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Assisting, Collaborating,
and Training ESL
Content Teachers (ACT-ESL)
Hosted by VCU School of Education and
funded by the U.S. Department of Education
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What is the ACT-ESL project?
The ACT-ESL Project at VCU is
designed to train content-area
teachers in methods which promote
ELLs’ academic engagement and
success.
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ACT-ESL Teacher Participants
•2008-2009: 56 teachers
•2009-2010: 55 teachers
•2010-2011: 60 + α
•2011-2012: 60 + α
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The ACT-ESL training cycle
1) Summer institute
30 hrs. (6 hrs. x 5 days)
2) Classroom application:
Peer coaching
(2 in Fall, 1 in Spring)
3) Post-seminar
(4 hrs. in April)
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Topics of the Summer Institute
•Sheltered Instruction (SIOP)
•Language analysis of content and
adjustment
•Cultural understanding of teaching and
learning
•Variables of ELLs’ academic success
•Content area reading
•Assessment
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Benefits to you as teachers:
•Instructional strategies and resources to help
your students, particularly ELLs and lowachieving students.
•Professional development points
•Stipend($24 x 34 hrs.= $816).
•Professional development opportunities such
as presentations at local, state, and national
levels. (Travel expense + honorarium)
•Scholarships ($ 300 each)
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ELL Student SOL Scores at a HS
NON trained teachers
Subject
Number
Mean
ACT-ESL trained teachers (n=13)
SD
of Students
Number
Mean
SD
464.20
50.51
of Students
**SS
26
429.88
44.15
74
Science
96
English
41
424.56
40.16
1
449.00
*Math
104
419.73
43.04
30
439.27
0
29.52
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ELL Student SOL Scores at a MS
NON-trained teachers
Subject
Number
Mean
ACT-ESL trained teachers (n=7)
SD
of students
Number
Mean
SD
of Students
SS
59
438.78
77.74
6
432.83
59.42
Science
21
412.38
38.9
10
437.70
61.79
English
118
429.22
59.61
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444.27
44.11
Math
140
443.36
81.17
21
447.52
85.2
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Commendation from the VDOE to
Chesterfield County
In a letter from the Superintendent of Public Instruction,
Patricia Wright, to CCPS’ superintendent, Dr. Newsome:
“The VDOE is pleased to recognize Chesterfield County
Public Schools as exceeding the LEP AMAO’s for the
2009-10 school year based on Standards of Learning
(SOL) assessments and English language proficiency
LEP assessments administered during the 2009 school
year. Congratulations on your exceptional progress on
behalf of the LEP students in your division”.
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Are you eligible for the ACT-ESL
project?
• You are an endorsed teacher in math,
science, social studies, or
English/language arts.
•You will be teaching a credit-bearing
course in your endorsed area with (an)
ELL student (s).
•You are available for the summer
institute, follow-up classroom
applications, and a post-seminar.
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Are you available for these Summer Institute dates?
June 21-25, 2010 at VCU
All teachers (Math, Science,
English/Language Arts, Social Studies)
**Lunch will be provided to the participants of summer
institute.
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Comments from past participants:
Most valuable topics for me…
• “cultural factors influencing learning – how to
adapt lessons for ESL students”
•“better use of academic language in the
classrooms- ways this can be accomplished”
•“methods and reasons to adapt instruction,
activities, and the like in my classrooms”
•“to incorporate (deliberately) language instruction
into content instruction”
•“SIOP lesson planning”
•“I learned how to teach more effectively, not just to
ELLs but to all students.”
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The goal of ACT-ESL is to help
and support you as you advance
your students!
Supporting teachers, helping
students…because all students
matter!
Please contact us at [email protected]
804-827-2616
http://www.actesl.vcu.edu
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