Resources
Challenging Narrow Notions of Accountability for Bilingual Learners
Freeman Field's presentation from La Cosecha 2012 in Albuquerque, NM.
Session description: This interactive session situates current debates about education and accountability for bilingual learners within a larger sociopolitical context. Freeman Field draws on her own ethnographic research and practical experiences in different dual language contexts over time. She highlights the role of dual language educators as agents for change.
Session objectives:
Participants in this session are encouraged to…
1. Look critically at their (dual language) programs in relation to current assessment and accountability requirements under NCLB'
2. Identify concrete assessment and accountability strengths and challenges, broadly defined, that they face in their programs
3. Identify action steps they can take to improve their assessment and accountability systems, and counter English-only discourses (policies, programs, beliefs, practices) on the local level.
This session is based on a paper that Freeman Field wrote in the summer of 2011. The reference to the paper is:
Freeman Field, R. (2011). Competing discourses about education and accountability for ELLs/bilingual learners. JMER vol. 2, pp. 9 - 34.
Publication: Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs: A Guide for Administrators and Teachers
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): presentation
Challenging Narrow Notions of Accountability in Dual Language Programs
Rebecca Field's prsentation from the November 2011 La Cosecha conference in New Mexico. This interactive session is intended to help (dual language) educators look critically at their (dual language) programs in relation to current assessment and accountability requirements under NCLB. Participants are encouraged to identify concrete assessment and accountability strengths and challenges, broadly defined, that they face in their programs. Participants are also encouraged to identify action steps they can take to improve their assessment and accountability systems.
Publication: Assessment and Accountability in Language Education Programs: A Guide for Administrators and Teachers
Topic: Professional Development
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Object(s): presentation
Checklist of Reading Strategy Development
Critical thinking skills are the focus in strategy development and graphic organizers are used extensively to guide students in organizing information with content-area concepts.
Publication: The Literacy Club
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): checklist
Collecting Linguistic, Cultural, and Academic Background Information on Students Survey
This blank survey can be used by educators who are collecting information about students' linguistic, cultural, and academic background. This information can be used to develop linguistically and culturally responsive units of instruction and lesson plans. .
Publication: Teaching for Biliteracy: Strengthening Bridges between Languages
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): survey
Colorín Colorado Immigration Guide
How to Support Immigrant Students and Families: Strategies for Schools and Early Childhood Programs
Colorín Colorado has published a new comprehensive guide for schools and early childhood programs about how they can support immigrant students and families. The in-depth guide includes more than 50 strategies which are accompanied by tips, recommended resources and videos, related research, and anecdotes from Colorín Colorado’s extensive network of educators and partners.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): Reference
Common Core en Español
This link leads to the Common Core Translation Project, also known as Common Core en Español, which has been developed by the San Diego County Office of Education (SDCOE) and the California Department of Education and endorsed by the Council of Chief State School Officers (CCSSO). This translated and linguistically augmented version of the California Common Core ELA/Literacy Standards and Math Standards in Spanish is posted on this website for free public access and is available to individuals in California and across the country.
Publication: Caslon Community
Topic: Policy, Leadership, and Advocacy
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Object(s): website
Common Core State Standards official website
This link leads to the official Common Core State Standards website. According to this site, the Common Core State Standards provide a consistent, clear understanding of what students are expected to learn, so teachers and parents know what they need to do to help them. The standards are designed to be robust and relevant to the real world, reflecting the knowledge and skills that our young people need for success in college and careers. With American students fully prepared for the future, our communities will be best positioned to compete successfully in the global economy.
Content-Area Language Demands and ELLs/EBs (1) presentation
This presentation, titled "Content-Area Language Demands and English Language Learners (ELLs)/Emergent Bilinguals (EBs)", draws on four readings about content-area language demands (Bunch - ELA; Moschovich - mathematics; Lee & Llosa - science; Liten-Tejada - social studies) from Valdés et al (2015). It is structured around an expert jigsaw activity with note-making guide.
Publication: Common Core Bilingual and English Language Learners: A Resource for Educators
Topic: Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment
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Object(s): presentation