are you ready for wida? wake forest university student teacher seminar september 29, 2015
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Are You Ready for WIDA?Are You Ready for WIDA?
Wake Forest University Wake Forest University Student Teacher SeminarStudent Teacher Seminar
September 29, 2015September 29, 2015
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WIDA???WIDA???
Participants will…Participants will…
•Learn to support their LEP Learn to support their LEP students in their classrooms, students in their classrooms, according to their Proficiency according to their Proficiency Levels and their specific needs Levels and their specific needs in acquiring English.in acquiring English.
Remember…Remember…
It’s all about It’s all about student growth!student growth!
Know your students!!!
Some are Born Here, Still not ProficientSome are Born Here, Still not ProficientSome are Born Here, Left, ReturnedSome are Born Here, Left, Returned
Some are Refugees, Others NotSome are Refugees, Others Not
Mexico Honduras El Salvador Mexico Honduras El Salvador Guatemala Burma Thailand Guatemala Burma Thailand
India Yemen Korea China India Yemen Korea China Russia Russia Philippines Philippines ChadChad
VietnamVietnam SyriaSyria
Where are they coming from?Where are they coming from?
100 Languages 100 Languages in WSFCS in 2014in WSFCS in 2014
Top 10 in Top 10 in 2014:2014:
SpanishSpanishArabicArabic
ChineseChineseKayah/KarenniKayah/Karenni
VietnameseVietnameseTagalog/FilipinoTagalog/Filipino
Hindi/Indian/Hindi/Indian/UrduUrdu
KoreanKoreanFrenchFrenchRussianRussian
State Standards for State Standards for
English Language English Language DevelopmentDevelopment
Did you know that…Did you know that…
•WIDA = English Language WIDA = English Language Development Standards, adopted Development Standards, adopted by North Carolina?by North Carolina?
•Anyone who works with Limited Anyone who works with Limited English Proficient (LEP) students is English Proficient (LEP) students is responsible for using the WIDA responsible for using the WIDA Standards to plan their lessons?Standards to plan their lessons?
What is WIDA?What is WIDA?
• World-Class Instructional Design and World-Class Instructional Design and Assessment ConsortiumAssessment Consortium
• Comprised of 36 US State Education Comprised of 36 US State Education agencies and/or US territories.agencies and/or US territories.
• Created comprehensive English Created comprehensive English language development standards and language development standards and assessments to determine English assessments to determine English proficiency.proficiency.
WhereAreYOU?
2007 WIDA Manual, p. RG-58
2007 WIDA Manual, p. RG-55
2007 WIDA Manual,p. RG-55
Understanding WIDAUnderstanding WIDA
• What is the Goal? What is the Goal?
Student Success in the Common Student Success in the Common CoreCore
• What is the Language Needed?What is the Language Needed?
Writing the Language ObjectivesWriting the Language Objectives
2007 WIDA Manual, p. RG-14
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 8
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 9
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 40
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 41
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 42
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 43
2012 WIDA Manual, p. 44
Student Portraits, Resumes, Student Portraits, Resumes, etc.etc.• The more you know your students’ cultural The more you know your students’ cultural
backgrounds, home environments, and formative backgrounds, home environments, and formative experiences, the more effective your standards-based experiences, the more effective your standards-based instruction will be.instruction will be.
• Make it a CAN DO/ASSET-Based portrait of the student! Make it a CAN DO/ASSET-Based portrait of the student!
• Ownership… What are we going to do about this?Ownership… What are we going to do about this?
• Has to be updated as things change!Has to be updated as things change!
Portraits/ResumesPortraits/Resumes
• What do you want to know about the What do you want to know about the student? Help them to build the student? Help them to build the format.format.
• Students build their own, set goals and Students build their own, set goals and targets based on their ACCESS scores, targets based on their ACCESS scores, monitor selves, share with parents, monitor selves, share with parents, conduct self-directed conferences.conduct self-directed conferences.
A Levels MetaphorA Levels Metaphor
Now You Try It!Now You Try It!
• Discuss information on the Teacher Discuss information on the Teacher Reports from the Spring ACCESS tests.Reports from the Spring ACCESS tests.
• Place each student’s name accordingly Place each student’s name accordingly on the Can Dos ELL Student Charts by on the Can Dos ELL Student Charts by their Proficiency Levels.their Proficiency Levels.
• Discuss with a friend how the Can Dos Discuss with a friend how the Can Dos will help the teacher differentiate for will help the teacher differentiate for these students.these students.
http://www.nassp.org/portals/0/content/61209.pdf
What is Best for Our What is Best for Our Students? Students?
Next Steps?Next Steps?
Rebecca Ann Rebecca Ann TaltonTaltonESL Lead TeacherESL Lead Teacher
Winston-Salem/Forsyth County Winston-Salem/Forsyth County SchoolsSchools
336-748-4000, ext. 51512336-748-4000, ext. 51512