Instructional Program Report

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Instructional Program Report

• English to Speakers of Other Languages
• Nancy Rosario-Rodriguez, Supervisor

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16 Language Groups Served

• Spanish, Haitian Creole, Albanian, Chinese,
  French, Russian, Vietnamese, German, Gyrati,
  Hungarian, Khmer, Tagalog, Thai, Serbo-Croatian,
  Tibetan, Yugoslavian.

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Total ELL Population

• We presently serve 199 students.

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Major Goal

• To ensure that all students attain English
  proficiency via an ESOL(English to Speakers of
  Other Languages) program that is aligned to
  ESL/ELA and content area standards.
• The department seeks to accomplish this goal by
  engaging both ESL and mainstream teachers in
• ongoing instructional conversations about best
  practices
• developing curricula
• developing strong homeschool partnerships

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Long Term Goals (Elementary, Middle and High
School)

• To become familiar with the K-12 continuum
• To bridge language development with literacy,
  mathematics and writing
• To assist student learning by differentiating
  instruction
• To develop curricula that is rigorous and allows
  students to make text, self and world connections

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Cont.

• To ensure that all English language learners
  Acquire L2 (second language) and develop both
  BICS (Basic Interpersonal Communicative Skills)
  and CALP (Cognitive Academic Language
  Proficiency)

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Specific Goals for the Middle School

• Develop a curriculum for SIFE (Students With
  Interrupted Formal Education)
• Select appropriate textbooks upon board approval
  for
• Newcomers
• Beginning ESL
• Intermediate ESL
• Advanced ESL

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Specific Goals for the High School

• The Newcomers program will be implemented as of
  September 2005 with goals to
• ensure academic achievement and language
  proficiency for newly arrived English language
  learners with limited or no formal education
• provide students with opportunities to master
  basic skills in L2, reading, writing,
  mathematics, global studies, government and
  economics

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Short Term Goals for all Schools

• To provide cutting edge professional development
  for administrators, teachers, teaching
  assistants, student teachers, family resource
  center coordinators and members of the community
  that express an interest in learning.
• To maintain clear communication and ongoing
  rapport with all constituents.

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Program Effectiveness 2004 NYSESLAT RESULTS

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Program Effectiveness

• Test results
• Regular classroom visits
• Ongoing conversations with staff, parents and
  students
• Professional development evaluations
• Parent Surveys

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Data Driven Instruction

• We use the data to improve instruction, plan
  for remediation,and enrichment in the following
  ways
• teachers plan using appropriate scaffolding
  techniques (modeling, bridging, schema
  building, text representation, self assessment)
• teacher plan flexible grouping to support
  student development

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Cont.

• Study data along with student work to assess
  skill and content mastery
• Plan after school programs and AIS

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Professional Development

• All ESL teachers are engaged in the following
  professional development activities
• Looking at Student Work
• Data Driven Instruction
• Best Practices for SLA(SIOP Model)
• NYSESLAT
• Designing Our Learning Journey
• Where we are, where we are going and where we
  would like to be

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Collaborations

• Nyack College
• Family Resource Centers
• BOCES
• BETAC
• SABE/TESOL/ NABE
• Nyack Center
• CREDE

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New Initiatives/Accomplishments

• Resource Center for Teachers
• Ongoing Parent Orientations
• Study of Immigration Trends
• Newcomers Program at the HS
• Textbook Adoption/Curriculum Alignment
• Communication/Translation System
• Tracking System for students
• Professional Development for Mainstream Teachers