypotheses emerging
from recent research on ELD instruction (311)
– Guidelines we think are applicable to ELD
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learner research (12-14)
Chapter 2: English Language Development:
Foundations and Implementation in
Kindergarten through Grade 5
Snow and Katz
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• Foundations of ELD for Young Learners
– Primary language, sociocultural background,
second language acquisition process
• Designing ELD Instruction and Assessment
– Standards-based instruction
– Using standards to plan ELD
– The role of academic language
– Strategies for ELD instruction
• Examples of Effective ELD Instruction
• Professional Development
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Chapter 3: English Language Development:
Issues and Implementation at Grades 6-12
Dutro and Kinsella
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of Public Instruction
• Linguistic Challenges for Adolescent
English Learners
• Description of Instructed ELD
– A Model for Explicit Language Instruction
– Defining Elements of Explicit ELD Instruction
• Teaching Instructed ELD
– “Bricks”
– “Mortar”
– Building language
• Instructed ELD in Action
– Explicit vocabulary development
– Oral language development
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Chapter 4: Effective Literacy Instruction
for English Learners
August and Shanahan
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of Public Instruction
• The English Learner Research Base
• Background
• Guidelines for Teaching Literacy to
English Learners
• Conclusion
– ….we believe the research provides a number of
generalizations that can constitute a broad basis for
evidence-based practice. We have expressed these
in terms of eight guidelines for developing literacy in
English-language learners that we hope will be useful
to practitioners as they grapple with the everyday
challenge of educating these students, to
policymakers as they endeavor to create contexts in
which effective instruction can occur, and to
researchers attempting to move the field forward with
well-designed studies that build on previous
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research.
Chapter 5: Programs and Practices for
Effective Sheltered Content Instruction
Echevarria and Short
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of Public Instruction
• Pedagogical Models of Sheltered
Content Instruction
• The SIOP Model in Action
• Research on Language
Development and Academic
Achievement of English Learners
• Sheltered Instruction Programs and
Contexts
• Professional Development
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Chapter 6: Alternative Educational
Programs for English Learners
Lindholm-Leary and Genesee
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of Public Instruction
• Rationale for and Advantages of
Dual Language Education
• Program Characteristics
• Student Achievement and Program
Outcomes
• Characteristics of Effective Dual
Language Programs
• Issues in Learner Needs
• Summary and Conclusions
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Your Reflections
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
• Write down two ways
you think this book
should be used in
professional
development. Share
with an elbow partner.
• Some “volunteers”
will be asked to
share with the group.
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Professional Development
Opportunities
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of Public Instruction
Source:http://www.schoolsmovingup.net/cs/smu/view/e/4603
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CDE on iTunes U
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Source:http://www.cde.ca.gov/re/mm/it/
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Summary/
Conclusions & Questions
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of Public Instruction
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Contact Information
JACK O’CONNELL
State Superintendent
of Public Instruction
Veronica Aguila, Ed.D.
Administrator – Standards, Curriculum,
Frameworks and Instructional Resources
Division
California Department of Education
916-319-4867
[email protected]
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