FieldBased Work

1
Field-Based Work

• Janel Sewell, Ed. D
• Leticia Arnold
• Daisy Price

2
Mentoring New Bilingual/ESL Teachers

• ESL Mentoring
• Beginning of the year training
• Mentoring
• Individual conferences
• Focus Groups
• CAC Meetings
• Professional Development
• Carbo refresher course
• Strategies successful with LEP students

3
Parent Module

• Parent Trainings
• Comprehension strategies during fall Parent
  Teacher Conferences
• TAKS Night
• Evening training of TAKS objectives and
  expectations
• Translators provided for LEP parents
• Packets distributed

4
Parent Module, continued

• Materials Available
• We Both Read, used at home for partner reading
  with parent
• Companion Voyager Books, Spanish and English
• Family Literacy Center
• Daily English classes
• Book, videos, computers for check-out
• LEP /ESL Parent Survey
• Used to identify successful activities, plan for
  the future
• Ways to modify/improve programming

5
Parent Module, continued

• LEP Parent Active Participation
• Invited to present during Pride Week
• ESL student/parents present Cinco de Mayo
  programs during student PE/Music block
• Parents participate in classroom activities
• Translators on staff to address language needs
• School home communications provided in English
  and spanish