Massachusetts Department of Early Education & Care EEC & WIDA: Early English Language Development (E-ELD): Massachusetts Guidelines to support Dual Language Learners Project and Partnership November 12, 2013 Maya Martinez-Hart Erin Arango-Escalante

Agenda Statistics and purpose Project history Overview of the final E-ELD: MA Guidelines to serve Dual Language Learners Alignment to WIDA’s K-12 English Language Development (ELD) Standards Correspondence with MA Early Learning Guidelines Partnership activities & sustainability Questions 2

National Statistics 3

MA EEC Child Demographics: Languages Spoken Source: Massachusetts Department of Early Education and Care (October 2010), Early Education and Care Policies and Guidelines for Children Whose Home Languages are other than or in addition to English; Boston Redevelopment Authority. Office of English Acquisition, Language Enhancement, and Academic Achievement MA Public and charter schools s Massachusetts residents speak over 140 languages at home other than English 4

MA EEC Child Demographics: Language Spoken Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30,

MA EEC Child Demographics: Ethnicity Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30,

MA EEC Child Demographics: Race Source: Massachusetts Early Childhood Information System (ECIS). Note(s) child count in this report are representative of billing records. Report Run October 30,

E-ELD: Massachusetts Guidelines to serve Dual Language Learners Project Purpose Provide a developmentally sound framework for assessing and instructing dual language learners, years that aligns with WIDA K- 12 Standards and corresponds to states’ Early Learning Standards (ELS). 8

Project History RTTT-ELC Activities completed: Practitioner workshops and webinars Expert panel Survey EEC Planning and Evaluation Board webinar Deliverables completed: Correspondence document Theoretical Framework E-ELD Abbreviated Resource Guide 9

Overview of WIDA’s E-ELD Framework: MA Guidelines to Serve Dual Language Learners 10

Correspondence of E-ELD Standards and MA Early Learning Guidelines 11

The language of…. The language of… 12

Making the Connection! 13

Alignment of E-ELD to K-12 ELD Standards 14

Adopts all Components of K-12 Standards Framework 15

Adapts each framework component K-12 ELD Framework ComponentsE-ELD Framework Components Five Language StandardsSix Language Standards Adds Physical Development Standard Four Language Domains Listening Speaking Reading Writing Two Language Domains Receptive Expressive Grade Clusters Grades K-12 Age Clusters yrs yrs yrs. English Language Proficiency 6 Levels English Language Development 3 Levels Performance Definitions 3 Language Criteria Performance Definitions 2 Language Criteria Model Performance Indicators 3 Elements Model Performance Indicators 3 Elements 16

Massachusetts EEC and WIDA Partnership! 17

Partnership Goals Help guide lesson planning to ensure that the different linguistic needs of dual language learners are being met through their program day; Support dual language learners to reach their next level of English Language Development; Make programmatic decisions about class composition, staffing, curriculum, and assessment in programs that serve dual language learners; Aligned with other EEC’s Key Initiatives;and Advance within the Massachusetts Quality Rating and Improvement System (QRIS). 18

Multi-Year Process Year 1: Development Year 2: Implementation Year 3: Sustainability Year 4: Sustainability 19

Partners: (I ncluding, but are not limited, to the following ) MA EEC & ESE EPS Grantees Readiness Centers Head Start Public School Pre-K IHEs CFCE Grantees Early Education and Care Programs Families/Parents Other (State Partner Agencies, CCR&Rs, etc.) 20

Partnership Activities: Implementation Calendar Year 2013 (11/ /2013) Webinars (three to four) Planning for statewide conference Plan for 8 regional family focus groups Develop informational handouts for families (Translated in multiple languages) 21

Partnership Activities: Sustainability Calendar Year 2014 (1/ /2014) Statewide conference 8 regional family focus groups Webinars Recruit Train of Trainers (ToT) (round 1) participants (Birth to Higher Ed.) 5 regional ToT workshops (round 1) Ongoing regional Professional Learning Communities PLCs (round 1) Evaluation 22

Partnership Activities: Sustainability Calendar Year 2015 (1/ /2015) Recruit ToTs (round 2 & 3) participants (Birth to Higher Ed.) Regional ToT workshops (round 2 & 3) Ongoing regional PLCs (round 2 & 3) Evaluation 23

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