1. MANHATTANVILLE COLLEGE Second Annual Educational Forum June 8, 2007
INCLUSION for ELs:
SIOP
IN ELEMENTARY CLASSROOMS
Presenter: Marina A. Moran
Bedford CSD

2. Historical Perspective
Change in Student Demographics
through
95% EL growth
12% total enrollment growth
Change in Teacher Demographics
200 new teachers hired in last 2 years
Increased Accountability Measures, AYP, NCLB

3. District Perspective Student Profile
* greater disparity among ELLs culturally and educationally within past ten years
* increased NYS learner standards and accountability (NCLB)
Philosophy, Research and Pedagogy
* inclusive educational opportunities for students

4. Demographic Data

5. Bedford CSD Limited English Proficiency Trends

6. Social Versus Academic Language
BICS
Simpler language
Face-to-face
Simpler, familiar topics
Clues from social context, gestures, expressions
Many opportunities for clarification
CALP
Complex language structures
Lecture-style communication, reading a textbook
Little situational context
Precise understanding required; higher-order thinking

7. How Long Does it Take to Achieve Proficiency?

8. Cumming’s Model of Academic Language
A Cognitively Undemanding C
- face-to-face conversations - telephone conversations
- following simple directions - note on refrigerator
Context Context
Embedded Reduced
B - Demonstrations -reading a textbook D
- Science experiments - lecture with few illustrations
- A-V assisted lesson - Math concepts and applications
Cognitively
Demanding

9. Change in service delivery model: pull-out inclusion
collaboration between classroom and ESL teachers

10. What is sheltered instruction?
Brainstorm with a partner a definition of sheltered instruction.
Who?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
How?

11. Sheltered Instruction True/False Questions
Sheltered Instruction is used in sheltered content courses.
Sheltered Instruction is used in a variety of program models.
Sheltered Instruction cannot be used in classes that contain both ELLs and native English speakers.
TRUE
FALSE

12. Sheltered Instruction True/False Questions cont.
Sheltered Instruction is the same as high quality instruction for native English speakers.
Language development classes should be separate from content classes for ELLs to learn best.
In Sheltered Instruction classes, teachers integrate ESL Standards.
FALSE
TRUE

13. Teachers and the Integrated Approach
Language Teacher
Content Teacher
Integration of Content Objectives
with Language Objectives

14. The Integrated Approach
Application of instructional methods which integrate language and content
Principles for developing or adapting instructional materials which integrate language and content
Identification of relationship between content and language skills
Strategies for assessment of students’ language skills as well as content area concepts and skills

15. Distinction to note…
In content-based ESL classes, the instructor’s main goal is English language skill development and the secondary goal is teaching the students content concepts and vocabulary for the regular mainstream classroom.
In sheltered instruction, ELLS participate in specific content courses with grade-level objectives that are delivered through modified instruction to make the content more comprehensible to the students.

16. SIOP
A means for making grade-level content comprehensible to English language learners.
Scientifically-based approach
Framework for collaboration between ESL and classroom teacher

17. Sheltered Instruction Observation Protocol (SIOP) Components
Preparation
Building Background
Comprehensible Input
Strategies
Interaction
Practice/Application
Lesson Delivery
Review/Assessment

18. SIOP in Action at Bedford Central School District
Video clip viewing

19. Implementation Plan Buy-in Class formation Training
Implementation Support
Assessment

20. Data Collection Administrators’ Survey

21. Administrators’ Survey

22. Teachers’ Survey

23. Teachers’ Survey

24. Students’ Survey

25. Parents’ Survey

26. Thank you